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Questions : Which of the following bodies of India are headed by the Prime Minister?
  1. National Development Council
  2. Interstate Council
  3. National Water Resource Council
  4. National Integration Council
Select the correct answer using the codes given below

(a) 1, 2 and 4 only

(b) 2, 3 and 4 only

(c) 1 and 4 only

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

The given bodies like NDC, Interstate council, NWRC and NIC are headed by the Prime Minister of India.

NDC-The National Development Council (NDC) or the Rashtriya Vikas Parishad is the apex body for decision making and deliberations on development matters in India, presided over by the Prime Minister.

It was set up on 6 August 1952 to strengthen and mobilize the efforts and resources of the nation in support of the Plan, to promote common economic policies in all vital spheres, and to ensure the balanced and rapid development of all parts of the country. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has reconstituted the Inter-State Council. NWRC- National Water Resources Council was set up by the Government of India in March 1983.

The Prime Minister is the Chairman.

The National Integration Council (NIC) is a group of senior politicians and public figures in India that looks for ways to address the problems of communalism, casteism and regionalism.

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Question : 1

Which one of the following Bills must be passed by each House of the Indian parliament separately, by special majority.

a) Money Bill

b) Finance Bill

c) ordinary Bill

d) Constitution Amendment Bill

Answer: (d)

The Constitutional amendment bill must be passed by each house of the Indian Parliament separately by special majority.

Question : 2

Consider the following facts about the Comptroller and auditor general of India, and choose the correct answer:

  1. CAG is a constitutional body.
  2. CAG has absolute power to audit accounts of all the functionaries of Central and States’ governments as well as of private corporate bodies.

a) Only 2 is correct

b) Only 1 is correct

c) 1 and 2 both are correct

d) Neither 1 nor 2 is correct

Answer: (b)

Question : 3

Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

  • Assertion (A): Money bills originate only in the Lower House of Parliament.
  • Reason (R): The Lower House of the Parliament is a popularly elected body.
Codes :

a) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A

b) A is true but R is false

c) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

d) A is false but R is true

Answer: (c)

Procedure for a Money Bill:

Money Bills can be introduced only in Lok Sabha (the directly elected ‘people’s house’ of the Indian Parliament). Money bills passed by the Lok Sabha are sent to the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of parliament, elected by the state and territorial legislatures or appointed by the President).

The Rajya Sabha may not amend money bills but can recommend amendments.

Question : 4

The principle of “collective responsibility’ under parliamentary democracy implies that

  1. A motion of no-confidence can be moved against the Council of Ministers as a whole as well as an individual minister.
  2. No person shall be nominated to the cabinet except on the advice of the Prime Minister.
  3. No person shall be retained as a member of the Cabinet if the Prime minister says that he shall be dismissed.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below

a) Only 2

b) Only 3

c) Only 1

d) 2 and 3

Answer: (d)

Cabinet collective responsibility is a tradition in parliamentary governments in which the prime minister is responsible for appointing the cabinet ministers.

It is the Prime Minister who enforces collective responsibility amongst the Ministers through his ultimate power to dismiss a Minister. No person shall be nominated to the cabinet except on the advice of the Prime Minister.

Secondly, no person shall be retained as a Member of the Cabinet if the Prime Minister says that he should be dismissed. In India, a Motion of No Confidence can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha.

Question : 5

The President of India who held office for two terms was

a) Babu Rajendra Prasad

b) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy

c) S. Radhakrishnan

d) K.R. Narayanan

Answer: (a)

Rajendra Prasad was the first president of independent India. He is the only president to have been elected twice for the office. In 1962, after serving twelve years as the president, he announced his decision to retire.

Question : 6

The Tenure of which Lok Sabha was about 6 years?

a) 7th Lok Sabha

b) 9th Lok Sabha

c) 5th Lok Sabha

d) 11th Lok Sabha

Answer: (c)

Tenure of 5th Lok Sabha = March 16, 1971 till January 18, 1977.

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