Working of Institutions MCQ 1
Q.19. What is a Public Interest Litigation?
(a) Filing a case in the court in the interest of the public
(b) Reviewing of Supreme Court judgements
(c) Procedure of removal of a judge (d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
Q.20. What are the two types of ‘Executives’ in India?
(a) Political Executive (b) Permanent Executive (c) Judicial Executive (d) Both (a) and (b)
Ans. (d)
Q.21. Why does the political executive have more powers than the permanent executive?
(a) Because hardly any expertise is required in taking policy decisions
(b) Because political executive consists of the direct representatives of the people
(c) Political leaders are more educated (d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
Q.22. Who holds the most important and powerful position in the government?
(a) President (b) Vice President (c) Prime Minister (d) Speaker
Ans. (c)
Q.23. Whom does the President appoint as the Prime Minister?
(a) Anyone he likes (b) Leader of the majority party
(c) MP who has secured the largest number of votes
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
Q.24. What is the tenure of office of the Prime Minister?
(a) 5 years (b) 6 years (c) As long as he wants (d) He does not have a fixed tenure
Ans. (d)
Q.25. What is the government formed by an alliance of two or more political parties called?
(a) Cooperation government (b) Coalition government
(c) Consensus government (d) Cooperative government
Ans. (b)
Q.26. Who among the following is a part of the political executive?
(a) Home Minister (b) District Collector
(c) Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs
(d) Director General of Police
Ans. (a)
Q.27. Which organ of the government has the power to interpret the Constitution?
(a) Supreme Court (b) District Court (c) High Court (d) Both (a) and (c)
Ans. (a)
Q.28. About how many ministers are there in the Cabinet?
(a) 80 (b) 60 (c) 20 (d) 10
Ans. (c)
Q.29. Which of these options is/are correct regarding the powers of the Prime Minister?
(a) He chairs the Cabinet meetings
(b) He distributes work to the different departments
(c) He can dismiss ministers (d) All the above
Ans. (d)
Q.30. What is the position of the President?
(a) Nominal head of the state (b) Real head of the state
(c) Hereditary head of the state (d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
Q.31. Which of the following statements is not true?
(a) The Judiciary safeguards the laws (b) The Legislature implements the laws
(c) The political executives are more powerful than the permanent executives
(d) The permanent executives comprises the civil servants
Ans. (b)
Q.32. The Council of Ministers at the centre is responsible to :
(a) The President (b) The Prime Minister (c) The Rajya Sabha (d) The Lok Sabha
Ans. (d)
Q.33. The president of India is elected by
(a) Direet Election by citizens ... 18 yers of age (b) Indirect Election by the Electoral College
(c) The Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers (d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
Q.34. President of India is :
(a) Head of the Government (b) Head of the State (c) Head of the parliament (d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
Q.35. The judges of Supreme Court are appointed by :
(a) President (b) Prime Minister (c) Chief Justice (d) Law Minister
Ans. (a)
