Q41.In Indian Polity, the executive is subordinate to the
(a) Judiciary
(b) Legislature
(c) Election Commission
(d) Union Public Service Commission
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Q42.Which leader of Madhya Pradesh became the Defence Minister first and later Home Minister in Nehru’s Cabinet?
(a) Prakash Chandra Sethi
(b) Ravi Shankar Shukla
(c) Kailash Nath Katju
(d) Dwarka Nath Mishra
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Q43.Who was the First Finance Minister of Independent India?
(a) Gulzari Lal Nanda
(b) John Mathai
(c) Krishnamachari
(d) Sarojini Naidu
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Q44. Who was the Law Minister in the first Cabinet of post independence India?
(a) K.M. Munshi
(b) S.P. Mukherjee
(c) Baldev Singh
(d) B.R. Ambedkar
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Q45. Which one of the following terms does not appear in the Constitution of India?
(a) Annual Financial Statement
(b) Appropriation Bill
(c) Budget
(d) Consolidated Fund of India
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Q46.Who was the 12th Prime Minister of India?
(a) Chandra Shekhar
(b) Deve Gowda
(c) I.K. Gujral
(d) A.B. Vajpayee
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Q47. Match the Prime Ministers with their tenure.
A. Deve Gowda i. 1999-2004
B. Chandra Shekhar ii. 1989-90
C. Atal Bihari Vajpayee iii. 1990-91
D. Inder Kumar Gujral iv 1996-97
A B C D E
(a) (i) (ii) (iv) (V) (v)
(b) (v) (iv) (ii) (i) (i)
(c) (iii) (i) (v) (iv) (iv)
(d) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii) (ii)
(e) (ii) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
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Q48.Who among the following held the office of the Prime Minister of India more than once?
1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Indira Gandhi
3. Gulzari Lal Nanda
4. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Choose the correct code:
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 1,2 and 4
(d) All of above
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Q49.Who among the following occupied the office of the Prime Minister of India more than once with gaps in between their political career?
1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Lal Bahadur Shastri
3. Gulzari Lal Nanda
4. Indira Gandhi
5. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Code:
(a) 1,2 and 3 only
(b) 1,3 and 4 only
(c) 3,4 and 5 only
(d) 1,2.4 and 5 only
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Q50.Which Prime Minister died outside India?
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) Morarji Desai
(c) Lal Bahadur Shashtri
(d) Charan Singh
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Q51.Which of the following person was not a Chief Minister of any state before holding the office of Prime Minister?
(a) Morarji Desai
(b) P.V. Narasimha Rao
(c) Charan Singh
(d) Chandra Shekhar
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Q52.Who amongst the following had never been the Chief Minister of any State before becoming the Prime Minister of India?
(a) H.D. Dev Gowda
(b) P.V. Narasimha Rao
(c) Chandra Shekhar
(d) Morarji Desai
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Q53.Who among the following was the member of Lok Sabha during his Prime Ministership?
(a) Deve Gowda
(b) I.K. Gujral
(c) Chandrashekhar
(d) Dr. Manmohan Singh
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Q54.Which one of the following Prime Ministers of India, never attended the Parliament during his tenure?
(a) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(b) V.P. Singh
(c) Chandra Shekhar
(d) Chaudhari Charan Singh
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Q55.The word ‘mantrimandal’ (cabinet) is mentioned only once in Constitution, and that is in
(a) Article 352
(b) Article 74
(c) Article 356
(d) Article 76
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Q56. Who among the following have been the Union Finance Ministers of India?
1. V. P. Singh
2. R. Venkataraman
3. Y.B.Chavan
4. Pranab Mukherjee
Select the correct answer by using the code given below:
(a) 1,2 and 3
(b) 1,3 and 4
(c) 2 and 4
(d) 1,2,3 and 4
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Q57.The Policy of Liberalisation, Privatisation, and Globalisation was announced as New Economic Policy by Prime Minister
(a) Rajeev Gandhi
(b) Vishwanath Pratap Singh
(c) P.V.Narsimha Rao
(d) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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Q58.Which of the following statements is not true for Dr. Manmohan Singh?
(a) Former Finance Minister of India
(b) Former Governor of Reserve Bank of India
(c) Former Chairman of Finance Commission
(d) Former Representative of India at the IMF
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Q59.Assertion(A): Ministers make policy and civil servants adhere to that policy.
Reason(R): Parliamentary form of government works on the Principle of “Cabinet Collective Responsibility”
Code:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (A) is correct explanation of (R).
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (A) is not correct explanation of (R).
(c) (A) is true, (R) is false.
(d) (A) is false, (R) is true.
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Q60.Assertion (A): The Council of Ministers in the Union of India is collectively responsible both to the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
Reason (R): The members of both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha are eligible to be the Ministers of the Union Government.
Code:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are individually true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true.