Test: Government And Administration (India & World) - 3 - UPSC MCQ

The department of economic affairs under the ministry of finance is responsible for the preparation of union Budget that is presented to the parliament.
• Consolidated fund of India is a fund to which all receipts are credited and all payments are debited.
• No money can be appropriated (issued or drawn) out of the consolidated fund of India without the authorization from the parliament of India.
Public account of India is operated by executive action, that is, the payments from this account can be made without parliamentary appropriation. Such payments are mostly in the nature of banking transactions.

The maximum strength of the legislative council is fixed at one third of the total strength of the legislative assembly and the minimum strength is fixed at 40. The chairman of the legislative council is elected by the council itself from amongst its members.

A constitutional government is one in which the power of the state is limited by a constitution, often to protect individual liberties. The primary purpose of a constitutional government is to place effective restrictions on the authority of the state in the interest of safeguarding individual rights and freedoms.

• Statement 1 is incorrect because it suggests that a constitutional government restricts individual liberty in favor of state authority, which is contrary to the principle of constitutionalism.
• Statement 2 is correct as it accurately reflects the purpose of a constitutional government, which is to place checks on state power to protect individual liberty.

Thus, the correct answer is (b) 2 only.

The functions of the Cabinet Secretariat includes preparation of agenda for Cabinet Meetings & Secretarial assistance to Cabinet Committees. However Allocation of financial resources to the Ministries as per the provisions in budget is the task of finance ministry.

The governor has Constitutional discretion in cases of Reservation of bill for consideration of the President and Recommendation of the imposition of President's rule.Therefore, statement 1 and 3 are definitely right. Moreover Governor only appoints those persons as ministers who are recommended by the Chief Minister. So Governor doesn’t have “Discretion” in appointment of the minister.Therefore 2 is wrong .

The largest Committee is the committee of Estimates, given its 30 members

Article 75 says that the Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to Loksabha. In other words, Lok Sabha can remove them by passing a no-confidence motion. But the word “no confidence motion” itself is not mentioned in Constitution. It comes from Rule 198 of Lok Sabha Rules.
Rajya Sabha cannot pass or remove council of ministers by passing no-confidence motion. No confidence motion can be introduced, only in Lok Sabha.

It is the Parliament which has the  power to increase the number of judges in the Supreme Court of India.
Parliament increased the number of judges from the original eight in 1950 to eleven in 1956, fourteen in 1960, eighteen in 1978, twenty-six in 1986 and thirty-one in 2008.

Clause (3) of Article 77 (“Conduct of Business of the Government of India”) of the Constitution of India lays down as follows:  “The President shall make rules for the more convenient transaction of the business of the Government of India, and for the allocation among Ministers of the said business.
The Constitution of India mentions that, “All executive action of the Government of India shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the President.” Therefore, only option (a) is correct.

The first statement is not correct because its talks about chairman as well as the deputy chairman. The Vice-President of India is ex-officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha. Rajya Sabha also chooses from amongst its members, a Deputy Chairman.
President: Elected members of parliament (MPs from Lok Sabha as well as Rajya Sabha). Elected members of State legislative members, including that if NCT of Delhi and Pondicherry.
Vice President: Vice President is elected indirectly, by an electoral college consisting of members of both houses of the parliament. The second statement is correct.

Article – 75 (4): The ministers Shall hold office during the pleasure of the president.
Article – 75 (5): The council of ministers shall be collectively responsible to the Lok-Sabha.
Article–78 (2): Prime minister shall furnish such information relating to the administration of the affairs of the union and proposals for legislation on the president may call far.

Minister/ministers can be removed by issuing no confidence motion in the parliament.  All cabinet members are mandated by the constitution to be the member of either house of the parliament of India. The cabinet is headed by the prime minister and is advised by the cabinet secretary who also acts as the head of Indian Administrative service.

Parliament has exclusive power to make law with respect to any of the matters enumerated with the Union List.
According to entry no 14 in the Union List it reads- ‘entering into treaties and agreements with foreign contries and implementing of treaties, agreement and convention with foreign countries’.

The Attorney General of India has a post parallel to any minister in Parliament. He can take part in the proceedings of either house. He can be a member of any committee of Parliament. He has the right to speak in the Parliament but he has no right to vote.

No procedure has been laid down in the constitution of India for the removal of a governor from his/her post.

When a money bill returns to the Loksabha with amendments made by the Rajyasabha, it is open to Loksabha to accept or to reject any or all of the recommendations.
When the Loksabha chooses to accept or decline the money bill with or without the recommendation, the money bill is deemed passed in both houses.

Joint sitting is an extra-ordinary Machinery provided by the constitution to resolve a deadlock between the two houses over the passage of a bill.
The provision of joint sitting is applicable to ordinary bills of financial bills only and not to Money bills or constitutional amendment bills.

Article 75(I) of the Indian Constitution provides that the Prime Minister shall be appointed by the President. The Constitution permits a person to be appointed PM without his\her being a member of either House of the Parliament at the time of appointment. However he/she has to become a Member of either house of parliament with in Six Months from the date of his/her appointment as prime-minister.

(1) Only 2nd and 3rd are correct statements.
(2) CAG reports on execution of projects or programmes by the ministries are discussed by the Public Accounts Committee.
(3) In for mation from CAG reports can be used by investigating agencies to press charges  against those who have violated the law while managing public finance.

Inclusive governance Means that the benefit of governance Should reach the down trodden and to the last corner of the country.
Provisions given in option 2, 3 and 4 leads to the inclusive governance.
Permitting the Non-Banking Financial companies to do banking is not directly linked to the inclusive governance.