UPSC Indian Polity – Chapter 17: The Chief Minister and the State Council of Ministers (24 MCQs)

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UPSC Indian Polity – Chapter 17: The Chief Minister and the State Council of Ministers (24 MCQs) – 24 questions, subject: Polity. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  

The Chief Minister of a State is appointed by:

Correct Answer: A [the Governor]

Explanation:

Article 164.

2.  

Consider the following statements:

1. The State Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly.
2. State ministers hold office during the pleasure of the Governor.
3. A State minister must be a member of the Legislative Assembly at the time of appointment.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]

Explanation:

a non-member may be appointed for six months.

3.  

The minimum number of ministers, including the Chief Minister, in a State is:

Correct Answer: C [12]

Explanation:

Article 164(1A).

4.  

Under Article 164(1), a minister in charge of tribal welfare must be appointed in:

Correct Answer: C [Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha]

Explanation:

94th Amendment.

5.  

Consider the following about the Chief Minister:

1. The CM may be a member of the Legislative Council.
2. The CM's resignation dissolves the Council of Ministers.
3. The CM is the vice-chairperson of the Zonal Council by rotation.
4. The CM communicates the Council's decisions to the Governor under Article 167.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Correct Answer: D [All four]

Explanation:

Section 17.1.

6.  

In which case did the Supreme Court hold that a person disqualified by conviction cannot be appointed Chief Minister even for six months?

Correct Answer: A [B.R. Kapur v. State of Tamil Nadu]

Explanation:

2001.

7.  

Which Article deals with the duties of the Chief Minister towards the Governor?

Correct Answer: B [Article 167]

Explanation:

Article 167.

8.  

Consider the following about the 91st Amendment Act, 2003:

1. It capped the State Council of Ministers at 15% of the Assembly.
2. It set a minimum of 12 ministers in a State.
3. It required a Tribal Welfare minister in Jharkhand.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Correct Answer: A [1 and 2 only]

Explanation:

the tribal minister change came with the 94th.

9.  

Assertion (A): The Governor may call for a floor test when there is objective material that the government has lost its majority.

Reason (R): The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly.

Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A]

Explanation:

responsibility to the Assembly is the basis of the floor test.

10.  

Match List I (Case) with List II (Holding):

List I: A. S.R. Bommai B. Har Sharan Verma C. Subhash Desai D. S.R. Chaudhuri

List II: 1. Non-member CM for six months 2. Floor of the House decides majority 3. No repeated reappointment of a non-member 4. 2022 floor-test call unjustified

Correct Answer: D [A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3]

Explanation:

as in Section 17.3.

11.  

The Chief Minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi is appointed by:

Correct Answer: A [the President]

Explanation:

Article 239AA(5).

12.  

Which subjects are outside the legislative competence of the Delhi Legislative Assembly?

Correct Answer: B [Public order, police and land]

Explanation:

Article 239AA(3)(a).

13.  

Which constitutional amendment inserted Article 239AA providing a legislature for Delhi?

Correct Answer: D [69th Amendment]

Explanation:

1991.

14.  

Under Article 164(1A), the total number of ministers, including the Chief Minister, in a State shall not exceed:

Correct Answer: D [15 per cent of the total members of the Legislative Assembly]

Explanation:

added by the 91st Amendment (2003); the minimum is 12.

15.  

The rules for the convenient transaction of the business of a State government are made by:

Correct Answer: A [the Governor]

Explanation:

Article 166(3).

16.  

A person who is not a member of the State legislature is appointed CM. After five and a half months, she resigns and is immediately reappointed without being elected. What is the constitutional position?

Correct Answer: C [The reappointment is unconstitutional]

Explanation:

S.R. Chaudhuri (2001).

17.  

Arrange the following in chronological order:

1. 94th Amendment on the Tribal Welfare minister
2. S.R. Bommai judgment
3. 91st Amendment capping the Council
4. 69th Amendment for Delhi

Select the correct answer:

Correct Answer: B [4-2-3-1]

Explanation:

1991, 1994, 2003, 2006.

18.  

Who is the administrative head of the State Secretariat?

Correct Answer: C [The Chief Secretary]

Explanation:

the senior-most civil servant.

19.  

In Government of NCT of Delhi v. Union of India (2018), the Supreme Court held that the Lieutenant Governor:

Correct Answer: C [is bound by the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers except in excluded subjects]

Explanation:

a Constitution Bench ruling.

20.  

Under Article 163(2), if a question arises whether a matter is one in which the Governor must act in his discretion:

Correct Answer: B [the decision of the Governor in his discretion is final]

Explanation:

the validity of anything done cannot be questioned on that ground.

21.  
UPSC Prelims 1995

Which one of the following is not explicitly stated in the Constitution but followed as a convention?

Correct Answer: B [The Prime Minister has to resign if he loses majority in the Lower House]

Explanation:

follows from collective responsibility, by convention.

22.  
UPSC Prelims 2003

As per Indian Protocol, who among the following ranks highest in the order of precedence?

Correct Answer: C [Governor of a State within his State]

Explanation:

the Governor within his or her State.

23.  
UPSC Prelims 2007

Which of the following Constitution Amendment Acts seeks that the size of the Councils of Ministers at the Centre and in a State must not exceed 15 per cent of the total number of members in the Lok Sabha and the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly of that State, respectively?

Correct Answer: A [91st]

Explanation:

2003.

24.  
UPSC Prelims 2009

Which one of the following Constitutional Amendments states that the total number of Ministers, including the Prime Minister, in the Council of Ministers shall not exceed fifteen percent of the total number of members of the House of the People?

Correct Answer: B [91st]

Explanation:

2003.

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