The President's Powers

Q. Which of the following is/are the functions of the President?

1. The President assigns tasks to the Prime Minister.
2. Declaration of peace are in the name of President.
3. Supreme commander of defence forces.
4. Appoints judges of Supreme court.

Q. Assertion (A): The President exercise all his powers without the consent of the Council of Ministers as he is the Head of the State.
Reason (R): The Council of Ministers are people's representatives and must be involved in decision making.

1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is false and (R) is true.
4. (A) is true and (R) is false.

Q. S1: The president appoints the state governors, election commissioner and ambassadors with the help of cabinet members.
S2: The president addresses both the houses at the beginning of each session.
S3: Each bill requires approval from the president before it is passed.

Select which of the above statements are true:

1. S1, S2
2. S2 and S3
3. S1 and S3
4. S1, S2 and S3

Q. Who is the head of council of ministers?

1. Governor
2. Chief Minister
3. Chief Justice
4. All above

Q. How are the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha elected?

Q. Consider a situation after the Lok Sabha elections, where three parties participated and none of them have the majority. In such situations, how will the nation get a Prime Minister?

1. Cabinet ministers choose the PM.
2. Previous Prime Minister is appointed again.
3. Supreme court chooses the PM.
4. President chooses the PM.

Q. What is the situation called when no party gets the required majority to form the government?

1. Minority government
2. Hung Parliament
3. Majority government
4. Coalition government

Q. What is the power of the States to entrust functions to the Union of India ?

1. The Governor of a State may, with consent of Central Government, entrust either conditionally or unconditionally to that Government or to its officers functions in relation to any matter to which the executive power of the State extends
2. Prime Minister is entrusted all such powers
3. President is entrusted all types of such powers
4. None of the above

Q. What is La Moneda?

1. Chile's Presidential Palace
2. Chile's Royal Palace
3. Chile's Political Party
4. Chile's Royal Army