The President's Powers

Q.

If you are elected as the President of India which of the following decisions can you take on your own?

(a) Select the person you like as Prime Minister.

(b) Dismiss a Prime Minister who has a majority in Lok-Sabha.

(c) Ask for reconsideration of a bill passed by both the Houses.

(d) Nominate the leaders of your choice to the Council of Ministers.

Q. Consider the following statements:
1. Parliament shall, while a proclamation of Emergency is in operation, have the power to make laws for the whole or any part of territory of India with respect to any of the matters enumerated in the State List
2. Parliament has exclusive power to make any law with respect to any matter not enumerated in the Concurrent List or State List
3. Parliament has power to make any law for whole or any part of the territory of India for implementing any treaty, agreement or convention with any other country
4. Parliament has power to legislate with respect to a matter in the State List in the national interest subject to the resolution passed by the Council of States by two-third majority.
Which of these statements are correct?

1. 1, 2 and 3
2. 1, 2, 3 and 4
3. 1, 3 and 4
4. 2 and 4

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

Q. Who appoints the Prime Minister of India?

1. Lok Sabha
2. Rajya Sabha
3. President
4. Supreme Court

Q. Why parliamentary democracy is also known as cabinet form of Government? Explain it by giving importance of cabinet minister in parliamentary democracy?

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. 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 true and (R) is false.
4. (A) is false and (R) is true.

Q. A teacher was making preparations for a mock parliament. She called two students to act as leaders of two political parties. She gave them an option: Each one could choose to have a majority either in the mock Lok Sabha or in the mock Rajya Sabha. If this choice was given to you, which one would you choose and why?

Q.

Why is parliamentary democracy in most of the countries known as cabinet form of government?

Q.

difference between powers of president and prime minister in india