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Question 01
easy
Which Articles of the Indian Constitution specifically deal with the parliamentary system of government at the Centre?
Question 02
medium
Which constitutional amendments explicitly made the advice of the Council of Ministers binding on the President?
Question 03
easy
In the parliamentary system, the term 'collective responsibility' primarily implies which of the following?
Question 04
medium
Which scholar described the cabinet as 'a hyphen that joins the buckle that binds the executive and legislative departments together'?
Question 05
easy
The term 'Westminster model of government' derives its name from which of the following?
Question 06
medium
Which of the following is NOT a feature of the parliamentary system of government in India?
Question 07
medium
Consider the following statements about the American presidential system:
1. The President can dissolve the House of Representatives before its term expires.
2. Cabinet secretaries in the USA are non-elected officials appointed by the President.
3. The President is removable by the Congress through a simple majority vote of no confidence.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Question 08
medium
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, while justifying the adoption of the parliamentary system in the Constituent Assembly, argued that the Constituent Assembly preferred:
Question 09
medium
Which committee, appointed in 1975, examined the question of replacing India's parliamentary system with the presidential system and recommended retaining the former?
Question 10
easy
Under the Indian Constitution, a minister who is not a member of Parliament continuously for a certain period ceases to hold office. What is that period?
Question 11
medium
Which of the following best explains why India's parliamentary system is described as encouraging 'government by amateurs'?
Question 12
hard
Consider the following distinctions between the Indian and British parliamentary systems:
1. India has a republican head of state; Britain has a hereditary monarch.
2. Parliament is sovereign in India but not in Britain.
3. In Britain, a non-MP may be appointed as minister for up to six months.
4. The 'Shadow Cabinet' is an institution in Britain with no equivalent in India.
Which of the above are correct?
Question 13
easy
Ivor Jennings coined the term 'cabinet system' for parliamentary government. What was his reasoning?
Question 14
medium
The Latin phrase 'primus inter pares' was historically used to describe the position of the British Prime Minister. What does this phrase mean?
Question 15
medium
Which of the following is a correct statement about the 'Shadow Cabinet' in Britain?
Question 16
medium
Which of the following Indian Prime Ministers assumed office as a member of the Rajya Sabha (not the Lok Sabha)?
Question 17
medium
Ramsay Muir's famous phrase 'dictatorship of the cabinet' highlights which demerit of the parliamentary system?
Question 18
medium
Which of the following is a key reason why the Constitution-makers adopted the parliamentary system given India's social character?