Answer: Option [B]The correct answer is Cabinet Secretary. Article-75 establishes that there shall be a Council of Ministers headed by Prime Minister to aid and advice the President. Council of Ministers in India includes Prime Minister, Cabinet Minister, Minister of State and Minister of State (Independent Charge). Cabinet Secretary is not the part of Council of Ministers rather he/ she is part of permanent executive and the senior most civil servant in India.
Answer: Option [D]The correct answer is Option [D]. Once President is elected, he holds office for five years. He sits in the office even after the completion of five years given no new election has taken place or no new President has been elected till then. He can also be re-elected and there is no cap on his re-election.
Answer: Option [C]The correct answer is Speaker of the Lok Sabha. The Speaker of Lok Sabha is not elected by the president. S/he is elected by the members of the House of the Indian parliament for a term of five years.
Answer: Option [B]The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has recently raised the emoluments of the President, the Vice-President and the Governors. The emolument payable to the President has been raised to Rs. 1.50 lakh from Rs. 50.00 per month.
Answer: Option [C]The correct answer is 5 years. As per the constitution, the commission is appointed every five years and consists of a chairman and four other members.
Answer: Option [D]The correct answer is Prime Minister. After India achieved Independence, a formal model of planning was adopted, and accordingly, the Planning Commission, reporting directly to the Prime Minister of India, was established on 15 March 1950 with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru as the Chairman. Authority for the creation of the Planning Commission was not derived from the Constitution of India or statute; it is an arm of the Central Government of India.
Answer: Option [D]The correct answer as long as he enjoys the support of a majority in the Lok Sabha.
Answer: Option [D]The correct answer is Gram Cooperative Society. The Gram Sabha, Gram Panchayat and Nyaya Panchayat are all Panchayati Raj Institutions. Whereas Gram Cooperative Society is not a Panchayati Raj Institution.
Answer: Option [A]The correct answer is Planning Commission. The erstwhile Planning Commission was neither a constitutional body nor a Statutory body. It was established in March 1950 by an executive resolution of the Government of India.
Answer: Option [D]The Finance Commission adjudicates on the sharing of resources between Centre and the States. The main purpose of forming the Finance Commission is to give its recommendations on the distribution of Tax revenues between the Centre and the states as well as among the states.