Prime Minister  & Executive Council of Ministers

1. Consider the following statements: (UPSC / IAS 2007)

1. Jawaharlal Nehru was in his fourth term as the Prime Minister of India at the time of his death.
2. Jawaharlal Nehru represented Rae Bareilly constituency as a Member of Parliament.
3. The first non-Congress Prime Minister of India assumed the office in the year 1977.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

2. With reference to Union Government, consider the following statements: (UPSC / IAS 2009)

1. The Ministries and Departments of the Government of India are created by the Prime Minister on the advice of the Cabinet Secretary.
2. Each of the ministries is assigned to a Minister by the President of India on the advice of the Prime Minister.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

3. Which one of the following Constitutional Amendments states that the total number of Ministers,

including the Prime Minister, in the Council of Minister shall not exceed fifteen percent of the total number of members

of the House of the People? (UPSC / IAS 2009).

4. With reference to Union Government, consider the following statements: (UPSC / IAS 2009)

1. Number of Ministries at the Center on 15th August 1947 was 18.
2. Number of Ministries at the Center at present is 36.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

5. The Prime Minister of India, at the time of his/her appointment (UPSC / IAS 2010)

6. Consider the following statements : (UPSC /IAS 2015 )

1. The Executive power of the Union of India is vested in the Prime Minister.
2. The Prime Minister is the ex officio Chairman of the Civil Services Board.

Which of the statements given above is / are correct?

7. The Ninth Schedule was introduced in the Constitution of India during the Prime Ministership of : (UPSC /IAS 2019 )