4431. Mr _____ led the first minority government of the country.
A. Morarji Desai
B. Charan Singh
C. VP Singh
D. Chandrashekhar
✅ The correct answer is option C.
UPSC
4432. Which one of the following is not true about the functions of the Attorney General?
A. He will have the right to speak in the House of Parliament
B. He will have the right to vote in Parliament
C. He will have a right of audience in all courts in India
D. He is the first Law Officer of the Government of India
✅ The correct answer is option B.
4433. The normal life of the House of the People is five years, but it may be dissolved earlier by the
A. Speaker
B. Prime Minister
C. President
D. Vice-President
✅ The correct answer is option C.
4434. A Cabinet Minister who for a period of six consecutive months is not a member of either House of Parliament shall on the expiry of that period
A. continue to be a Minister by a special resolution of the Cabinet
B. cease to be a Minister
C. be reverted as a Deputy Minister
D. be reverted as a Minister of State
✅ The correct answer is option B.
4435. The role of the Finance Commission in Centre-State fiscal relations has been undermined by the
A. State Governments
B. Zonal Councils
C. Planning Commission
D. Election Commission
✅ The correct answer is option C.
4436. If in an election to a State Legislative Assembly the candidate who is declared elected loses his deposit, it means that
A. the polling was very poor
B. the election was for a multi-member constituency
C. the elected candidate’s victory over his nearest rival was very marginal
D. a very large number of candidates contested the election
✅ The correct answer is option A.
4437. Money can be advanced out of the Contingency Fund of India to meet unforeseen expenditures, by the
A. Parliament
B. President
C. Finance Minister
D. Prime Minister
✅ The correct answer is option B.
4438. The Lok Sabha alone is entitled to vote in the case of
A. demand for grants
B. merger of States
C. creation of a new State
D. a private member’s bill
✅ The correct answer is option A.
4439. The growing power of the bureaucracy does not pose any serious challenge to the democratic polity in India because the final authority still rests with the
A. Judiciary
B. Head of the State
C. Head of the Government
D. Union Parliament
✅ The correct answer is option D.
4440. ______ constituted the largest single professional group among the members of the Constituent Assembly of India.
A. Professors
B. Politicians
C. Lawyers
D. Doctors
✅ The correct answer is option C.