10 General knowledge MCQ's on Indian Polity: Chief Minister of the State
1- Other than the Chief Minister, who administers the oath to the state's other ministers?
- a- Chief Minister
- b- Speaker of the assembly
- c- Chief Justice of the High Court
- d- Governor
Ans. d
2- Whom does the State's Advocate General answer to?
- a- Governor
- b- Chief Minister
- c- Speaker of the Assembly
- d- None of these
Ans. a
3- Whom does the State Council answer to?
- a- Governor
- b- Legislative Assembly
- c- Legislative Council
- d- State Legislature
Ans. b
4- Which of the following is not a power that the chief minister has access to?
- a- The Governor appoints ministers only to those people who are recommended by the Chief Minister.
- b- Chief Minister shifts all the ministers' departments.
- c- Chief Minister can ask the governor to disassociate the Legislative assembly.
- d- Chief Minister appoints judges of the state's high court.
Ans. d
5- Which of the subsequent claims is untrue?
- a- The Chief Minister's tenure is not fixed (with exceptions)
- b- If the Chief Minister resigns from his post then the entire Council of Ministers has to resign.
- c- The Governor is the President of the Inter-state Council.
- d- The collective responsibility of the Council of Ministers is to the State Legislature.
Ans. c
6- Who sets the Chief Minister's compensation and benefits?
- a- Governor
- b- State Legislature
- c- President
- d- Parliament
Ans. b
7- Which of the following is incorrectly matched?
- a- Article 167: Duties of the Chief Minister
- b- Article 163: Swearing in of the Chief Minister
- c- Article 164: Provisions related to State Ministers
- d- Article 166: Operations by the State Government
Ans. b
8- The Chief Minister currently holds which of the following positions?
- a- Chairman of the State Planning Board
- b- Member of National Development Council
- c- Chief Spokesperson of the State Government
- d- All of the above
Ans. d
9- What age must a person be to be appointed as a state's chief minister?
- a- 25 years
- b- 30 years
- c- 35 years
- d- 18 years
Ans. a
10- Which of the following claims about the Chief Minister is untrue?
- a- The Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the State.
- b- Article 154 states that the Governor will appoint the Chief Minister.
- c- The Governor is free to appoint any person as Chief Minister.
- d- A Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the Legislature of the State shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a Minister.
Ans. b
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