Indian Polity Questions and Answers Part-18

1. Which of the following is not true regarding the payment of the emoluments to the President?
(a) They do not require any parliamentary sanction
(b) They can be reduced during a Financial Emergency
(c) They are shown separately in the budget
(d) They are charged on the Contingency Fund of India

Answer:d

2. Which of the following appointments is not made by the President of India?
(a) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(b) Chief Justice of India
(c) Chief of the Air Force
(d) Chief of the Army

Answer: a

3. Which one of the following statements is most appropriate?
(a) The President shall be bound by the advice of the Prime Minister
(b) The President shall be bound by the advice given by the Council of Ministers
(c) The President shall act on the advice of the Prime Minister who shall tender such advice in consultation with his cabinet
(d) The President shall act in accordance with the advice of the Council of Ministers and he may return such advice for reconsideration

Answer: b

4. The Constitution guarantees the following privileges to the President of India:
(a) No criminal proceedings shall be instituted against the President in any court during his term of office
(b) No process for the arrest or impeachment of the President shall be issued from any court during his term of office
(c) The President shall not be answerable to any court for the exercise and performance of the powers and duties of his office or for any act done or purporting to be done by him in exercise of those powers and duties
(d) No civil proceedings whatsoever shall be instituted against the President in any court during the term of his office

Answer: d

5. The power to grant pardons, reprieve or remissions of punishment under Article 72 is exercised by the President of India:
(a) on the advice of the Prime Minister
(b) on his own as Head of the Union
(c) on the advice of Council of Ministers
(d) in consultation with the Prime Minister who tenders his opinion on the advice of his cabinet

Answer: c

6. The pardoning power given to the President of India under Article 72 can be exercised:
(a) only after the trial and on the sentence of conviction
(b) during or after trial but never before trial
(c) at any time before, during or after the trial
(d) either before or after the trial but never during the trial of the case

Answer: c

7. The only President of India who was elected unopposed is :
(a) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
(b) Dr. Zakir Hussain
(c) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
(d) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

Answer: c

8. To elect the President of India, which one of the following election procedures is used?
(a) System of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote
(b) Proportional representation through list system
(c) Collective voting system
(d) Secondary voting system

Answer: a

9. The only instance when the President of India exercised his power of veto related to the:
(a) Hindu Code Bill
(b) PEPSU Appropriation Bill
(c) Indian Post Office (Amendment Bill)
(d) Dowry Prohibition Bill

Answer: c

10. If the President returns a Bill sent to him for his assent and the Parliament once again passes the Bill in Its original form, then the President:
(a) can once again return the Bill for further reconsideration
(b) can ask for a referendum on the Bill
(c) has to give assent to the Bill
(d) can seek the opinion of the Supreme Court on the bill

Answer: c