Which clause of Article 75 makes the Union Council of Ministers collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha?
- A.Clause (1A)
- B.Clause (2)
- C.Clause (3)
- D.Clause (5)
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Explanation
The correct answer is clause (3), which provides that the Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the House of the People, that is, the Lok Sabha. This is the foundation of parliamentary government in India, because the Council stays in office only while it holds the confidence of that House. Option A is wrong because clause (1A) is the ceiling on numbers, limiting the Council, the Prime Minister included, to fifteen per cent of the strength of the Lok Sabha. Option B is wrong because clause (2) is the pleasure clause, the one under which Dr L. Murugan resignation was accepted; it governs tenure rather than responsibility to the House. Option D is wrong because clause (5) deals with a separate matter, that a Minister who is not a member of either House of Parliament for six consecutive months ceases to be a Minister.
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Practice Questions
Dr L. Murugan resignation from the Union Council of Ministers was accepted under which provision of the Constitution?
- A.Clause (1) of Article 74
- B.Clause (2) of Article 75
- C.Clause (3) of Article 77
- D.Article 78
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The press communique states that the President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, accepted the resignation under that clause, which lays down that a Minister holds office during the pleasure of the President.
Read the full explanation →Who accepted Dr L. Murugan resignation from the Union Council of Ministers, and on whose advice?
- A.The Prime Minister, on the advice of the Cabinet
- B.The Vice-President, on the advice of the Prime Minister
- C.The President of India, on the advice of the Prime Minister
- D.The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, on the advice of the President
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That is how the communique describes the step, and it follows the scheme of Article 75: Ministers are appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister and hold office during the pleasure of the President, so only the President can accept a Minister resignation.
Read the full explanation →Under the new NHAI system, the designs of critical highway structures will be independently checked mainly by:
- A.Empanelled IITs and reputed government technical institutions
- B.The Comptroller and Auditor General
- C.The Bureau of Indian Standards alone
- D.State public works departments
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Under the procedure, three such institutions or firms are proposed from the authority panel and one or more is selected according to the needs of the project; the selected body examines the design on its own and submits observations and recommendations, which the contractor must act on before the authority…
Read the full explanation →A major river bridge comes under independent design checking when its design discharge is at least:
- A.1,000 cubic metres per second
- B.2,000 cubic metres per second
- C.3,000 cubic metres per second
- D.5,000 cubic metres per second
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That is the threshold of design discharge at which a major river bridge is drawn into the new verification regime.
Read the full explanation →From which date does the NHAI policy on independent checking of bridge designs take effect?
- A.1 November 2026
- B.1 December 2026
- C.1 January 2027
- D.1 April 2027
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From that date the requirement of independent verification applies to every new highway project awarded under the Engineering, Procurement and Construction model, the Hybrid Annuity Model and the Build-Operate-Transfer model, and also to projects in which design verification or proof checking had not yet begun.
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