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31.

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is the Apex body for Disaster Management in India and is headed by __________.

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Tripura Public Service Commission - 2026,

Answer: C

The NDMA is headed by the Prime Minister.

The National Disaster Management Authority was set up under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, as the apex body for laying down disaster-management policies, plans and guidelines. Section 3 of the Act makes the Prime Minister its chairperson, ex officio. In the same way, each State Disaster Management Authority is chaired by the Chief Minister.

The Union Home Minister and the Union Home Secretary have important roles in the Ministry of Home Affairs, which is the nodal ministry for disasters, but neither heads the NDMA. The President has no executive role in it.

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32.

In which Article of the Constitution of India the Pardoning power of the President of India has been provided ?

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Tripura Public Service Commission - 2026,

Answer: B

The President's pardoning power is in Article 72.

Article 72 empowers the President to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment, and to suspend, remit or commute sentences, including in cases of a death sentence and court-martial. Governors have a similar but narrower power under Article 161.

Article 71 deals with disputes about the President's election, Article 73 with the extent of the Union's executive power, and Article 74 with the Council of Ministers that aids and advises the President.

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33.

A person to be eligible for election as the President of India should not be less than

Exam Year(s)

Tripura Public Service Commission - 2021,

Answer: D

A presidential candidate must be at least 35 years of age.

Article 58 of the Constitution requires a candidate for President to be a citizen of India, to have completed 35 years of age, and to be qualified for election as a member of the Lok Sabha.

18 years is the voting age. 21 years was the old voting age and is now the minimum age for some other offices, and 25 years is the minimum age for a member of the Lok Sabha or a state Legislative Assembly.

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34.

The President of India addresses his resignation letter to the

Exam Year(s)

Tripura Public Service Commission - 2019,

Answer: B

The President addresses the resignation to the Vice-President.

Article 56(1)(a) of the Constitution provides that the President may resign by writing under his hand addressed to the Vice-President. The Vice-President must then communicate the resignation to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

The Speaker is informed but does not receive the letter. The Chief Justice of India administers the oath of office and the Prime Minister heads the council of ministers; neither has a role in the President's resignation. Conversely, the Vice-President resigns to the President (Article 67).

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35.

Vice-President of India also holds which one office from the following ?

Exam Year(s)

Tripura Public Service Commission - 2019,

Answer: B

The Vice-President is ex officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha.

Article 64 provides that the Vice-President shall be ex officio Chairman of the Council of States and shall hold no other office of profit. He presides over the House but is not one of its members.

The Chairman of the Finance Commission is appointed by the President under Article 280 for each Commission, and the Committee of Privileges is a parliamentary committee with its own chair. Neither office goes with the Vice-Presidency, so 'None of the above' is also wrong.

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36.

Who among the following is known as the guardian of the 'Public Purse' in India ?

Exam Year(s)

Tripura Public Service Commission - 2019,

Answer: A

The guardian of the public purse is The Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

The CAG, appointed under Article 148, audits all receipts and expenditure of the Union and the States and reports to Parliament and the state legislatures. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar called the office probably the most important in the Constitution for this reason.

Parliament authorises spending and the Reserve Bank manages currency and banking, but neither audits the government's accounts. The Supreme Court guards the Constitution, not the public finances.

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37.

The satisfaction of the President means the satisfaction of the Council of Ministers and not his personal satisfaction, held in

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

That the satisfaction of the President means the satisfaction of the Council of Ministers was held in Samsher Singh v. State of Punjab (1974).

A seven-judge bench held that the President and the Governors act on the aid and advice of their Council of Ministers in all their functions, so the satisfaction mentioned in the Constitution is that of the Council, and not a personal satisfaction.

U.N. Rao v. Indira Gandhi was about the Prime Minister continuing in office after the dissolution of the Lok Sabha. Ram Jawaya Kapoor v. State of Punjab dealt with the extent of executive power. Sardari Lal v. Union of India was a case on dismissal under Article 311 and is the weaker choice, since the key names Samsher Singh as the leading authority.

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38.

The power of the President of India to issue an ordinance is a

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: A

The President’s power to issue an ordinance under Article 123 is a legislative power. The ordinance has the same force as an Act of Parliament, though it is made while Parliament is not in session and must be laid before it, and it lapses six weeks after Parliament reassembles unless approved earlier. It is therefore not executive in the sense of carrying out law, nor quasi-judicial or judicial, since no adjudication of rights between parties is involved.

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39.

Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and find correct answer using codes given below :

Assertion (A) : The Council of Ministers is the hub of the Parliamentary form of Government.
Reason (R) : The Government is formed from the majority party.
Codes :

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: A

Both statements are true but the reason is not the correct explanation, which is option A. The Council of Ministers is the centre of the parliamentary system because it is collectively responsible to the lower house and runs the government.

Forming the government from the majority party is how the council is chosen, not why it is the hub. So B, which treats the reason as the explanation, is wrong, and C and D call a true statement false.

A parliamentary government depends on the confidence of the legislature, which is why the Council of Ministers is central.

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40.

The powers of the President of India are

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: D

In India the President's powers are exercised in accordance with the Constitution. He takes an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the law (Article 60), and he can be impeached for violating it (Article 61). Under Article 74, as amended in 1976 and 1978, he acts on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers. Because the Constitution is supreme in India, no organ is supra-constitutional or beyond it, which rules out the first two options. Parliament does not direct the President in the exercise of his powers, so the third option is also wrong. The answer is in accordance with the Constitution of India.

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