Union Executive Questions and Answers – Page 2

Correct (B): Articles 148-151 cover the CAG's appointment

Setalvad was India's first Attorney General (1950-63) and the longest-serving one. Daphtary was the second AG (and India's first Solicitor General); (C) Niren De served during the Emergency (ADM Jabalpur case); (A) R. Venkataramani is a recent AG.

Correct (D): The AG is the country's highest law officer

Correct (C): Article 76 provides for the Attorney General

Correct (A): Under Article 85 the President dissolves the Lok Sabha on the PM's advice — a powerful political weapon of the PM. Why others wrong: (D) the Speaker's role ends with presiding and certifying money bills; (B) the CJI has no role in dissolution; (C) the ECI conducts elections after dissolution but does not advise it.

Correct (D): The PM is the real (de facto) head of the executive

Correct (C): Article 78 makes it the PM's duty to communicate all decisions of the Council of Ministers

Correct (B): The PM chairs NITI Aayog (2015

Correct (C): The PM must be a member of Parliament; if from the Lok Sabha the minimum age is 25