NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Polity Chapter 4: Executive – Exercise
A parliamentary executive means:
(a) Executive where there is a parliament
(b) Executive elected by the parliament
(c) Where the parliament functions as the Executive
(d) Executive that is dependent on support of the majority in the parliament
Answer:
(d) Executive that is dependent on support of the majority in the parliament
Read this dialogue. Which argument do you agree with? Why?
Amit: Looking at the constitutional provisions, it seems that the President is only a rubber stamp.
Shama: The President appoints the Prime Minister. So, he must have the powers to remove the Prime Minister as well.
Rajesh: We don’t need a President. After the election, the Parliament can meet and elect a leader to be the Prime Minister.
Answer:
It is true what is said by Amit. In India, the President is only a rubber stamp and it is correct because the President’s power is limited in India. Original power is in the hand of the council of ministers and the whole power is enjoyed by the leading party as well. The president can give assent to the bill if it is passed by the parliament only.
Match the following –
| Column A | Column B |
|---|---|
| (i) Works within the particular State in which recruited | (a) Indian Foreign Service |
| (ii) Works in any central government office located either at the national capital or elsewhere in the country | (b) State Civil Services |
| (iii) Works in a particular State to which allotted; can also be sent on deputation to the centre | (c) All India Services |
| (iv) Works in Indian missions abroad | (d) Central Services |
Answer: (i)-(b), (ii)-(d), (iii)-(c), (iv)-(a)
Identify the ministry which may have released the following news items. Would this be a ministry of the central government or the State government? Why?
(a) An official release said that in 2004-05 the Tamil Nadu Textbooks Corporation would release new versions for standards VII, X and XI.
(b) A new railway loop line bypassing the crowded Tiruvallur-Chennai section to help iron ore exporters. The new line, likely to be about 80 km long, will branch off at Puttur and then reach Athipattu near the port.
(c) The three-member sub-divisional committee formed to verify suicide by farmers in Ramayampet mandal has found that the two farmers who committed suicide this month have had economic problems due to failure of crops.
Answer:
(a) Ministry of Education, State Government.
(b) Ministry of Railway, Central Government.
(c) Ministry of Agriculture, State Government.
While appointing the Prime Minister, the President selects –
(a) Leader of the largest party in the Lok Sabha
(b) Leader of the largest party in the alliance which secures a majority in the Lok Sabha
(c) The leader of the largest party in the Rajya Sabha
(d) Leader of the alliance or party that has the support of the majority in Lok Sabha
Answer:
(d) Leader of the alliance or party that has the support of the majority in Lok Sabha
It is said that there is too much political interference in the working of the administrative machinery. It is suggested that there should be more and more autonomous agencies which do not have to answer to the ministers.
(a) Do you think this will make administration more peoplefriendly?
(b) Do you think this will make administration more efficient?
(c) Does democracy mean full control of elected representatives over the administration?
Answer:
(a) This will not make administration more people friendly. It may leads to loss of accountability without checks and balances.
(b) This would make the administration less efficient. The ideologies of the autonomous agencies sometimes contradicts with objectives of the government.
(c) Democracy does not mean full control of elected representatives over the administration.
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