*The real head of India (De facto) Ans : The Prime Minister *The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of India under Ans : Article 75 *The Keystone of the Cabinet Arch Ans : The Prime Minister *The Constitutional head described as 'First among equals' (Primus Inter Pares) Ans : The Prime Minister *A person who is not a member of the Parliament can be appointed the Prime Minister but he must become a Member of Parliament with in Ans : Six months *The Prime Minister must be a member of either Ans : Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha *The oath of office of the Prime Minister is administered by Ans : The President *Tenure of Prime Minister is Ans : 5 years *Meeting of the Council of Ministers is presided by Ans : The Prime Minister *The ex-officio chairman of the NITI Ayog, National Development Council and Interstate council Ans : The Prime Minister *Confidence motion is presented by Ans : The Prime Minister *On the appointments to the offices like Attorney General, Comptroller and Auditor General, UPSC Chairman, Election Commissioners, Cabinet Ministers etc. the President is advised by Ans : The Prime Minister *Prime Minister can resign by addressing his resignation letter to Ans : The President *The real power of a Democratic Parliament is vested in Ans : The Prime Minister *The official residence of the Prime Minister Ans : No.7 Race Course Road (New name - 7 Lok Kalyan Marg) *The head of the Caretaker Ministry Ans : The Prime Minister
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU (1947-1964)
*Jawaharlal Nehru was born on Ans : 14 November 1889 *November 14 is observed as Ans : Children's day *The Architect of Modern India Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru *First Prime Minister of Independent India Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru *The longest serving Prime Minister of India Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru *The Indian Prime Minister who wrote books in a pen name 'Chanakya' Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru *First Prime Minister who faced the Non-Confidence motion Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru *First Prime Minister who got Bharat Ratna Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru *First Prime Minister who appeared in Indian postal stamp (1962) and coin Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru *In 1954 Panchsheel agreement was signed by Jawaharlal Nehru and Chinese Prime Minister Ans : Chau En Lai *First Chairman of National Development Council and Planning Commission Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru *The Prime Minister who inaugurated the first Medical College of Kerala Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru *The Prime Minister who described Manipur as the Jewel of India Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru
FIRST INDIAN CABINET
*Members of the first Cabinet of Independent India, who took the oath of office on the 15th August 1947 NAME PORTFOLIO *Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister, External Affairs, Common wealth relations and Scientific Research *Sardar Vallabhai Patel Deputy Prime Minister and Home *Sardar Baldev Singh Defence *Shanmugam Chetty Finance *Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Law *Syama Prasad Mukherjee Industry and supply *Rajkumari Amrit Kaur Health *Moulana Abdul Kalam Azad Education *Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Communication *Dr. Rajendra Prasad Food and Agriculture *Babu Jagjivan Ram Labour *Narhar Vishnu Gadgil Public works, Mines and Power *C.H. Bhaba Commerce *N. Gopalswami Ayyankar Non-Portfolio Minister
*First Prime Minister who proclaimed National Emergency (1962) in India Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru *The architect of the Preamble of the Indian Constitution Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru First Prime Minister who presented the Finance Budget Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru *The president of INC session held in 1937 at Faizapur Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru *The Prime Minister who launched Community Development Programme in 1952 Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru *Children called Nehru affectionately as Ans : Chachaji *The Panchayati Raj System was introduced by Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru (in 1959) *Nehru was the Prime Minister during Indochina war in Ans : 1962 *First Prime Minister who addressed the Kerala Legislative Assembly Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru *Nehru died on Ans : May 27,1964 *First Prime Minister who died in harness Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru *Resting place of Jawaharlal Nehru Ans : Santivan
Literary Works / Books NEHRU
*Discovery of India *Glimpses of World History *An Autobiography *Letter from A father to his Daughter
GULZARILAL NANDA (ACTING PRIME MINISTER 1964, 1966)
*First and only Acting Prime Minister of India Ans : Gulzarilal Nanda *First Vice-Chairman of Planning Commission Ans : Gulzarilal Nanda *Gulzarilal Nanda got Bharat Ratna in Ans : 1997 *The resting place of Gulzarilal Nanda Ans : Narayan Ghat *The oldest administrator to receive Bharat Ratna Ans : Gulzarilal Nanda
LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI (1964-1966)
*The Prime Minister known as "Man of Peace" Ans : Lal Bahadur Shastri *The second Prime Minister of India Ans : Lal Bahadur Shastri *"Jai Javan Jai Kisan" slogan raised by Ans : Lal Bahadur Shastri *Prime Minister at the time of Indo-Pak war (1965) Ans : Lal Bahadur Shastri *The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna posthumously (1966) Ans : Lal Bahadur Shastri *Resting place of Lai Bahadur Shastri Ans : 'VijayGhat' *The only Congress Prime Minister who did not complete the tenure Ans : Lal Bahadur Shastri *The first Prime Minister who died in abroad Ans : Lal Bahadur Shastri *Second Prime Minister who died while in service Ans : Lal Bahadur Shastri *First Indian Prime Minister who was born in the 20th Century Ans : Lal Bahadur Shastri *The Indian Prime Minister who was born on the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi (Oct 2) Ans : Lal Bahadur Shastri Q&A Hot Spot *Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport is situated at Ans : Varanasi *Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy of Administration is located at Ans : Mussoorie (Uttarakhand) *Lal Bahadur Shastri stadium in Kerala is located at Ans : Kollam *Tashkent Agreement Ans : January 10,1966 *The Agreement that resolved the Indo-Pak War of 1965 Ans : Tashkent Agreement *The Agreement was signed between Ans : Ayub Khan (Pakistan President) & Lal Bahadur Shastri *The person who served as the Mediator in Tashkent Agreement Ans : Alexei Kosygin (Soviet Union Prime Minister) *Tashkent is presently the capital of Ans : Uzbekistan *Lal Bahadur Shastri died in Ans : Tashkent (January 11, 1966)
INDIRA GANDHI (1966-1977 AND 1980 -1984)
*First woman Prime Minister of India Ans : Indira Gandhi *Second woman Prime Minister of the World Ans : Indira Gandhi *The personality who is known as 'Iron lady of India' Ans : Indira Gandhi *First Rajya Sabha member to become Prime Minister of India Ans : Indira Gandhi *First woman who became Finance Minister of India Ans : Indira Gandhi *The only woman Finance Minister who presented Budget in the Parliament Ans : Indira Gandhi *The Prime Minister who put forward the Twenty point programme Ans : Indira Gandhi *Prime Minister, during the time of bank Nationalization (1969 and 1980) Ans : Indira Gandhi *The Prime Minister at the time of the establishment of ISRO (1969) Ans : Indira Gandhi *First woman and first woman Prime Minister who got Bharat Ratna (1971) Ans : Indira Gandhi *First Prime Minister of India to face a contempt of the court Ans : Indira Gandhi *The Prime Minister who extended the term of the Lok Sabha from 5 years to 6 years Ans : Indira Gandhi *The slogan 'Garibi Hatao' was raised by Ans : Indira Gandhi *First Indian Prime Minister to lose in an election Ans : Indira Gandhi *In the election, Indira Gandhi was defeated by Ans : Raj Narayan *The Prime Minister who abolished the 'Privy purse' (1971) Ans : Indira Gandhi *Shimla Agreement was signed on Ans : July 2, 1972 *Shimla Agreement was signed between Ans : Indira Gandhi and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto *The agreement caused for the formation of Bangladesh Ans : Shimla Agreement *Birthday of Indira Gandhi (November 19) is observed as Ans : National Integration Day *Death day of Indira Gandhi (October 31) is observed as National rededication day
Literary Works / Books
■ INDIRA GANDHI *My truth (Autobiography) *Eternal India *Remembered Moments *On peoples and Problems *Of Man and His Environment
*Prime Minister during Indo-Pak war (1971) Ans : Indira Gandhi *The Indian Prime Minister who took initiative for the formation of Bangladesh Ans : Indira Gandhi *The Prime Minister during the time of first nuclear experiment (1974) Ans : Indira Gandhi *The Prime Minister at the time of the launching of first Indian Satellite named 'Aryabhatta' Ans : Indira Gandhi *The Prime Minister during the time of Internal Emergency (1975 ) Ans : Indira Gandhi *The Prime Minister at the time of when annexation of Sikkim to the Indian Union Ans : Indira Gandhi *Indian Military Operation named Operation Blue Star (1984) to remove the Sikh militant from the golden temple of Amritsar was ordered by Ans : Indira Gandhi *The Indian Prime Minister at the time when Rakesh Sharma went to space in 1984 Ans : Indira Gandhi The Prime Minister during the time of the establishment of the first Indian Expedition named Dakshin Gangotri in Antarctica (1984) Indira Gandhi *First Indian Prime Minister who was assassinated Ans : Indira Gandhi (October 31,1984) *Resting place of Indira Gandhi Ans : Saktisthal
MORARJI DESAI (1977-1979)
* The oldest Prime Minister of India Ans : Morarji Desai * First Deputy Prime Minister who resigned from the post Morarji Desai * First Prime Minister who resigned from the office Ans : Morarji Desai * First Non-congress Prime Minister of India Ans : Morarji Desai *First person who became Prime Minister after served as the Chief Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister Ans : Morarji Desai *The Prime Minister who brought the Rolling Plan in India Ans : Morarji Desai *The person who served long term as Finance Minister of India Ans : Moraiji Desai *The Finance Minister who presented Budget most number of times Ans : Morarji Desai *Two people holding the post of Deputy Prime Minister during the term of Morarji Desai Ans : Charan singh and Jagjeevan Ram *The Finance Minister who brought Gold Regulation Bill Ans : Moraiji Desai *Moraiji Desai received Bharat Ratna in the year Ans : 1991 *The only Indian Prime Minister who received both Bharat Ratna and Nishan -e- Pakistan (1990) Ans : Moraiji Desai *The Prime Minister who restored the original term of Lok Sabha from 6 to 5 years Ans : Moraiji Desai *The first Prime minister who was hurried outside New Delhi Ans : Moraiji Desai *The resting place of Moraji Desai Ans : 'Abhay Ghat'
Literary Works / Books ■ MORARJI DESAI
*The story of my life *Nature cure *Discourse on the Gita
CHARAN SINGH (1979-1980)
*The Prime Minister who never faced the Parliament Ans : Charan Singh *The Prime Minister who ruled for the shortest term (5 months, 16 days) Ans : Charan Singh *First Indian Prime Minister who led a Minority Government Ans : Charan Singh *Second person who became Prime Minister after holding the post of Deputy Prime Minister Ans : Charan Singh *The Prime Minister who is known as the Karshaka Bandhu Ans : Charan Singh *The birthday of Charan Singh (December 23) is observed as Ans : National farmer's Day 'Chaudhary Charan Singh' Airport situated in Ans : Lucknow *The resting place of Charan Singh Ans : 'Kisan Ghat'
Literary Works / Books ■ CHARAN SINGH
* India's economic policy: *The Gandhian Blue print * India's Political System * Abolition of Zamindari * India's Poverty and its Solutions
RAJIV GANDHI (1984-1989)
*The youngest Prime Minister of India Ans : Rajiv Gandhi *The personality who is known as Father of Indian Information Technology Ans : Rajiv Gandhi *The Prime Minister of India, when Bhopal tragedy took place Ans : Rajiv Gandhi *The voting age was reduced from 21 to 18 by Rajjv Gandhi in Ans : 1989 (61th Amendment) *The Prime Minister who introduced Anti Defection law (52nd ammendment in 1985) Ans : Rajiv Gandhi *First Opposition Leader to be assassinated (1991 May 21) Ans : Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi introduced
*New Education Policy (1986) *Operation Blackboard (1987) *National Literacy Mission (1988) *Birthday of Rajiv Gandhi (August 20) is observed as Ans : Sadbhavana Divas * His Death day (May 21) is observed as Ans : Anti- terrorism day *Second Prime Minister who got Bharat Ratna posthumously Ans : Rajiv Gandhi *The resting place of Rajiv Gandhi Ans : Veerbhumi *The Indian Prime Minister who is related to Boors Scandal Ans : Rajiv Gandhi *The Prime Minister who possessed a pilot licence Ans : Rajiv Gandhi *The Indian Prime Minister during the formation of SAARC Ans : Rajiv Gandhi *Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is situated in Ans : Hyderabad *Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium is located in Ans : Hyderabad *The Committee which was appointed to study the security lapse that led to the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi Ans : Justice J.S. Varma Committee *The Committee which was appointed to study the conspiracy of Rajiv Gandhi assassination Ans : Jain Committee
V.P. SINGH (1989-1990)
*First Indian Prime Minister to resign from the post due to non confidence motion Ans : V.P.Singh *The Prime Minister who tabled the Mandal Commission in the Parliament Ans : V.P.Singh *Head of the first Hanging Ministry in the Centre Ans : V.P.Singh *The Prime Minister who conducted the longest Press Meeting Ans : V.P.Singh
■ V.P. SINGH Ans : Every time I wake up
S. CHANDRA SHEKHAR (1990 - 1991)
*The Prime Minister known as the Young Turk Ans : S.Chandra Shekhar *First recipient of the Best Parliamentarian award in 1995 Ans : S.Chandra Shekhar *Third Prime Minister who resigned from the office Ans : S.Chandra Shekhar *The resting place of Chandrashekar Ans : Jannayak Sthal
P.V. NARASIMHA RAO (1991-1996)
*The Prime Minister who is known as Ans : Chanakya of Indian politics P.V. Narasimha Rao *First Prime Minister from South India Ans : P.V. Narasimha Rao *First non - Prime Minister who completed the term *The Prime Minister who introduced New Economic policy (1991) Ans : P.V. Narasimha Rao *First non-parliament member to become the Prime Minister of India Ans : P.V. Narasimha Rao *The Prime Minister who faced trial on criminal charges Ans : P.V. Narasimha Rao *The Prime Minister who is known as the father of economic reforms in India Ans : P.V. Narasimha Rao *The Prime Minister during the demolition of Babri Masjid Ans : P.V. Narasimha Rao
PRIME MINISTERS OF INDIA
*prime Minister who gave constitutional support for the Panchayati Raj Act Ans : P.V. Narasimha Rao *First non-Nehru family member who completed the term of Prime Minister Ans : P.V.Narasimha Rao *The resting place of P.V. Narasimha Rao Ans : Buddha Poornima Park
Literary Works / Books ■ P.V. NARASIMHA RAO
❖The Insider ❖Ayodhya 6th December 1992 ❖Half lion
ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE (1996, 1998- 99 AND 1999-2004)
*First non-congress Prime Minister to complete his tenure Ans : Atal Bihari Vajpayee *The shortest serving government was led by Ans : A.B. Vajpayee *Prime Minister during the Kargil war in 1999 Ans : A.B. Vajpayee *Second Nuclear Test in Pokhran was conducted under the Prime Ministership of Ans : A.B. Vajpayee *The slogan Jai Jawan Jai Kisan Jai Vigyar' was raised by Ans : A.B. Vajpayee *The birthday of A.B. Vajpayee (Dec 25) is observed as Ans : Good Governance day *He got Bharat Ratna in Ans : 2014 *The Prime Minister who was born in a Christmas Day Ans : A.B. Vajpayee *The Prime Minister who made a speech in Hindi in UNO Ans : A.B. Vajpayee *The person who served as Prime Minister for three times after Nehru and Indira Gandhi Ans : A.B. Vajpayee *The Prime Minister at the time of the celebrations of the Golden Jubilee of Indian Republic Day Ans : A.B. Vajpayee *The Prime Minister who resigned due to No-confidence Motion Ans : A.B. Vajpayee *First Indian Prime Minister who was unmarried Ans : A.B. Vajpayee *The Prime Minister who led the largest coalition ministry Ans : A.B. Vajpayee
Literary Works / Books ■ A.B. VAJPAYEE
*Decisive Days *Meri Ekyavan Kavitayen *New Dimensions of India's Foreign Policy
H.D. DEVA GOWDA (1996-1997)
*The second Prime Minister from South India Ans : H.D.Deva Gowda *The Prime Minister who is popularly known as 'Mannina Maga' (Son of the Soil) Ans : H.D.Deva Gowda *The second non-parliament member to become the Prime Minister of India Ans : H.D.Deva Gowda *The Political organisation started by H.D.Deva Gowda Ans : Janata Dal
I.K. GUJRAL (1997- 1998)
*The Prime Minister when India celebrated 50th anniversary of Indian Independence Ans : I.K.Gujral First Prime Minister from Punjab Ans : I.K.Gujral *I.K. Gujral became Indian Prime Minister after holding the seat as Ans : Indian ambassador of Russia *The Prime Minister known as the Expert of Foreign Affairs Ans : I.K.Gujral *The policies of I.K. Gujral on Foreign Affairs are known as Ans : Gujral Doctrines
Literary Works / Books I.K. GUJRAL
*Continuity & Change: India's Foreign Policy *Matters of discretion
DR. MANMOHAN SINGH (2004-2014)
*Prime Minister of India Ans : Manmohan Singh *First Prime Minister from Minority community Ans : Manmohan Singh *He was the member of Rajya Sabha from Ans : Assam *The Prime Minister who is known as 'The Economist' Ans : Manmohan Singh *First person who became Prime Minister after holding the post of opposition leader of Rajya Sabha Ans : Manmohan Singh *First Prime Minister to visit Siachen Glacier Ans : Manmohan Singh *The idea of LPG (Liberalisation, Privitization, Globalisation) was put forward by Ans : Manmohan Singh *The Prime Minister who formed National Investigation Agency (NIA) Ans : Manmohan Singh *The only Prime Minister who was not a member in Lok Sabha Ans : Manmohan Singh *The Indian Prime Minister who started National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme Ans : Manmohan Singh *The second Prime Minister who came to power after the first term Ans : Manmohan Singh *The Prime Minister who held the post of UPSC Chairman, UGC Chairman Ans : Manmohan Singh *The Prime Minister who brought the Right to Information Act Ans : Manmohan Singh
NARENDRA DAMODARDAS MODI (2014....)
*15th Prime Minister of India Ans : Narendra Modi *First Prime Minister who was born after the Indian independence Ans : Narendra Modi *First Prime Minister from backward community Ans : Narendra Modi *Narendra Modi served as Chief Minister of Ans : Gujarat *Narendra Modi was elected from Ans : Vadodara and Varanasi *Narendra Modi became the Parliament member from Ans : Varanasi *As per Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, Narendramodi adopted Ans : Jayapur Village (UP)
*First Deputy Prime Minister of India Ans : Sardar Vallabhai Patel *First Deputy Prime Minister who died while in service Ans : Sardar Vallabhai Patel *The longest serving Deputy Prime Minister Ans : Sardar Vallabhai Patel *The person who was the Deputy Prime Minister under-two Prime Ministers Ans : Devilal *First person to become Prime Minister from the post of Deputy Prime Minister Ans : Morarji Desai *Last Deputy Prime Minister of India Ans : L.K.Advani *The higher post in the central ministry, which is not specified in the Constitution Ans : The Deputy Prime Minister *The Deputy Prime Minister in the Indira Gandhi Ministry Ans : Moraiji Desai *The Deputy Prime Minister in the Charan Singh Ministry Ans : Y.B.Chavan *April 5 is observed as the Samatha Diwas in memory of Ans : Jagjivan Ram *The book 'My Country, My Life' was written by Ans : L.K.Advani
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS [ARTlCLE 74 (1)]
*Article 74( 1) deals with Ans : Council of Ministers *The head of the Council of Ministers Ans : The Prime Minister *The constitutional body which aids and advises the President in his functions Ans : The Council of Ministers *The Prime minister is appointed by Ans : The President *The other Ministers are appointed by Ans : The President on the advice of Prime minister (Article 75(1)) *The Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the Ans : Lok Sabha (Article 75) *The ministers are individually responsible to Ans : The President *Before a minister assumes his office, the oath of office is administered by Ans : The President *The President shall administer the oath of office and secrecy according to the prescribed form in the Ans : Third Schedule *The minister hold their office during the pleasure of Ans : The President *A Minister shall be a member of Ans : Either houses of the parliament *But he can vote only in the house which he belongs to *The number of categories in the Union Council of Ministers Ans : Three categories *The three categories of Union Council of Ministers Ans : Ministers of cabinet rank, Ministers of States and Deputy ministers *A person not belonging to any House of the parliament can also be appointed as a Minister for a maximum period of Ans : Six months *A non member Minister has to be elected from a constituency within a period of Ans : Six Months *The constitutional amendment which limits the size of the Council of Ministers including the Prime minister is Ans : 91st constitutional Amendment Act 2003 *The maximum limit of size of the Council of Ministers shall be Ans : Not to exceed 15% of the total strength of the Lok Sabha
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