Question

Article 75 includes among its provisions:

1: The Prime Minister is to be appointed by the President.
2: The Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha.
3: The President may appoint a non-member as Prime Minister who must become a member of Parliament before the expiration of six months.
4: The Ministers shall hold office during the pleasure of the Prime Minister.

A: 1,2 and 3
B: 1, 3 and 4
C: 1, 2 and 4
D: 2, 3 and 4

Answer 1

Hint: There have been 18 Prime Ministers appointed in India since 1947. Jawahar Lal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India. Narendra Modi is the nineteenth Prime Minister of India.

Complete Step by Step Answer:

Article 75(2) provides for the provision that all the ministers shall be capable to hold office during the pleasure of the President. The President appoints all the ministers on the advice of the Prime Minister. Article75(3) includes a provision that the Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha. Article 75(5) has a provision that the President may appoint a non-member as Prime Minister who must become a member of Parliament before the expiration of six months. Option A is the correct answer because 1, 2 and 3 are included in Article 75.
Article 75(4) has a provision that the Ministers shall hold office during the pleasure of the President. Point number four is incorrect because it says that the Ministers shall hold office during the pleasure of the Prime Minister which is wrong.

Option A is the correct answer to this question because article 75 includes the following provisions-
1: The Prime Minister is to be appointed by the President.
2: The Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha.
3: The President may appoint a non-member as Prime Minister who must become a member of Parliament before the expiration of six months.

Note: There were 395 articles in the Constitution of India at the time when it was adopted. Currently Indian Constitution has 470 articles. Article 75 of the Indian Constitution was introduced in 1949.