Generally all important decisions are taken by

1. the council of Ministers
2. the Cabinet
3. the Prime Minister
4. none of these

In reality the Council of Ministers stays in office as long as it enjoys

1. the confidence of Lok Sabha
2. the confidence of Prime Minister
3. the confidence of President
4. the confidence of Rajya Sabha

Who can dissolve the Lok Sabha?

1. President
2. Prime Minister
3. Speaker of Lok Sabha
4. Vice President

Read the passage given below and answer the following questions.

The Ministers are individually responsible to the President, i.e., they hold office during the pleasure of the President and may be dismissed by him on the advice of the Prime Minister. The principle of individual responsibility to the head of the state is embodied in Art. 75 (2) — "The Ministers shall hold office during the pleasure of the President." Though the ministers are collectively responsible to the Legislature, they shall be individually responsible to the President and shall be liable to be dismissal even when they have the confidence of the House of people. But since the Prime Minister's advice will be available in the matter of dismissing other Ministers individually, it may be expected that this power of the President will virtually be a power of the Prime Minister against his colleagues. Thus, in effect, a minister is individually responsible to the Prime Minister.

Union Ministers are collectively responsible to

1. President
2. Prime Minister
3. Parliament
4. Supreme Court