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

Identify the correct meaning and implication of 'individual responsibility' of the union ministers to the President.

P : The Ministers are individually responsible to the President.

Q : The President can dismiss a Minister as and when he likes.

R : The President can dismiss a Minister only on the advice of the Prime Minister.

S : The Ministers are not responsible to the Prime Minister but only to the President.

1. P and Q
2. Q and S
3. P and R
4. P and S

Consider the two statements given below regarding 'collective responsibility' of the Council of Ministers, and select the option that shows the correct relationship between (A) and (B).

(A) If a vote of no-confidence is passed against any Minister in the Lok Sabha, entire council of ministers has to tender resignation.

(B) The Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the House of the People.

1. (B) contradicts (A)
2. (B) is the reason for (A)
3. (A) is true but (B) is false
4. (A) and (B) are independent of each other.