CBSE Term II Political Science Class 11th
(i) What is called as Permanent Executive?
l Case Based Questions
1. Read the passage and answer the questions that
follows.
In this system, there are mechanisms that ensure
that the executive will be answerable to and
controlled by the legislature or people’s
representatives. The President and the Prime
Minister with his Council of Ministers comprises
the executive at the national level, whereas, the
Governor and the Chief Minister with his Council
of Ministers comprises the executive at the state
level to run the government.
(i) Who is the nominal head in the Parliamentary
System of Government?
(ii) What is the composition of the executive at the
National and State level?
(iii) Which type of the system of government the above
passage talking about? Why does India follow this
system of government?
Ans. (i) In the Parliamentary system of government the
President is the nominal head of the state and the
real head is the Prime Minister.
(ii) The President and the Prime Minister with his
Council of Ministers comprises the executive at the
national level, whereas, the Governor and the Chief
Minister with his Council of Ministers comprises the
executive at the state level.
(iii) The above passage is talking about Parliamentary
form of Government. India follows Parliamentary
system of government because India already had
some experience of running the Parliamentary
system under the Government of India’s Act, 1919
and 1935.
2. Read the following source and answer the questions
that follows.
The Indian bureaucracy today is an enormously
complex system. It consists of the All India
Services, State Services, employees of the local
governments and technical and managerial staff
running public sector undertakings. Makers of our
Constitution were aware of the importance of the
non-partisan and professional bureaucracy. They
also wanted the members of the civil services or
bureaucracy to be impartially selected on the basis
of merit. So, the Union Public Service Commission
has been entrusted with the task of conducting the
process of recruitment of the civil servants for the
Government of India. Similar Public Service
Commissions are provided for the States also.
Members of the Public Service Commissions are
appointed for a fixed term. Their removal or
suspension is subject to a thorough enquiry made
by a Judge of the Supreme Court.
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(ii) What is the selection procedure to appoint the
Bureaucrats?
(iii) What is the tenure of the members of the Public
Service Commission?
Ans. (i) Permanent executive i.e. Bureaucracy or
administrative machinery is one of the executive
organs of the government who works as a permanent
employee and are assigned the task of assisting the
ministries in formulating policies and implementing
these policies.
(ii) The selection procedure to the members of civil
services of bureaucracy is impartially selected on the
basis of merit by the Union Public Service
Commission (UPSC) at the centre and the similar
Public Service Commission is provided for the states
also.
(iii) Members of the Public Service Commissions are
appointed for a fixed term of six years or until the
attainment of sixty- five years of age in the case of
Union Public Service Commission and sixty-two
years in the case of State Public Service
Commission.
3. Observe the cartoon given below and answer the
questions that follow.
(i) What does the cartoon represents and what message
does the cartoon convey?
(ii) Mention the function of the Prime Minister in
relation with the Council of Ministers?
(iii) How is the Council of Ministers appointed??
Ans. (i) The cartoon represents the Council of Ministers
headed by the Prime Minister. The cartoon conveys
the message that the Prime Minister is the head of
the Council of Ministers and it is bound by the
words of Prime Minister.
(ii) The functions of Prime Minister in relation to the
Council of Ministers are
• The council comes into existence only after the
Prime Minister has taken the oath of office.
• The death or resignation of the Prime Minister
automatically dissolves the Council of Ministers.
(iii) The Council of Ministers are appointed by the
President on the advice of the Prime Minister.