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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper V: Indian Constitution and Economy · Question 27 of 200

Q27
Indian PolityUnion Executive: President, PM & Council of Ministers
Article 78 of the Constitution deals with
  1. a.President's power to get information from the Council of Ministers.
  2. b.Prime Minister's duty regarding keeping the President informed about the government's decisions and policies.
  3. c.emergency powers of the President.
  4. d.President's power to send advisory messages to the Parliament.

Answer: (B) Prime Minister's duty regarding keeping the President informed about the government's decisions and policies.

Article 78 lays down the duties of the Prime Minister to communicate to the President all decisions of the Council of Ministers and to furnish information he calls for. It is framed as the Prime Minister's duty, not as a power of the President; emergency powers are in Articles 352–360, and messages to Parliament are under Article 86.

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