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UPSC Prelims 2014 · Polity · President, PM & Union Executive
Consider the following statements:
- The President shall make rules for the more convenient transaction of the business of the Government of India, and for the allocation among Ministers of the said business.
- All executive actions of the Government of India shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the Prime Minister.
- (a) 1 only
- (b) 2 only
- (c) Both 1 and 2
- (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Show the answer and explanation
Answer: (a) 1 only
Art. 77(3) rules, yes; actions in the PM’s name, no.
Statement by statement
1. ✓ CORRECT — Art. 77(3) The Government of India (Transaction of Business) Rules and (Allocation of Business) Rules are made by the President under Art. 77(3).
2. ✗ WRONG — Art. 77(1) Art. 77(1): all executive action shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the President.
The idea
Art. 77 has three clauses: (1) actions in the President’s name; (2) orders authenticated as the rules specify — and their validity cannot be questioned merely because the President did not personally make them; (3) the Business Rules. The State version is Art. 166.
Why the others are wrong
(b) Swaps the two: it is the President’s name on executive action.
(c) Statement 2 replaces the President with the PM.
(d) Statement 1 quotes Art. 77(3) almost word for word.
The trap
Statement 1 is long and legal-sounding, which makes it feel like a trap. It is the plain text of Art. 77(3).
🔒 Art. 77 (Union) / Art. 166 (State): action in the President’s/Governor’s name · Business Rules by the President/Governor.
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