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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
2 points
Which statement best explains the term “Kitchen Cabinet”?
Correct
Correct Answer: A
Explanation
a) Kitchen cabinet is defined as an informal grouping of the Prime Minister and two or more influential
colleagues in whom he has faith and can discuss every problem. A body consisting of 60-70 ministers
which includes all the categories of ministers is called as council of ministers. A body consisting of 15-
20 ministers and includes only the cabinet ministers is called as Cabinet A body consisting of a senior
group of opposition spokespeople who under the leadership of the opposition form an alternative
cabinet to that of government is called a Shadow Cabinet.
Incorrect
Correct Answer: A
Explanation
a) Kitchen cabinet is defined as an informal grouping of the Prime Minister and two or more influential
colleagues in whom he has faith and can discuss every problem. A body consisting of 60-70 ministers
which includes all the categories of ministers is called as council of ministers. A body consisting of 15-
20 ministers and includes only the cabinet ministers is called as Cabinet A body consisting of a senior
group of opposition spokespeople who under the leadership of the opposition form an alternative
cabinet to that of government is called a Shadow Cabinet.
Question 2 of 5
2. Question
2 points
The final work of UPSC in recruitment process is:
Correct
Correct Answer: C
Incorrect
Correct Answer: C
Question 3 of 5
3. Question
2 points
Who is regarded as the “Father of All-India Services?”
Correct
Correct Answer: B
Explanation
Warren Hastings laid the foundation of Civil Services in India; Lord Cornwallis rationalised and
modernised the same. Therefore, Lord Cornwallis is known as the “Father of Indian Civil Service”
Incorrect
Correct Answer: B
Explanation
Warren Hastings laid the foundation of Civil Services in India; Lord Cornwallis rationalised and
modernised the same. Therefore, Lord Cornwallis is known as the “Father of Indian Civil Service”
Question 4 of 5
4. Question
2 points
Who among the following was the first Indian to qualify for the Indian Civil Services?
Correct
Correct Answer: D
Explanation
Satyendranath Tagore, the elder brother of Rabindranath Tagore, became the first Indian to qualify
for the Indian Civil Services in 1863.
He was allocated the Bombay Presidency in his cadre.
Subhas Chandra Bose passed the Indian Civil Service exam in 1920 and stood fourth in merit list but in
April 1921 after hearing of the nationalist turmoil in India, he resigned his candidacy.
Kapur Singh was the first ICS officer to be removed from the services in 1948
R C Dutt joined the ICS in the year 1871 who stood second in the exams. who wrote the Economic
History of India
R C Dutt was an Indian civil servant, economic historian, translator of Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Dutt is considered a national leader of the pre-Gandhian era, and was a contemporary of Dadabhai
Naoroji and Justice Ranade. He was one of the prominent proponent of Indian economic nationalism
who wrote the Economic History of India
Incorrect
Correct Answer: D
Explanation
Satyendranath Tagore, the elder brother of Rabindranath Tagore, became the first Indian to qualify
for the Indian Civil Services in 1863.
He was allocated the Bombay Presidency in his cadre.
Subhas Chandra Bose passed the Indian Civil Service exam in 1920 and stood fourth in merit list but in
April 1921 after hearing of the nationalist turmoil in India, he resigned his candidacy.
Kapur Singh was the first ICS officer to be removed from the services in 1948
R C Dutt joined the ICS in the year 1871 who stood second in the exams. who wrote the Economic
History of India
R C Dutt was an Indian civil servant, economic historian, translator of Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Dutt is considered a national leader of the pre-Gandhian era, and was a contemporary of Dadabhai
Naoroji and Justice Ranade. He was one of the prominent proponent of Indian economic nationalism
who wrote the Economic History of India
Question 5 of 5
5. Question
2 points
Which among the following is /are All India Services
1. Indian Administrative Service
2. Indian Police Service
3. Indian Foreign Service
4. Indian Forest Service
Correct
Correct Answer: C
Explanation
The All India Services (AIS) comprises the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service
and Indian Forest Service. A unique feature of the All India Services is that the members of these
services are recruited by the centre (Union government in federal polity), but their services are placed
under various State cadres, and they have the ability to serve both under the State and under the
centre. Due to the federal polity of the country, this is considered one of the tools that makes union
government stronger than state governments. Officers of these three services comply to the All India
Services Rules relating to pay, conduct, leave, various allowances etc
Incorrect
Correct Answer: C
Explanation
The All India Services (AIS) comprises the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service
and Indian Forest Service. A unique feature of the All India Services is that the members of these
services are recruited by the centre (Union government in federal polity), but their services are placed
under various State cadres, and they have the ability to serve both under the State and under the
centre. Due to the federal polity of the country, this is considered one of the tools that makes union
government stronger than state governments. Officers of these three services comply to the All India
Services Rules relating to pay, conduct, leave, various allowances etc
