Question

Head of the government in India is the :
A) President
B) Prime Minister
C) Governor
D) Chief Minister

Answer 1

Hint:
 He is not the head of state of their respective state nor a monarch, rather they are the head of government, serving typically under a monarch in a hybrid of aristocratic and democratic government forms or a president in a republican form of government.

Complete answer:
Head of the government in India is the Prime Minister who is Mr.Narendra Modi.

The Prime Minister of India is the leader of the executive branch of the Government of India. The prime minister is the chief adviser to the president of India and the head of the Union Council of Ministers. They can be a member of any of the two houses of the Parliament of India—the Lok Sabha (House of the People) and the Rajya Sabha (Council of the States); but has to be a member of the political party or coalition, having a majority in the Lok Sabha.

He is the senior-most member of cabinet in the executive of government in a parliamentary system. The prime minister selects and can dismiss members of the cabinet; allocates posts to members within the government; and is the presiding member and chairperson of the cabinet.

The Union Cabinet headed by the prime minister is appointed by the President of India to assist the latter in the administration of the affairs of the executive. Union cabinet is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha as per Article 75(3) of the Constitution of India. The prime minister has to enjoy the confidence of a majority in the Lok Sabha and shall resign if they are unable to prove majority when instructed by the president.

Note:
The Prime Minister—in consultation with the cabinet—schedules and attends the sessions of the houses of parliament and is required to answer the question from the Members of Parliament to them as the in-charge of the portfolios in the capacity as prime minister of India.[72]

Some specific ministries/ departments are not allocated to anyone in the cabinet but the Prime Minister themself. The prime minister is usually always in charge/head of:

A. Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (as Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions).
B. Cabinet Secretariat
C. Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
D. Cabinet Committee on Security
E. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
F. NITI Aayog
G. Department of Atomic Energy
H. Department of Space
I. Nuclear Command Authority

The prime minister represents the country in various delegations, high level meetings and international organisations that require the attendance of the highest government office,and also addresses the nation on various issues of national or other importance.