Question

Permanent executive is also known as ______
A. Prime Minister's office
B. President
C. Civil Servants
D. Political Parties

Answer 1

Hint: The executives are responsible for the implementation of laws and policies which are adopted by the legislature. The union executive is composed of the President, Prime Ministers and Council of Ministers.

Complete answer:
There are two categories that make up the executive in a democratic country.
In the first category, the one that is either directly or indirectly elected by the people for a specific time period, is called the political executive. Such leaders have the responsibility in framing key state policies and big decisions in order to govern the state effectively. They are answerable and exercise the power of overall responsibility of government policy. Political executives are temporary executives as they are elected only for a fixed term of five years. The President, Prime Minister, Council of Ministers, Members of Legislative Assembly fall in this category of Political executives.
In the second category, people in day-to-day service of administrative affairs are appointed on a long term (permanent) basis to work till their age of retirement. These civil service officers are referred as Civil servants and they constitute the permanent executives.
1. The civil service system is considered to be the backbone strength of the administrative machinery of the country.
2. They work under temporary executives
3. These officers will remain in office even when the ruling party changes.
4. The main role of civil service officers is to assist political executives in carrying out the day-to-day administration and to execute Government welfare policies.
So, the correct answer is Option C.

Note: The Civil service system is classified into three groups: All India Services which includes Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Indian Police Service (IPS); Central Services such as Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Revenue Service (IRS); and then State Services namely Sales Tax Officers.