Question

What is the tenure of office of the Prime Minister
A) 5 years
B) 6 years
C) As long as he wants
D) He doesn’t have fixed tenure

Answer 1

Hint:
The head of the Government of India Executive is the Prime Minister of India. The Prime Minister is both the chief advisor to the President of India and the head of the Council of Ministers.

Complete Answer:
Ideally, the tenure of a prime minister will be five years. However, if a vote of no-confidence motion is passed against him, he may resign or he may be dismissed before the expiry of his term.

The Prime Minister, the Lok Sabha (House of the People) and the Rajya Sabha (Council of States), can be members of any of the two houses of the Parliament of India but must be members of a political party or coalition, with a majority in the Lok Sabha. The head of the Government of India Executive is the Prime Minister of India. The Prime Minister is both the chief advisor to the President of India and the head of the Council of Ministers.
The Prime Minister is the Chief Adviser to the President of India and the Head of the Union's Council of Ministers.
On 15 August 1947, after independence, Jawaharlal Nehru took office as India's first Prime Minister, appointing fifteen ministers to form the First Nehru Ministry and being appointed by Lord Mountbatten.

Note:
Under Article 75(3) of the Indian Constitution, the Cabinet of the Union is collectively accountable to the Lok Sabha. The prime minister must enjoy the confidence of the majority in the Lok Sabha and resign if he is unable to demonstrate a majority when guided by the president.