Question 54
MediumOriginal questionThe Comptroller and Auditor General of India is appointed by
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: D
Explanation
Article 148 states that the Comptroller and Auditor General is appointed by the President by warrant under hand and seal.
Parliament's role comes later and is the opposite one: the CAG can be removed only in the same manner as a judge of the Supreme Court, which requires an address by both Houses.
Appointment by the President and removal only by Parliament is the pattern that makes the office independent of the government it audits.
Worth noting
Appointment by a resolution of both Houses describes how the CAG is removed, not how the office is filled. Reading the question for which of the two it asks is the whole task here.
- Concept
- Article 148: the CAG
- Typical timeTypical
- 45 s
- Your timeYours
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