Rule 20 – Cabinet meetings MCQs

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Practice Rule 20 – Cabinet meetings MCQs with correct answers and explanations. These questions are from the Rules of Business, 1973 MCQs section.

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Rules of Business, 1973 Subcategories

Rule 1 – Commencement	Rule 1 – Digital application
Rule 1 – Title & source	Rule 10 – Cabinet Division
Rule 11 – Establishment Division	Rule 12 – Finance Division
Rule 14 – Law and Justice	Rule 14A – Revenue Division
Rule 15 – Reference to PM	Rule 15A – Reference to President
Rule 16 – Cabinet cases	Rule 17 – Disposal
Rule 18 – Summary	Rule 19 – Circulation
Rule 2 – Definitions	Rule 20 – Attendance
Rule 20 – Cabinet meetings	Rule 22 – ECNEC
Rule 22 – NEC	Rule 23 – Committees
Rule 24 – Action on decisions	Rule 24 – Secrecy
Rule 25 – Year Book	Rule 26 – Annual Report
Rule 27 – Official Bills	Rule 3 – Allocation
Rule 30 – Ordinances	Rule 36 – Parliament
Rule 4 – Organization	Rule 41 – Money Bill
Rule 42A – Reconsideration	Rule 46 – Budget
Rule 48 – Governors	Rule 5 – Approaching Minister
Rule 5 – Contravention	Rule 5 – Deputy PM
Rule 5 – Disagreement	Rule 5 – Interpretation
Rule 5 – Secretariat Instructions	Rule 5 – Secretary as PAO
Rule 5 – Transaction	Rule 5 – Verbal orders
Rule 50A – SCCI	Rule 51-53 – Emergency
Rule 55 – Information	Rule 56 – Communication
Rule 57 – Relaxation	Rule 58 – Repeal
Rule 6 – Responsibility	Rule 7 – Contracts
Rule 7 – Orders	Rule 8 – Inter-Division
Rule 9 – Secretaries' Committee	Schedule I – Cabinet Secretariat
Schedule II – Allocation	Schedule II – Cabinet Division
Schedule III	Schedule III – FIA
Schedule IV	Schedule V-A
Schedule V-B	Schedule VI
Schedule VII

Meetings of the Cabinet to discuss ordinary business shall normally be held:

Once a month
Once a fortnight
Twice a month
Once a week

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In the absence of the Prime Minister, a Cabinet meeting shall be presided over by:

The senior-most Federal Minister
A Minister nominated by the Prime Minister
The Cabinet Secretary
The Deputy Prime Minister automatically

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The record of Cabinet decisions prepared by the Cabinet Secretary shall be:

With detailed reasons for each decision
Verbatim
Signed by each Minister present
Without any statement of the reasons therefor

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A Minister who finds a mistake or omission in Cabinet minutes shall point it out to the Cabinet Secretary within:

24 hours of issue of the minutes
48 hours of issue of the minutes
Seven days
The next Cabinet meeting

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Under Rule 20(14A), inserted in July 2026, a merely typographical or clerical mistake in Cabinet minutes may be rectified by the Cabinet Secretary:

Only with the approval of the Cabinet
Only on the request of the Minister concerned
Without obtaining the orders of the Prime Minister
Only with the approval of the Prime Minister

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