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SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 50

SSC CGL - 02 Dec 2022 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q50

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The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is a:

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. single-member body.

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is the supreme audit institution of India, established under Article 148 of the Constitution of India.

Term length -6 yrs or up to 65 yrs of age  (whichever is earlier)

Shri Girish Chandra Murmu,is appointed as the New CAG of India on 7th August 2020.  

Key role of Comptroller and Auditor General of India - 

 

  1. to audit all transactions of the Union and of the States relating to Contingency Funds and Public Accounts;
  2. to audit all trading, manufacturing, profit and loss accounts and balance-sheets and other subsidiary accounts kept in any department of the Union or of a State; and in each case to report on the expenditure, transactions or accounts so audited by him.
  1. Article 149 deals with Duties and Powers of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.
  2. Article 150 states that the accounts of the Union and of the States shall be kept in such form as the President may, on the advice of the CAG, prescribe.
  3. Article 151 says that the reports of the CAG of India relating to the accounts of the Union shall be submitted to the president, who shall cause them to be laid before each House of Parliament.