What is the correct relation between the President's formal approval and the real power of the Council of Ministers?

Correct answer: Council of Ministers takes the real decision and President gives it constitutional form

Correct answer: B. India follows a parliamentary system in which the President is the formal or constitutional head, while the Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister exercises the real executive authority. The Council takes decisions and advises the President according to the constitutional arrangement; the President gives those decisions formal constitutional expression. This does not mean the President is irrelevant or that constitutional rules can be ignored. It means executive power is normally exercised through the elected government, which is responsible to Parliament. A is wrong because the President does not personally design every policy. C is wrong because Parliament controls and holds the government accountable. D is wrong because officials are subordinate to the constitutional chain of authority and are not above the President. Memory cue: in a parliamentary system, the ministry governs and the head of state formally represents the constitutional decision.