Q99. Out of the’ ‘following statements, choose the one that brings out the principle underlying the Cabinet form of Government :
a) An arrangement for minimizing the criticism against the Government whose responsibilities are complex and hard to carry out to the satisfaction of all.
b) A mechanism for speeding up the activities of the Government whose responsibilities are increasing day by day.
c) A mechanism of parliamentary democracy for ensuring collective responsibility of the Government to the people.
d) A device for strengthening the hands of the head of the Government whose hold over the people is in a state of decline
The correct answer is Option 3.
- The parliamentary system
- Cabinet Government is another name for the parliamentary system.
- It establishes the executive’s collective responsibility to the legislature.
- Because the Council of Ministers is collectively responsible specifically to the House of People, parliamentary democracy is a mechanism for ensuring the Government’s collective responsibility to the people. Hence, option 3 is correct.
- In the end, it is through these powers (over budget, motions, etc.) that Parliament enforces the Executive’s responsibility to itself and the people.
- Despite the adoption of the British model of parliamentary or Cabinet government, a hereditary monarch was not installed because India had declared itself a republic in which political sovereignty is vested in the people.
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