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A Parliamentary System of Government is one in which
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 2. The bedrock of a Parliamentary System, as seen in India (Articles 75 and 164), is the principle of collective responsibility. The executive (Government) is not separate from the legislature but is a part of it and remains in power only as long as it enjoys the confidence of the popular house (Lok Sabha).
- Option 1 is incorrect because the Government is typically formed by the majority party/coalition, not all parties.
- Option 3 describes a direct democracy or aspects of a Presidential system; in a Parliamentary setup, the people elect representatives, who then form the Government.
- Option 4 describes a "Fixed-term Parliament" or a Presidential system; in a Parliamentary system, the Government can be removed at any time via a No-Confidence Motion if it loses its legislative majority, ensuring continuous accountability.
Thus, the defining feature is the executive's accountability to the legislature.
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Guest previewThis is a classic 'Sitter' and a fundamental static question. While the algorithm flagged web sources for the distractors, the correct answer is the verbatim definition found in the first few pages of NCERT Class XI (Indian Constitution at Work) or Laxmikanth's 'Parliamentary System' chapter. If you miss this, you are failing the basics.
This question can be broken into the following sub-statements. Tap a statement sentence to jump into its detailed analysis.
- Statement 1: In a Parliamentary System of Government, are all political parties in the Parliament required to be represented in the Government?
- Statement 2: In a Parliamentary System of Government, is the Government responsible to the Parliament and subject to removal by the Parliament?
- Statement 3: In a Parliamentary System of Government, is the Government elected directly by the people and removable by the people?
- Statement 4: In a Parliamentary System of Government, is the Government chosen by the Parliament but protected from removal by the Parliament before the completion of a fixed term?
- States that parliamentary systems typically produce clear parliamentary majorities, implying the government is formed from whoever controls a majority rather than from all parties.
- Notes that where majorities are unclear and parties shift alliances, governments change frequently — showing government composition depends on majority support, not mandatory inclusion of all parties.
- Describes the parliamentary system (UK model) and warns it can be seen as giving too much power to a parliamentary majority — indicating governments are driven by majority control rather than obligated representation of every parliamentary party.
- By highlighting potential instability from shifting alliances and majority dynamics, it supports that not all parties must be in government.
The snippet presents the specific proposition that 'all political parties in the Parliament are represented in the Government' as one of several definitional statements and (in the same item) indicates that the correct characterisation is the Government's responsibility to Parliament (statement 2).
A student could use this to infer that representation of every party is not a defining requirement of parliamentary systems and then check constitutions or examples to confirm.
Explains that when no single party has a majority a coalition may be invited to form the government and that ministers are usually collectively responsible and typically belong to the same party.
Combine with the basic fact that only parties forming or supporting the majority coalition supply ministers, so not every parliamentary party must be included.
States that in a parliamentary democracy the executive is drawn from the party or a coalition that has a majority in the legislature.
Use this rule plus knowledge of multiple-party parliaments to deduce that smaller or opposition parties need not be part of the executive.
Notes that the parliamentary system requires the executive to have a majority in the legislature and contrasts this with PR systems that may not produce a clear majority.
A student can apply this to infer that governments normally reflect a majority grouping rather than all parties, and then look at real-world parliaments to verify.
Says a majority group from among elected representatives forms the government, implying the government comes from a subset of parliamentary parties.
Extend by checking examples (e.g., single-party majority or coalition governments) to see that not all parliamentary parties are represented.
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