The main advantage of the parliamentary form of government is that

Answer: (c) the executive remains responsible to the legislature.

The defining advantage of the parliamentary system is that the executive stays answerable to the legislature. In India the Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha, so a government that loses the House's confidence cannot continue.

• ✓ (c) Article 75(3) makes the Council of Ministers collectively responsible to the House of the People. NCERT says the parliamentary form has many mechanisms that keep the executive answerable to and controlled by the legislature.
• ✗ (a) Independent working is a feature of the presidential system. In the parliamentary system the two organs are interdependent.
• ✗ (d) The government must have a majority in the legislature, so a Prime Minister can be replaced when that support is lost, without a fresh election.
• ✗ (b) Continuity and efficiency are not guaranteed, since a government can fall when it loses its majority. Accountability to the legislature is the main advantage.

Remember · Parliamentary system: the executive is drawn from, and answerable to, the legislature. Article 75(3): the Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha.

📘 Read it in NCERT: Class 11 Indian Constitution at Work, Ch 4 (practise this chapter)

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