Q. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): India has a Parliamentary system of Government.
Reason (R): In India, the executive is responsible to the legislature.
Select the correct answer from the code given below:
a) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
b) (A) is false, but (R) is true
c) (A) is true, but (R) is false
d) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Correct Answer: d) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Question from UPPSC Prelims 2025
Explanation:
Assertion (A) is true: India follows a Parliamentary (Westminster) system, with the President as nominal head and the Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister exercising real executive power.
Reason (R) is true: A defining feature of the parliamentary system is that the executive is responsible to the legislature—specifically, the Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha (Article 75(3) of the Constitution).
R correctly explains A: The executive’s accountability to the legislature is precisely what characterizes a parliamentary form of government; hence, R explains why India is said to have a parliamentary system.
