Parliamentary form of Government is also known as
(A) Responsive Government
(B) Responsible Government
(C) Federal Government
(D) Presidential Government
Correct Answer : Responsible Government
Question Asked : SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam 1999
Explanation : Responsible government is a conception of a system of government that embodies the principle of parliamentary accountability, the foundation of the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy. Governments (the equivalent of the executive branch) in Westminster democracies are responsible to parliament rather than to the monarch, or, in a colonial context, to the imperial government. If the parliament is bicameral, then the government is responsible first to the parliament’s lower house, which is more numerous, directly elected and thus more representative than the upper house.
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