Where did the practice of ‘Shadow Cabinet’ originate?

(A) United States of America
(B) Great Britain
(C) Italy
(D) France

Correct Answer : Great Britain
Question Asked : SSC CPO Sub-Inspector Exam 2010 (Paper-I)
Explanation : The Shadow Cabinet is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster system of government who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition form an alternative cabinet to the government’s, whose members shadow or mark each individual member of the Cabinet. Members of a shadow cabinet are often, but not always appointed to a Cabinet post if and when their party gets into government. In the United Kingdom and Canada the major opposition party and specifically its shadow cabinet is called His or Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition.
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