Question

26. A system of 'checks and balances' is another name for which one of the following power-sharing arrangements. (a) Power sharing among different social groups. (b) Vertical division of power or power shared among different level of government. (c) Horizontal division of power or power shared among different organs of the government (d) Power sharing in the form of political parties, presure groups and governments.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Vertical division of power or power shared among different level of government

And these level of government is :-

Legislature, executive and judiciary

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Answer 2

Answer:

Horizontal division of power or power shared among different organs of the government is your answer.

Checking and balancing means that one part of the government won't allow the other part of the government to have unlimited power. We can see this in our government by how the legislature, judiciary and executive organs of our government check and balance each other out.

They usually have different powers, which is not the case in a vertical division. In a vertical division, we can also spot that sometimes the Central Government overrides the State Government's decisions due to the nature of its power, which is not a sign of a system of checks and balances.

Power sharing in the form of social groups, parties and pressure groups in a way is balancing each other out, but one political party doesn't always hold equal power as another party, same goes for social groups. In a system of checks and balances, the power shared by the organs are supposed to be equal.

Therefore the answer is horizontal division between different organs of the government.

Proof given in textbook:

Power is shared among different

organs  of   government,  such  as  the

legislature, executive and judiciary. Let

us  call  this  horizontal  distribution  of

power because it allows different organs

of  government placed at the same level

to  exercise  different  powers. Such  a

separation  ensures  that  none  of   the

organs  can  exercise  unlimited  power.

Each  organ  checks  the  others.  This

results  in  a  balance  of   power  among

various institutions. Last year, we studied

that  in  a  democracy,  even  though

ministers  and  government  officials

exercise power, they are responsible to

the  Parliament  or  State  Assemblies.

Similarly, although judges are appointed

by  the  executive,  they  can  check  the

functioning of  executive or laws made

by the legislatures. This arrangement is

called a system of  checks and balances.