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Which one of the following factors constitutes the **best** safeguard of liberty in a liberal democracy?Read the answer and worked solution →There is a Parliamentary System of Government in India because theRead the answer and worked solution →Which one of the following Schedules of the Constitution of India contains provisions regarding anti-defection?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the definition of a constitutionRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: what a constitution doesRead the answer and worked solution →Order the making of India's ConstitutionRead the answer and worked solution →Dates of the Constituent AssemblyRead the answer and worked solution →Before or after Partition?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: how the Assembly was chosenRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the first function of a constitutionRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Tap every function of a constitution the chapter namesRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: date or body with what it marksRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →Rule, body, or date?Read the answer and worked solution →Reading the definitions backRead the answer and worked solution →

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Which one of the following factors constitutes the **best** safeguard of liberty in a liberal democracy?

  1. A committed judiciary
  2. Centralization of powers
  3. Elected government
  4. Separation of powers
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Correct answer: D. Separation of powers

Answer: D. SEPARATION OF POWERS is the best safeguard of liberty in a liberal democracy. The DOCTRINE OF SEPARATION OF POWERS — articulated by MONTESQUIEU in 'The Spirit of the Laws' (1748) drawing on Locke — holds that LIBERTY IS BEST PROTECTED when the THREE FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT (legislative, executive, judicial) are vested in DISTINCT INSTITUTIONS / PERSONS, each with the means to check the others. **Montesquieu warned:** 'When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty... Again, there is no liberty if the judiciary power be not separated from the legislative and executive.' WHY SEPARATION OF POWERS IS THE BEST SAFEGUARD: - It PREVENTS CONCENTRATION of state power in any single authority. - It creates a SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES so each branch can resist encroachments by the others. - It allows JUDICIAL REVIEW of legislative/executive actions for compliance with constitution and fundamental rights. - It guarantees that NO BRANCH BECOMES TYRANNICAL because it cannot make, execute, and judge laws all by itself. - It is structurally protective, not dependent on the goodwill of rulers. The Indian Constitution embraces a soft separation (functional rather than rigid) and the Supreme Court has held it part of the BASIC STRUCTURE (Kesavananda Bharati 1973, Indira Gandhi vs Raj Narain 1975). Why other options are WRONG: (A) 'A committed judiciary' — a judiciary 'committed' to a particular political philosophy or ruling regime is DANGEROUS for liberty, because it abandons impartiality. Liberty needs an INDEPENDENT and IMPARTIAL judiciary, not a committed one. Indira Gandhi's 1970s formulation of 'committed judiciary' is widely regarded as anti-liberal. (B) Centralisation of powers — the OPPOSITE of liberty-protection it concentrates power and risks tyranny. (C) Elected government — democratic, but elected governments can themselves abuse power (tyranny of the majority). Election alone does not safeguard liberty without institutional separation. Source: syllabus Political Theory / Montesquieu 'The Spirit of the Laws' / Kesavananda Bharati (1973).

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There is a Parliamentary System of Government in India because the

  1. Lok Sabha is elected directly by the people
  2. Parliament can amend the Constitution
  3. Rajya Sabha cannot be dissolved
  4. Council of Ministers is responsible to the Lok Sabha
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Correct answer: D. Council of Ministers is responsible to the Lok Sabha

UPSC CSE Prelims 2015 (GS-I, Set A), Q.91. Official answer key: D.

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Which one of the following Schedules of the Constitution of India contains provisions regarding anti-defection?

  1. Second Schedule
  2. Fifth Schedule
  3. Eighth Schedule
  4. Tenth Schedule
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Correct answer: D. Tenth Schedule

UPSC CSE Prelims 2014 (GS-I, Set A), Q.49. Official answer key: D.

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