The most powerful means of ensuring executive accountability is the:
ANon-compliance motion
BNon-cooperation motion
CNo-competence motion
DNo-confidence motion
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. No-confidence motion
1. Parliament can dismiss a government that loses its support.
2. The most powerful weapon is the no-confidence motion.
3. After 1989 several governments were forced to resign this way.
_Source: NCERT Class 11 Political Science, 'Indian Constitution at Work', Ch 5 'Legislature'_
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