Discussion
The essential difference between a parliamentary and a presidential system is that in a parliamentary system
Answer: D
Correct answer: The executive is drawn from and answerable to the legislature
In a parliamentary system the executive is drawn from the legislature and remains collectively responsible to it, so a government that loses the confidence of the House must resign. Powers are fused rather than separated. In a presidential system, as in the United States, the executive is separately elected, is not a member of the legislature, and cannot be removed by it except through impeachment for specified offences. Powers are separated and checked. The other features follow from this. A parliamentary system has a nominal head of state and a real head of government - in India the President and the Prime Minister - whereas a presidential system combines both in one office. A parliamentary executive has no fixed term; a presidential one does. The framers chose the parliamentary model chiefly because India was already familiar with it from the Government of India Acts, and because they valued day-to-day accountability over the stability a fixed term provides.
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