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10th Civics Ch-1 Power Sharing QA
10th Civics Ch-1 Power Sharing QA
Power Sharing
Grade: 10 Sub – Political Science
Chapter No. 1 Q/A WS
State Government
Local Government
Q.2 Explain the ways in which power sharing between different organs of the government results in
the maintenance of balance of power.
Ans. Power is shared among different organs of government like the Legislature, Executive and Judiciary.
This is also called Horizontal power sharing and system of checks and balances.
• In this type of power sharing each organ is equally important in a democracy.
• In the seperation of power each organ ensures to exercise its power within limits.
• Each organ checks the other organ under the checks and balances.
• This results in the balance among various institutions.