Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
Given below are an Assertion and a Reason. Choose the correct option.
Assertion (A): Cohabitation is a feature of the semi-presidential system
Reason (R): In the semi-presidential system the president and the prime minister may belong to different political parties
ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A ✓ Correct
BBoth A and R are true but R is Not the correct explanation of A
CA is true but R is false
DA is false but R is true
Correct answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A — Both the assertion and the reason are true, and the reason explains the assertion.
Explanation
★Both the assertion and the reason are true, and the reason explains the assertion.
★Cohabitation is indeed a feature of the semi-presidential system.
★In such a system the president and prime minister may be from different parties.
★When they are, both hold real executive power at once.
★This uneasy sharing of power is exactly what cohabitation means.
★So the reason directly accounts for the assertion.
★Hence both are true and the reason is the correct explanation.
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