Political Science · Governance & Public Policy in India
The control mechanism among the Legislature, Executive, and Judiciary within government is:
AVertical accountability
BHorizontal accountability ✓ Correct
CBoth vertical and horizontal
DNeither vertical nor horizontal
Correct answer: (B) Horizontal accountability — This is horizontal accountability, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★This is horizontal accountability, so that is the answer.
★It works among institutions at the same level of the state.
★Each organ checks and balances the others.
★The legislature, executive, and judiciary watch each other.
★Vertical accountability runs between citizens and the state.
★So control among the three organs is horizontal.
★Thus the answer is horizontal accountability.
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