UPSC CDS GS Polity Questions Part 1

A Parliamentary Democracy is the one where a balance of popularparticipation and elite rule takes place, where the government isresponsible not to the public but to the elected representatives and the Parliamentarians are delegated the responsibility of thinking and acting on behalf of their constituents. A Parliamentary system is a system of democratic governance of a state where the executive branch derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the confidence of the legislative branch, typically aParliament, and is also held accountable to that Parliament.