The institutions which constitute the main organs of the government of a nation ...
Question
The institutions which constitute the main organs of the government of a nation are the ___________Options
A) trustee and the presidium
B) judiciary and the civil service
C) legislature, the executive and the judiciary
D) civil service and the senate
Related Lesson: Introducing the Legislature | Arms of Government
The correct answer is C.
Explanation:
Separation of powers, a term coined by French political Enlightenment thinker Baron de Montesquieu is a model for the governance of democratic states. There are three distinct activities in every government through which the will of the people are expressed. These are the legislative, executive and judicial functions of the government. Corresponding to these three activities are three organs of the government, namely the legislature, the executive and the judiciary.
More Past Questions:
Dicussion (1)
Other Subjects
- English Language
- Biology
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Economics
- Christian Religious Knowledge
- Commerce
- Geography
- Literature In English
- Accounts
- Agricultural Science
- General Paper
- Islamic Religious Knowledge
- History
- Further Mathematics
- Current Affairs
- Civic Education
- Computer Studies
- Yoruba
- Hausa
- Igbo
- French
- Home Economics
- Sweet Sixteen
- Fine Arts
Separation of powers, a term coined by French political Enlightenment thinker Baron de Montesquieu is a model for the governance of democratic states. There are three distinct activities in every government through which the will of the people are expressed. These are the legislative, executive and judicial functions of the government. Corresponding to these three activities are three organs of the government, namely the legislature, the executive and the judiciary.