Question

The horizontal distribution of power sharing takes place between the ________.
A. Legislature and executive
B. Executive and judiciary
C. Legislature, executive and judiciary
D. Legislature, executive, judiciary and press.

Answer 1

Hint: Separation of powers is an approach to divide the responsibilities of government into different sections in order to prevent the concentration of power and exercise those powers effectively.

Complete answer:
Among different organs of government namely Legislature, Executive and Judiciary, power sharing takes place. These organs ensure the balance between the powers of each other and checks the function of one organ by another to maintain the spirit of democracy by entitling them to work in their own spheres. This kind of distribution of powers allows different organs of government to exercise their different powers but at the same level.
 In a democracy, the distribution of power between the different organs of Government such as legislature (Indian Parliament), executive (Council of Ministers) and judiciary (Courts of India) share the same level in order to work differently. This system of power sharing can also be referred to as Horizontal distribution of power.
Every government holds the system of different kinds of power to govern the state by dividing their tasks in such a way that each of them checks and balances over the others.
The three basic kinds of power include: legislative power, executive power, and judicial power.
The power which is used to create laws and frame public policies is known as legislative power. The power which is utilized to administer, enforce or execute laws is termed as executive power. The exercise of power to interpret laws, or determining its meaning and settle their disputes is known as judicial power.
So, the correct answer is Option C.

Note: The distribution of sharing different powers among the Government is one of the good ways that help to reduce the violence and political instability due to the possibility of social conflict between different groups.