Question

Read the given statements carefully and choose the correct option.

Assertion (A): Delays in decision-making are a demerit of democratic forms of government.

Reason (R): No stakeholder can be kept out of the decision-making process.

• A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
• B. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
• C. A is true but R is false.
• D. A is false but R is true.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Delay in decision-making is one of the demerits of democracy. For instance, India took seventeen years to implement the uniform tax system throughout the country. In a democracy, the government is accountable to people. Hence, citizens or their representatives must have a say in all the decisions taken by the government. This process, although time consuming, is one of the reasons democracy can be said to be the rule of the masses.