Question

The distinguishing feature of a federal government is _______.

• A. National government gives some powers to the provincial government
• B. Power is distributed among the legislature, executive and judiciary
• C. Governing or ruling power is divided between different levels of government
• D. Elected officials exercise supreme power in the government

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Governing or ruling power is divided between different levels of government

Federalism is a system of government in which the power is divided between a central authority and various constituent units of the country. Usually, a federation has two levels of government. One is the government for the entire country that is usually responsible for a few subjects of common national interest. The others are governments at the level of provinces or states that look after much of the day-to-day administering of their state. Both these levels of governments enjoy their power independent of the other.