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India is considered as a `Republic' mainly because : |
| A. | the head of the State is elected. |
| B. | it gained independence on 15th August 1947 |
| C. | it has its own written constitution |
| D. | it is having a Parlia-mentaiy form of Government. |
| Answer» A. the head of the State is elected. | |
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Explanation: A republic is a form of government in which the country is considered a "public matter" (Latin: res publica), not the private concern or property of the rulers, and where offices of states are subsequently directly or indirectly elected or appointed rather than inherited. In modern times, a common simplified definition of a republic is a government where the head of state is not a monarch. In modern republics such as the United States and India, the executive is legitimized both by a constitution and by popular suffrage. Montesquieu included both democracies, where all the people have a share in rule, and aristocracies or oligarchies, where only some of the people rule, as republican forms of government. |
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