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    Question

    The doctrine of Separation Of Power was systematically

    propounded by:
    A Montesquieu in his book The Spirit of Laws Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Plato in his book The Social Contract Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Aristotle in his book The Spirit of Laws Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Montesquieu in his book The Constitution Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The theory of Doctrine of Separation of Power was first propounded by Montesquieu, a French scholar in and 1747 published in his book ‘Espirit des Louis’ (The spirit of the laws). Montesquieu found that if the power is concentrated in a single person’s hand or a group of people then it results in a tyrannical form of government. To avoid this situation with a view to checking the arbitrariness of the government he suggested that there should be clear-cut division of power between the three organs of the state i.e. Executive, Legislative and the Judiciary.

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