If media and civil organisations ask questions in a democracy which positive argument is strengthened?

Correct answer: Democratic accountability and public scrutiny

Direct answer: Option A, democratic accountability and public scrutiny. Media and civil organisations can ask questions, investigate decisions, report problems, and demand explanations. This creates a checking process: officials make decisions; citizens and organisations examine them; criticism exposes mistakes or misuse; the government must respond or improve its action. Therefore their activity strengthens accountability and public scrutiny. Option A is correct. Option B is wrong because questioning leaders limits unchecked power rather than creating unlimited power. Option C is wrong because media and civil organisations generally operate alongside elections and can discuss electoral promises. Option D is wrong because asking questions shows active citizenship, not silence. Public scrutiny does not mean every criticism is automatically correct, but it gives democracy a way to detect and correct errors. Memory cue: free questions and organised citizens make rulers answerable.