What is the simplest purpose of the power to ask questions in Parliament?

Correct answer: To make the government accountable

Correct answer: A, to make the government accountable. Members of Parliament ask ministers questions about policies, decisions, spending and the implementation of programmes. Ministers have to provide information and answers in the House. This allows representatives to examine government work and bring public concerns into parliamentary discussion. Question Hour is therefore an important method of legislative oversight. A is correct because questioning requires the executive to explain its actions. B is unrelated to parliamentary accountability. C concerns elections and symbols, not questioning government departments. D is wrong because asking questions does not dissolve Rajya Sabha, which is a permanent House. A useful distinction is that Parliament does not merely make laws; it also checks the executive. Memory cue: questions demand answers, and answers create accountability.