Answer» Correct Answer - Option 1 : A Union of States
The correct answer is a Union of State. - The constitution of India describes India as a Union of State.
- The Union and its Territories:
- Article 1 describes India, i.e. Bharat, as a Union of States.
- According to Article 1, the Territory of India can be classified into three categories:
- Territories of the States.
- Union Territories.
- Territories that may be acquired by the Government of India at any time.
- At present, there are 28 states and 8 Union territories in the country.
- Article 2 empowers the Parliament to admit into the Union of India, or establish new states on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.
- Quasi-federal means an intermediate form of state between a unitary state and a federation.
- An unitary state is governed as a single entity in which the central government is ultimately supreme.
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