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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper V: Indian Constitution and Economy · Question 51 of 200

Q51
Indian PolityCitizenship, Emergency & Special Provisions
Union Territory is administered by
  1. a.The Governor of the territory.
  2. b.The President of India directly.
  3. c.The President of India through an administrator appointed by him called the Lieutenant Governor.
  4. d.The Chief Minister of the territory and his Council of Ministers.

Answer: (C) The President of India through an administrator appointed by him called the Lieutenant Governor.

Under Article 239 every Union Territory is administered by the President acting through an administrator he appoints, styled Lieutenant Governor in several UTs. UTs have no Governor, the President does not run them directly, and even where a UT has a Chief Minister the constitutional administrator remains the President's appointee.

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