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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2021 — General Studies · Question 115 of 200

Q115
Indian PolityMaking of the Constitution & Salient Features
India is a
  1. a.Union of states
  2. b.Federation
  3. c.Confederation of states
  4. d.Unitary

Answer: (A) Union of states

Article 1(1) declares: 'India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.' The word 'federation' appears nowhere in the Constitution; Dr Ambedkar explained that 'Union' was chosen because the Indian federation is not the result of an agreement among the states and no state has the right to secede. India is federal in structure with a strong unitary bias (K. C. Wheare called it 'quasi-federal'), so neither 'Federation' nor 'Unitary' is the constitutional description, and a confederation is a loose league of sovereign states. PSC's final key confirms (A).

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