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Indian Polity UPPSC 1998 GS-I
Question

Assertion (A): Federalism is not practical in India.
Reason (R): India is not a federal State.

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Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: A is false but R is true

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “A is false but R is true”.
Federalism is a mode of government that combines a general government (the central or federal government) with regional governments (provincial, state, cantonal, territorial, or other sub-unit governments) in a single political system, dividing the powers between the two.

India is a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic with a Parliamentary form of government which is federal in structure with unitary features.

India is a federal system but with more tilt towards a unitary system of government. It is sometimes considered a quasi-federal system as it has features of both a federal and a unitary system.

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