Previous year MCQs

Indian Polity UPPSC 2007 GS-I
Question

Statement (A): Indian Constitution is quasi-federal
Reason (R): The Indian constitution is neither federal nor unitary.

Choose the correct answer from the code given below:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option A: Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.”.
The Indian Constitution is quasi-federal, meaning it has characteristics of both federal and unitary systems.

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