Constitutional Design — Social Studies STD 9 — Question
CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 9Social StudiesConstitutional Design1 Mark
MCQ
The Indian Constitution is regarded as $.......$
A
Federal.
B
Unitary.
C
Parliamentary.
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Federal in form and unitary in spirit.
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Answer
Correct option: D.
Federal in form and unitary in spirit.
The Indian Constitution established a federal Structure of government e.g., two governments, division of power, Independent Judiciary but it also has a large number of unitary features e.g., Strong Center, single citizenship, Single Constitution, emergency provisions $($which converts the nation into Unitary form of government$)$ etc. Moreover, Article $1$ declares India as a Union of States. Hence it is called Federal in form but Unitary in spirit.
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