Question

At present india is a union of
A. 28 states and 8 union territories
B. 25 states and 7 Union territories
C. 27 states and 5 Union territories
D. 28 states and 4 Union territories

Answer 1

Hint: The State Reorganisation Commission was created in 1953 in order to reorganise the boundaries of the Indian states. After two years the Commission recommended that India be divided into 14 states and 6 territories.

Complete answer: At present India has 28 states and 8 Union territories. The State Reorganisation Commision then followed by the Linguistic Provinces Commission also known as the Dhar Commission. The Commission rejected language as a basis for division of the states.The 14 states that were formed after the enactment of the State Reorganisation Act of 1956 are: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,Bombay state, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Madras State,Mysore state,Orissa, Punjab,Rajasthan,Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal amd Jammu and Kashmir. The Union Territories were: Andaman, Tripura, Manipur,Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Lakshawdeep.
Three new states were created in 2000. Chhattisgarh was created from Madhya Pradesh, Uttaranchal was created from Uttar Pradesh which was later renamed as Uttarakhand.Bombay state was split into Gujarat and Maharashtra. Nagaland was made into a state on 1st December 1963. The 1966 Punjab Reorganisation Act led to the creation of Haryana. Chandigarh was made into an Union Territory which became the capital of both Punjab and Haryana. Madras state was renamed as Tamil Nadu. Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura were formed in 1972. In 2019, Jammu and Kashmir was made into an Union territory which was divided into Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

Thus, Option A is the right answer.

Note: The proposal was made to turn Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Havelli into a single union territory which came into effect from 26th January 2020. The right to create new states and altering boundaries and names are enlisted in the Constitution of India in Article 2 and 3.