Question

How many states are there in India?
(A) 25
(B) 28
(C) 29
(D) 31

Answer 1

Hint: State has no undisputed definition but it is a polity under a system of governance. India has vast and unique demography, culture, languages, dress Et cetera and due to these factors it is divided into 28 states and 8 Union territories.

Complete answer:
In conjunction with the rapid growth of cities, invention of writing and codification of new forms of religion the first states arose about 5,500 years ago. The word state is derived from the Latin word status means “condition or circumstances”. There are 2 theories of the state a. liberal theory or b. conservative theory. There are 28 states and 8 Union territories because Jammu & Kashmir was given the status of Union territory with its legislature. State is a set of different, but interesting and overlapping theories about a certain range of political phenomena. India is a federal Union which is divided into 28 states and 8 union territories and further subdivided into districts smaller administrative divisions which is subdivided to maintain democracy, coordination and peace among people and better administration of the governance.

Note: The history of states in India is categories in some phases and they are
1.Pre independence
2. 1947- 1950,
3. Reorganization of states from 1951 to 1956
4. Post 1956.