Question

The Constitution of India divided the states of India into categories A, B, C, and D in the year 1950. In this context which of the following statements is correct?
(a) The Chief Commissioner was the executive head of category A states. The Rajpramukh was the executive head of category B states. The Governor was the executive head of categories C and D states.
(b) The Rajpramukh was the executive head of category A states. The Chief Commissioner was the executive head of categories B and C states. The Governor was the executive head of the category D states.
(c) The Governor was the executive head of category A states. The Rajpramukh was the executive head of category B states. The Chief Commissioner was the executive head of categories C and D states.
(d) The Governor was the executive head of category A states. The Chief Commissioner was the executive head of category B states. The Rajpramukh was the executive head of categories C and D states.

Answer 1

Hint: Remember that before India got its independence in 1947, it was under British rule. So the way in which the states are divided and the heads of each part are given was with respect to British India’s provisions.

Complete answer:
- Due to the previously kept provinces and legislatures at the time of British rule in India, there were already some existing rulers who were given roles after dividing the democratic country into four categories, as per guidelines passed by the newly drafted constitution.
- It is said that the Indian Union's states were divided into four categories in the 1950 Constitution: Part A, Part B, Part C, and the Part D States. They totaled 29 states. Nine former governor's provinces of British India made up the Part A states. Nine former princely states with legislatures made up the Part B states. Part C states included some of British India's former chief commissioner's provinces as well as some princely states. These Part C states (of which there were a total of ten) were governed from a centralized point. The independent Part D territory, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, was preserved.
- In other words; the 1950 Constitution divided states into four sections.
- Part A consisted of nine states, which were the Governor Provinces in the previously British India, which were governed by elected Governors.
- Part B included eight states, all of which were previous princely states ruled by Rajpramukh (state-level ruler).
- Part C consisted of ten states that were once the provinces of Chief Commissioner in Colonial India and were now ruled by a Chief Commissioner that was made done by the Government of India.
- There was only one state in Part D, which was governed by a Lieutenant Governor appointed by the federal government. The States Reorganization Act of 1956 reorganized this system.

Now considering each option:
- Option (a) is incorrect; since it does not have the correct executive heads for categories A, C, and D.
- Option (b) is incorrect; since the executive heads for all the categories are wrong, this option can be rejected.
- Option (c) is correct; since the executive heads for each category A, B, C and D are respectively Governor, Rajpramukh, and the Chief Commissioner.
- Option (d) is incorrect; since the executive heads of the B, C, and D categories are not correct.

Therefore the correct answer is an option (C) The Governor was the executive head of category A states. The Rajpramukh was the executive head of category B states. The Chief Commissioner was the executive head of categories C and D states.

Note: One level of government cannot unilaterally amend the Constitution's constitutional provisions. Such reforms necessitate the approval of both levels of government. The Constitution specifies the jurisdictions of the various levels or grades of government. As a result, each tier of government's presence and authority are guaranteed by the Constitution.