The ‘Union of India’ consists of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
I. States
II. Union Territories
III. Acquired territories
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II
D. I, II and III

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The ‘Union of India’ consists of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. I. States II. Union Territories III. Acquired territoriesA. I onlyB. II onlyC. I and IID. I, II and III

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Hint: India is a federal union which comprises 28 states and 8 Union Territories. All of them are further subdivided into districts and smaller divisions.Complete answer:Article 1 of the Indian Constitution states that India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States. The territory of India shall consist of-1. The territories of the states 2. The Union territories 3. Any territory that may be acquired The names of the States and the Unions have been described in the First Schedule. Acquired territories can be converted as per Article 2 into a state\/states. In 2019, Jammu and Kashmir will be transformed into Union territories. Ladakh was transformed like that too.The Union and its territories are a compilation of laws pertaining to the Constitution of India as a country and the Union of states that it is made of. India comprises 28 States and 8 Union Territories. They are: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Union Territories are: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, National Capital Territory of Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep, Ladakh and Puducherry.In the First Schedule, the names of the States and of the Unions have been identified. This schedule also states that four types of states and territories exist - Part A, Part B, Part C, and Part D.Hence the correct answer is option ‘D’.Note: It is a type of administrative division in the Republic of India. The union territories are federal territories directly administered by the Central Government of India unlike the states of India, which have their own governments.