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Democratic Politics – II

Class 10 · Polity

Real UPSC Prelims questions from 2016–2026, linked to this book. Try each one first, then open the answer. 2026 answers follow UPSC's provisional answer key.

Ch 2 · Federalism

Prelims 2017 · Q100

Which one of the following is not a feature of Indian federalism?

(a)There is an independent judiciary in India.
(b)Powers have been clearly divided between the Centre and the States.
(c)The federating units have been given unequal representation in the Rajya Sabha.
(d)It is the result of an agreement among the federating units.

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UPSC's answer: (d)

NCERT answers it: Class 10 Democratic Politics – II, Ch 2 (Federalism).

Democratic Politics – II (ch 2): India is a 'holding together' federation, where a large country divides power between the Centre and states. It is not a union formed by agreement among units, like the USA. So (d).

Hindi version: UPSC's official question paper (2017), question 100 ↗

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