EPFO 2012 PYQ with Answer — Which of the following sets of countries has only federations ?

2012 · Q23

Which of the following sets of countries has only federations ?

Indian Polity, Governance and ConstitutionFederalism and local governance

ANew Zealand, India, Zimbabwe and Argentina
BMalaysia, Australia, Nigeria and Brazil
CIndia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and South Africa
DFrance, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland

Explanation

Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy, Australia a federation of states, and Nigeria and Brazil federal republics — all four are federations. Set A contains unitary New Zealand and Zimbabwe; set C contains unitary Sri Lanka (and Nepal, which was not federal in 2012); set D contains unitary France and Sweden. Hence only set B consists entirely of federations.