EPFO 2016 PYQ with Answer — What is the number of States and Union Territories in India?

2016 · Q74

What is the number of States and Union Territories in India?

Indian Polity, Governance and ConstitutionFederalism and local governance

A29 and 6
B28 and 7
C29 and 7
D28 and 6

Explanation

At the time of this examination (January 2016), India had 29 States — Telangana having been carved out of Andhra Pradesh in June 2014 — and 7 Union Territories: Delhi, Puducherry, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep, and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Jammu & Kashmir was still a State. (The 28 States/8 UTs configuration dates only from the October 2019 J&K reorganisation.) Hence 29 and 7 — option (C).