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Doubt Clearance Thread: UPSC 2021

With reference to the idea of a federation, which of the statements given below is/are correct?

1. Parliamentary supremacy is a necessary feature of a federal government.

2. A federation essentially means that it is an indestructible union of states.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

a 

1 only

b 

2 only

c 

Both 1 and 2

d 

Neither 1 nor 2

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Laxmikant-- " The federation is a Union, because it is indestructible ". From this statement I thought answer should be "D" but according to SFG test, answer is B.. Wanted to know whether given answer is incorrect or not

Explanation from SFG test : A federal state is a fusion of several states into a single State in regard to matters related to common interests. Both the federal and state governments draw their authority from the Constitution. In such a federation, a component state has no right to secede from the federation at its will. This feature distinguishes a federation from a confederation

Source: D D Basu, Introduction to the Constitution of India, chapter 5, page no. 52

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@Villanelle Thank you

@balwintejas Thank you.. As you said, if option was "union of indestructible states" then it would have been more appropriate. Otherwise with given option in question, I am still not convinced to mark it as correct.


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