_________ is a system of government in which the power is divided between a central authority and various constituent units of the country.

_______ is a holding together federation.

The creation of __________ states was the first and a major test for democratic politics in our country.

_____________ includes subjects of national importance such as defence of the country, foreign affairs, banking, communications and currency.

According to our constitution, the __________ has the power to legislate on the residuary subjects.

__________ includes subjects of common interest such as education, forest, trade unions, marriages, adoption and succession.

Besides Hindi, there are ________ other languages recognised as scheduled languages by the constitution .

Rural local government is popularly known by the name

_________ was identified as the official language of India.

In _________ , the boundaries of several old states of India were changed in order to create new states.