Question

India is a quasi-federal system” – Who said?

• A. K.C. Wheare
• B. D.D. Basu
• C. A.V. Dicey
• D. Madison

Answer 1

Answer:

A. K.C. Wheare

Quasi Federal:

• The term quasi-federal means a federal set-up where despite having two clear sets of government – central and the states, more powers are given to the Central Government.
• Article 1 of the Constitution of India states that ' India that is Bharat shall be a union of states'. 
• The Indian model of federalism is called the quasi-federal system as it contains major features of both a federation and union. 

K.C. Wheare:

• Kenneth Clinton Wheare was an Australian academic.
• He was an expert on the constitutions of the British Commonwealth.
• He advised constitutional assemblies in former British Colonies