Q2:----WHY IS A COUNTRY DIVIDED INTO STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES ?
A country is divided into States and Union territories primarily because of administrative purposes.The States Reorganization Act of 1956 abolished the British system of provinces and princely states. In its place, new states were drawn based on ethnicity and language. The former French and Portuguese colonies in India were incorporated into the Republic as the union territories of Pondicherry, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Goa, Daman and Diu in 1962.
