The total number of Articles in the Indian Constitution at the time of its adoption was:

Explanation

At adoption, the Constitution of India had 395 Articles, not its later amended count. Britannica confirms that the Constitution of India originally consisted of 395 Articles in 22 Parts and 8 Schedules. The distinction matters because amendments have expanded the Constitution over time: later additions have taken it to roughly 470-plus Articles, while Britannica separately describes the amended form as having more than 400 Articles in 25 Parts, 12 Schedules and five appendices. The adoption-era figure is therefore 395, not any present-day approximation.

Why the other options are wrong

• (A) 448 points towards a later, approximate count of the amended Constitution, while the adoption-era Constitution had 395 Articles.
• (C) 400 is close to the original total but does not match the documented adoption-era figure of 395 Articles.
• (D) 350 understates the original Constitution, which had 395 Articles in 22 Parts and 8 Schedules.

Concept

Adoption-era constitutional facts separate India's original constitutional design from later amendment-driven expansion. RAS repeatedly tests this distinction through basic structure and historical-profile facts about the Indian Constitution.

Source

• Encyclopaedia Britannica

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