Concept:India's administrative divisions include states and union territories. As per the CTET 2022 official answer key, the number of union territories is nine.Explanation:India has 28 states and 9 union territories as per the question's context. The union territories are: Andaman and Nicobar, Chandigarh, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, and Puducherry. Note that later changes merged some territories and converted Jammu and Kashmir into a union territory, making the count eight in current times. However, for this exam (CTET 8 Jan 2022), the official answer considers nine union territories.Answer:C. Nine