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Humble
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Answer is simple.. make use of the below command .

dumpe2fs – dump ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem information

dumpe2fs prints the super block and blocks group information for the filesystem present on device.

For ex: Suppose :

/dev/sda10 on / type ext4 (rw,relatime,seclabel,data=ordered)


dumpe2fs gives below information.. 

[root@humbles-lap ]# dumpe2fs /dev/sda10
dumpe2fs 1.42.7 (21-Jan-2013)
Filesystem volume name:   /
Last mounted on:          /
Filesystem UUID:          6da5e19a-e9e8-4ad0-a04f-aeaca04035a2
Filesystem magic number:  0xEF53
Filesystem revision #:    1 (dynamic)
Filesystem features:      has_journal ext_attr resize_inode dir_index filetype needs_recovery extent flex_bg sparse_super large_file huge_file uninit_bg dir_nlink extra_isize
Filesystem flags:         signed_directory_hash 
Default mount options:    user_xattr acl
Filesystem state:         clean
Errors behavior:          Continue
Filesystem OS type:       Linux
Inode count:              3203072
Block count:              12800000
Reserved block count:     640000
Free blocks:              7857714
Free inodes:              2829010
First block:              0
Block size:               4096
Fragment size:            4096
Reserved GDT blocks:      1020
Blocks per group:         32768
Fragments per group:      32768
Inodes per group:         8192
Inode blocks per group:   512
Flex block group size:    16
Filesystem created:       Fri Mar  1 13:39:59 2013
Last mount time:          Mon Feb  3 00:34:29 2014
Last write time:          Mon Feb  3 00:34:28 2014
Mount count:              71
Maximum mount count:      -1
Last checked:             Fri Mar  1 13:39:59 2013
Check interval:           0 (<none>)
Lifetime writes:          23 GB
Reserved blocks uid:      0 (user root)
Reserved blocks gid:      0 (group root)
First inode:              11
Inode size:	          256
Required extra isize:     28
Desired extra isize:      28
Journal inode:            8
First orphan inode:       395012
Default directory hash:   half_md4
Directory Hash Seed:      cd01fa16-ab8d-422e-9701-33ea367c3df2
Journal backup:           inode blocks
Journal features:         journal_incompat_revoke
Journal size:             128M
Journal length:           32768
Journal sequence:         0x001c06a6
Journal start:            31366

Group 0: (Blocks 0-32767) [ITABLE_ZEROED]
  Checksum 0xa877, unused inodes 8123
  Primary superblock at 0, Group descriptors at 1-4
  Reserved GDT blocks at 5-1024
  Block bitmap at 1025 (+1025), Inode bitmap at 1041 (+1041)
  Inode table at 1057-1568 (+1057)
  1076 free blocks, 8123 free inodes, 39 directories, 8123 unused inodes
  Free blocks: 24012-24575, 32256-32767
  Free inodes: 70-8192
Group 1: (Blocks 32768-65535) [INODE_UNINIT, ITABLE_ZEROED]

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If you pass "-h" option it will display only SUPERBLOCK information.