Match List I with List II
| LIST I | LIST II | ||
| A. | State Reorganisation Act passed | I. | 1972 |
| B. | Meghalaya carved out of Assam | II. | 2000 |
| C. | Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand created | III. | 1960 |
| D. | Maharashtra and Gujarat were created | IV. | 1956 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III
(A) State Reorganisation Act passed — this matches (IV) 1956.
(B) Meghalaya carved out of Assam — this matches (I) 1972.
(C) Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand created — this matches (II) 2000.
(D) Maharashtra and Gujarat were created — this matches (III) 1960.
NCERT (2026-27): “Reorganisation of States … The Commission in its report accepted that the boundaries of the state should reflect the boundaries of different languages. On the basis of its report the States Reorganisation Act was passed in 1956. This led to the creation of 14 states and six union territories. Creation of new states … There was an experiment of ‘bilingual’ Bombay state, consisting of Gujarati- and Marathi-speaking people. After a popular agitation, the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat were created in 1960. In Punjab also, there were two linguistic groups: Hindi-speaking and Punjabi-speaking. The Punjabi-speaking people demanded a separate state. But it was not granted with other states in 1956. Statehood for Punjab came ten years later, in 1966, when the territories of today’s Haryana and Himachal Pradesh were separated from the larger Punjab state. Another major reorganisation of states took place in the north-east in 1972. Meghalaya was carved out of Assam in 1972. Manipur and Tripura too emerged as separate states in the same year. The states of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh came into being in 1987. Nagaland had become a state much earlier in 1963.… Creation of new states … Three such states, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand, were created in 2000.…” |