Which one of the following states is not correctly matched with the year of its formation?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Mizoram – 1981
Mizoram came into being in 1987, together with Arunachal Pradesh, so 1981 is wrong; Nagaland (1963) and Tripura (1972) are matched correctly.
NCERT (2025-26): “Reorganisation of States … 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.…” |