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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Challenges of nation Building

Question:

Match the following states in List 1 with the year in which they were formed in List 2:

List 1- States List 2- Year
(a) Chhattisgarh (i) 1987
(b) Manipur  (ii) 1960
(c) Arunachal Pradesh (iii) 1972
(d) Gujarat (iv) 2000

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

Options:

(a)- iii (b)- iv, (c)- i, (d)- ii

(a)- iv (b)- i, (c)- iii, (d)- ii

(a)- iv (b)- iii, (c)- i, (d)- ii

(a)- ii (b)- iii, (c)- iv, (d)- i

Correct Answer:

(a)- iv (b)- iii, (c)- i, (d)- ii

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3 - (a)- iv (b)- iii, (c)- i, (d)- ii

The correct match is:

List 1- States List 2- Year
(a) Chhattisgarh (iv) 2000
(b) Manipur  (iii) 1972
(c) Arunachal Pradesh (i) 1987
(d) Gujarat (ii) 1960

Explanation:

Jharkhand,  Uttaranchal, and Chhattisgarh were formed in the year 2000.

Another major reorganization of states took place in the northeast in 1972. Meghalaya was carved out of Assam in 1972.  Manipur and Tripura too emerged as separate states in the same year. 

Arunachal Pradesh was formed in the year 1987.

There was an experiment of the ‘bilingual’ Bombay state, consisting of Gujarati and Marathi-speaking people. After a popular agitation, the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat were created in 1960.

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