Which of the following is a 'State'?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Mizoram
Mizoram became a full State of India in 1987; it had been a Union Territory since 1972. The other three are Union Territories, governed directly by the Union through an Administrator or Lieutenant Governor:
Chandigarh — a Union Territory and the shared capital of Punjab and Haryana.
Ladakh — a Union Territory since 31 October 2019, when the former state of Jammu and Kashmir was reorganised.
Puducherry — a Union Territory with its own legislature.