UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2025

Consider the following pairs (State : Description): I. Arunachal Pradesh : The capital is named after a fort, and the State has two National Parks. II. Nagaland : The State came into existence on the basis of a Constitutional Amendment Act. III. Tripura : Initially it was Part 'C' State; it became a centrally-administered territory on the reorganization of States in 1956 and later attained the status of a full-fledged State. How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. All the three
  4. None

Answer

Correct Answer

Only two

Explanation

Arunachal Pradesh's capital Itanagar is named after the fort 'Ita Fort', and the state has two national parks (Namdapha and Mouling), making pair I correct. Nagaland was created not through a Constitutional Amendment Act but via the State of Nagaland Act, 1962 (a statute under Article 3), making pair II incorrect. Tripura's history matches the description in pair III (Part C State, became a Union Territory in 1956, later a full state in 1972), making it correct. Hence two pairs are correctly matched.

Topics: geography, polity, states of india