Official Question UPSC 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 a Part 'C' State, it became a centrally administered territory with 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?
Solution & Analysis
Answer: C
According to the legislative history detailed in the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 and the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, all three pairs are historically and geographically accurate.
•Pair I (Correct): The capital of Arunachal Pradesh is Itanagar, explicitly named after the historical 14th-century Ita Fort (Fort of Bricks). Furthermore, per MoEFCC records, the state officially houses exactly two National Parks: Namdapha National Park and Mouling National Park.
•Pair II (Correct): Nagaland was carved out of Assam and attained statehood through the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, operationalized via the State of Nagaland Act, 1962, officially coming into existence on December 1, 1963.
•Pair III (Correct): Tripura merged with India in 1949 and was designated a Part 'C' state. The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 converted it into a Union Territory. It finally attained full statehood in 1972 under the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act.