Indian Polity: Pairs/Matching (How Many Style) PYQ.
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2025Pairs/Matching (How Many Style)Constitutional Structure & Amendments
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?
A.Only one
B.Only two
C.All the three
Explanation: * Pair I is correctly matched: Arunachal Pradesh's capital, Itanagar, is named after the historical Ita Fort (meaning "Fort of bricks"). Additionally, the state contains exactly two national parks: Namdapha National Park and Mouling National Park. * Pair II is incorrectly matched: The state of Nagaland was formally created by an Act of Parliament, the State of Nagaland Act, 1962, rather than a Constitutional Amendment Act. (The 13th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1962 was simultaneously enacted to insert Article 371A to provide special autonomous safeguards, but did not create the state itself). * Pair III is correctly matched: After acceding to India in 1949, Tripura was initially designated as a Part 'C' State. Under the States Reorganisation Act of November 1956, it was turned into a centrally administered Union Territory before eventually attaining full statehood in 1972. * Therefore, exactly two pairs are correct.