Indian Polity UPPSC 2010 GS-I
Question

The following States were created after 1960. Arrange them in ascending chronological order of their formation and choose your answer from the given code.

1) Haryana
2) Sikkim
3) Nagaland
4) Meghalaya
Codes:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: 3,1,4,2

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “3,1,4,2”.

State Name Formation Date
Rajasthan 30 March 1949
Uttar Pradesh 24 January 1950
Assam 26 January 1950
Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal 1950
Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh 1 November 1956
Gujarat, Maharashtra 1 May 1960
Nagaland 1 December 1963
Punjab, Haryana 1 November 1966
Himachal Pradesh 25 January 1971
Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura 21 January 1972
Sikkim 16 May 1975
Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram 20 February 1987
Goa 30 May 1987
Chhattisgarh 1 November 2000
Jharkhand 15 November 2000
Uttarakhand 9 November 2000
Telangana 2 June 2014

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