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 ✓ UPSC's answer
- (d) None
Why the answer is (c)
• Pair I is correct: Itanagar takes its name from the 14th–15th-century Ita Fort, and Arunachal Pradesh has two National Parks — Namdapha and Mouling.
• Pair II is correct: Nagaland was created by the Constitution (Thirteenth Amendment) Act, 1962 together with the State of Nagaland Act, 1962, and became a State on 1 December 1963; the Amendment also inserted Article 371A.
• Pair III is correct: Tripura was a Part C State after merger in 1949, became a Union Territory under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, and gained full statehood on 21 January 1972 under the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971.
• All three descriptions are accurate.
• Hence option (c).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) Only one
- All three pairs, not one, are correctly matched.
- (b) Only two
- All three are correct, not two.
- (d) None
- Each pair accurately describes the State.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2025, held on 25 May 2025. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.