{"id":2721,"date":"2025-05-26T14:53:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T09:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2721"},"modified":"2025-05-26T14:53:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T09:23:36","slug":"q-consider-the-following-pairs-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-pairs-45","title":{"rendered":"Q. Consider the following pairs:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>State<\/th><th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>I. Arunachal Pradesh<\/td><td>The capital is named after a fort, and the State has two National Parks<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>II. Nagaland<\/td><td>The State came into existence on the basis of a Constitutional Amendment Act<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>III. Tripura<\/td><td>Initially a Part \u2018C\u2019 State, it became a centrally administered territory with the reorganization of States in 1956 and later attained the status of a full-fledged State<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>Only one<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only two<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All three<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>None<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (c) All three<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Arunachal Pradesh<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>capital Itanagar<\/strong>\u00a0is named after the\u00a0<strong>Ita Fort<\/strong>\u00a0(\u201cIta\u201d means brick in Ahom language).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/psc\/assam-national-parks-and-wildlife-sanctuaries\/\">Arunachal Pradesh has\u00a0<strong>two National Parks<\/strong><\/a>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Namdapha National Park<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mouling National Park<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Formation:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Became a Union Territory in\u00a0<strong>1972<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attained\u00a0<strong>statehood on 20 February 1987<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nagaland<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/psc\/nagaland-national-parks-wildlife-sanctuaries\/\">Nagaland<\/a>\u00a0was formed through the\u00a0<strong>13th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1962<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It became the\u00a0<strong>16th state of India<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>1st December 1963<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Special Constitutional Provision:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Article 371A<\/strong>\u00a0provides special status:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No Act of Parliament shall apply to Nagaland related to religious\/social practices, Naga customary law, land ownership, etc., unless the State Assembly decides.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tripura<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Princely State Status:<\/strong>\u00a0Acceded to India in\u00a0<strong>1949<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Became Part \u2018C\u2019 State:<\/strong>\u00a0In 1950<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/psc\/tripura-national-parks-wildlife-sanctuaries\/\">Tripura<\/a>\u00a0was originally a\u00a0<strong>Part \u2018C\u2019 State<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With the\u00a0<strong>States Reorganisation Act, 1956<\/strong>, it became a\u00a0<strong>Union Territory<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It attained\u00a0<strong>statehood on 21st January 1972<\/strong>\u00a0under the\u00a0<strong>North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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