Question

Lok Sabha passed two bills to change name of state and name of language of.

• A. Assam
• B. Orissa
• C. West Bengal
• D. Madhya Pradesh

Hint:

Think of the 2010-2011 Act that renamed both a state and its main language together, effective November 2011.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

This question is about a change of official names carried out through Parliament. Renaming a state and its associated language needs a specific law passed by both Houses of Parliament, since the names of states are listed in the Constitution.

1. Assam: Assam has not undergone any such official renaming of the state or its main language in this period.
2. Orissa: In 2010, the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha passed the Orissa (Alteration of Name) Bill and the Constitution (113th Amendment) Bill. These changed the state's name from Orissa to Odisha and its language from Oriya to Odia. The change took effect from November 2011, matching what the question describes.
3. West Bengal: A proposal to rename West Bengal came up later, but at the time of this question it had not been passed by the Lok Sabha in the same way as Orissa.
4. Madhya Pradesh: No such name change bill was passed for Madhya Pradesh or its language.

The correct option is Orissa. Both the state's name and the name of its principal language, spoken by the majority of its people, were formally changed by Act of Parliament.

Let's summarize:

• Orissa officially became Odisha, and the Oriya language became Odia, through Parliament in 2010 to 2011.
• This is one of the few cases where both a state name and its language name were changed together by law.

So the state referred to in the question is Orissa.