Question

Match the historical State Reorganization Acts in India with their respective enactment years:

List I (State)	List II (Enactment Year)
1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Gujarat 3. Punjab 4. Uttarakhand	P. 1960 Q. 1953 R. 2000 S. 1966

• A. \( 1\text{-P},\, 2\text{-Q},\, 3\text{-R},\, 4\text{-S} \)
• B. \( 1\text{-Q},\, 2\text{-P},\, 3\text{-S},\, 4\text{-R} \)
• C. \( 1\text{-Q},\, 2\text{-S},\, 3\text{-P},\, 4\text{-R} \)
• D. \( 1\text{-S},\, 2\text{-P},\, 3\text{-Q},\, 4\text{-R} \)

Hint:

Always start match-the-column questions using your strongest anchor points. Knowing that Andhra Pradesh was the first linguistic state formed in 1953 instantly eliminates two options, narrowing down your choices immediately.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Concept: The internal political map of India was systematically reshaped following independence based on administrative and linguistic demands. Tracking the timeline of the State Reorganization Acts is vital for state-building topics.

Step 1: Map each state to its corresponding organizational year.
• Andhra Pradesh (1-Q): Created on linguistic lines in 1953 following the fast and tragic demise of Potti Sreeramulu.
• Gujarat (2-P): Carved out of the bilingual Bombay State into separate Gujarati and Marathi domains in 1960.
• Punjab (3-S): Divided into Punjabi-speaking Punjab and Hindi-speaking Haryana via the Punjab Reorganisation Act of 1966.
• Uttarakhand (4-R): Created along with Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh in the year 2000 to address regional developmental issues.

Step 2: Construct the match pattern matrix. Aligning the indices yields: \( 1\rightarrow Q \), \( 2\rightarrow P \), \( 3\rightarrow S \), and \( 4\rightarrow R \).