In the year 1948, which state came into existence after the merger of Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand?
- (a)Malwa Pradesh
- (b)Vindhya Pradesh
- (c)Baghel Pradesh
- (d)Madhya Pradesh
Correct — B, Vindhya Pradesh. In 1948, the erstwhile princely states of the Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand regions (north and northeast of the Vindhya range, roughly today's Sagar–Rewa–Panna belt) were integrated into a single new unit named Vindhya Pradesh — one of several 'unions of princely states' created during the post-Independence integration process.
- (a)Malwa Pradesh — Not the state created by this merger; 'Malwa' refers to the plateau region around Indore-Ujjain, whose princely states were integrated separately into Madhya Bharat.
- (c)Baghel Pradesh — Not the name adopted for the merged unit — the union took the broader name Vindhya Pradesh, not a name derived from only one of the two component regions.
- (d)Madhya Pradesh — Madhya Pradesh (formed 1950, from the old Central Provinces & Berar) was a separate entity at the time; Vindhya Pradesh was only merged into it later, in 1956, under the States Reorganisation Act.
Vindhya Pradesh (1948–1956) was one of several 'unions' of small central-Indian princely states formed after Independence, alongside Madhya Bharat (the Malwa/Gwalior-Indore states) and Bhopal State. It was dissolved in 1956, when the States Reorganisation Act merged Vindhya Pradesh, Madhya Bharat and Bhopal State into the old Madhya Pradesh (built on the former Central Provinces & Berar) to create the present-day state of Madhya Pradesh.
MPPSC likes to test the building blocks of present-day MP separately — old CP & Berar, Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh, Bhopal State — and their 1956 merger. Remembering which pre-1956 unit covered which region (Bundelkhand–Baghelkhand vs. Malwa vs. Bhopal) is the discriminator here.
- Vindhya Pradesh formed in 1948 by merging Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand princely states
- Existed as a separate political unit from 1948 to 1956
- Merged into Madhya Pradesh in 1956 under the States Reorganisation Act, along with Madhya Bharat and Bhopal State
- Present-day Madhya Pradesh is a 1956 amalgam of old CP & Berar, Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh and Bhopal State
Bundelkhand + Baghelkhand merged into Vindhya Pradesh in 1948; Vindhya Pradesh was later absorbed into Madhya Pradesh in 1956.
- Assuming 'Vindhya Pradesh' directly became present Madhya Pradesh, skipping the 1956 merger step
- Confusing Vindhya Pradesh (Bundelkhand + Baghelkhand) with Madhya Bharat (Malwa/Gwalior-Indore)
MPPSC frequently asks 'which pre-1956 unit was formed from which regions' and 'in what year did X merge into MP' — treat the four building blocks and their 1956 merger as one linked fact-chain.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which two regions merged in 1948 to form Vindhya Pradesh?
- (a)Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand
- (b)Malwa and Nimar
- (c)Gondwana and Mahakoshal
- (d)Chhattisgarh and Baghelkhand
Answer(a) Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Vindhya Pradesh was merged into Madhya Pradesh under the:
- (a)Government of India Act, 1935
- (b)States Reorganisation Act, 1956
- (c)Indian Independence Act, 1947
- (d)7th Constitutional Amendment
Answer(b) States Reorganisation Act, 1956 — the Act also merged Madhya Bharat and Bhopal State into present-day Madhya Pradesh.