Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
Article of the Indian Constitution — Related State

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Correct — C is the pair that is NOT correctly matched. Article 371C makes special provisions for Manipur (it provides for a committee of the State Legislative Assembly made up of members elected from the Hill Areas), not for Meghalaya. Meghalaya has no dedicated Article-371 provision of its own; its tribal areas are protected under the Sixth Schedule. Because 371C is wrongly tagged to Meghalaya, pair (C) is the mismatch the question wants.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Correctly matched — Article 371A (inserted by the 13th Amendment, 1962) lays down special provisions for Nagaland; so it is not the answer.  (b) Correctly matched — Article 371B provides for a committee of the Assam Legislative Assembly for its tribal areas; so it is not the mismatched pair.  (d) Correctly matched — Article 371D gives special provisions (equitable opportunities in public employment and education) for Andhra Pradesh, later extended to Telangana; so it is not the answer.

Concept: Articles 371 to 371J are 'special provisions' inserted for particular states, mostly by later constitutional amendments, to address regional or tribal aspirations. The correct mapping runs: 371A — Nagaland, 371B — Assam, 371C — Manipur, 371D — Andhra Pradesh (extended to Telangana). Meghalaya is not in this list — its Hill/tribal areas are governed by the Sixth Schedule instead.

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