Consider the formation of following States and arrange these in chronological order : I. Goa II. Telangana III. Jharkhand IV. Haryana Select the correct answer from the codes given below. Codes :
- (a)I, II, III, IV
- (b)IV, I, III, II
- (c)III, II, IV, I
- (d)IV, III, I, II
Correct — B, IV, I, III, II. Order the four States by the year each attained full statehood: IV. Haryana was carved out of Punjab on 1 November 1966 (Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966); I. Goa became India's 25th State on 30 May 1987 (56th Constitutional Amendment), having been the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu since its liberation from Portugal in 1961; III. Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar on 15 November 2000 (Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000); II. Telangana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh on 2 June 2014 (Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014). So the sequence is Haryana (1966) → Goa (1987) → Jharkhand (2000) → Telangana (2014) = IV, I, III, II.
- (a)I, II, III, IV — Wrong — this puts Goa first and Haryana (1966, the oldest) last, and places Telangana (2014, the newest) second; it is almost the reverse of the true order.
- (c)III, II, IV, I — Wrong — it begins with Jharkhand (2000) and ends with Goa (1987), yet Haryana (1966) and Goa (1987) both predate Jharkhand; the sequence is jumbled.
- (d)IV, III, I, II — Wrong — the tempting trap: it correctly starts with Haryana, but then places Jharkhand (2000) before Goa (1987). Goa's statehood (1987) came thirteen years before Jharkhand's (2000), so III and I are swapped.
New States in India are created by Parliament under Article 3 through a reorganisation Act. The four in this question span nearly half a century: Haryana (1966) came from the linguistic split of Punjab; Goa (1987) was upgraded from a Union Territory to a State; and Jharkhand and Telangana were the products of two big waves of State creation — the 2000 tri-partition (Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand) and the single new State of 2014 (Telangana), currently India's 28th State.
Anchor each name to its landmark year rather than trying to reason from geography. Two dates are the usual stumbling blocks: Goa's 1987 statehood (students confuse it with its 1961 liberation) and the fact that Jharkhand (Nov 2000) is younger than Goa. Once you fix Haryana = 1966 and Telangana = 2014 as the oldest and newest, only option (b) survives.
- Haryana — 1 November 1966, carved out of Punjab (Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966).
- Goa — 30 May 1987, India's 25th State (56th Amendment); UT of Goa, Daman & Diu since liberation in 1961.
- Jharkhand — 15 November 2000, carved out of Bihar; part of the 2000 wave with Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand.
- Telangana — 2 June 2014, carved out of Andhra Pradesh; the newest State among the four.
- Haryana — 1966 (from Punjab)
- Goa — 1987 (25th State)
- Jharkhand — 2000 (from Bihar)
- Telangana — 2014 (from Andhra Pradesh)
IV → I → III → II: Haryana (1966), Goa (1987), Jharkhand (2000), Telangana (2014) — answer (b).
- Dating Goa to 1961 (liberation) instead of 1987 (statehood)
- Assuming Jharkhand (2000) is older than Goa (1987) — it is younger
UPPSC and UPSC ask these as 'arrange in chronological order' or 'which was formed first/last' — memorise the statehood YEAR for each new State.
Consider the following events: 1. Fourth general elections in India 2. Formation of Haryana State 3. Mysore named as Karnataka State 4. Meghalaya and Tripura become full States Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the above?
- (a) 2 - 1 - 4 - 3
- (b) 4 - 3 - 2 - 1
- (c) 2 - 3 - 4 - 1
- (d) 4 - 1 - 2 - 3
Answer(a) 2 - 1 - 4 - 3
Same concept — chronological ordering of State-creation events, and it hinges on the very same anchor date used here: Haryana's formation on 1 November 1966.
- practice — not a real PYQ
In the year 2000, three new States were carved out of existing States. Which one of the following was NOT created in 2000?
- (a)Chhattisgarh
- (b)Uttarakhand
- (c)Jharkhand
- (d)Telangana
Answer(d) Telangana — it was created in 2014, whereas Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand were all formed in 2000.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Under which Article of the Constitution does Parliament form a new State or alter the boundaries of existing States?
- (a)Article 1
- (b)Article 2
- (c)Article 3
- (d)Article 4
Answer(c) Article 3 — it empowers Parliament to form new States and alter areas, boundaries or names of existing States.