Consider the following statements 1. The legal transfer of Pondicherry to the Union of India took place in 1954. 2. The then French territories of Chandernagore and Yanam were merged with India by Sardar Patel with police action. Which of the statements g

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Q: 39 (CDS-I/2005)
Consider the following statements
1. The legal transfer of Pondicherry to the Union of India took place in 1954.
2. The then French territories of Chandernagore and Yanam were merged with India by Sardar Patel with police action.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

question_subject: 

History

question_exam: 

CDS-I

stats: 

0,5,40,16,10,14,5

keywords: 

{'legal transfer': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'french territories': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'pondicherry': [1, 0, 1, 0], 'union': [17, 3, 24, 36], 'india': [8, 1, 7, 13], 'sardar patel': [11, 1, 6, 5], 'yanam': [0, 0, 1, 0]}

The correct answer is option 4 - Neither 1 nor 2.

Explanation:

Statement 1 is incorrect. The legal transfer of Pondicherry to the Union of India actually took place in 1962, not 1954. Pondicherry was a French colony until it was ceded to India in 1962.

Statement 2 is also incorrect. The then French territories of Chandernagore and Yanam were not merged with India through police action by Sardar Patel. Chandernagore, situated near Kolkata, was merged with India in 1954 through peaceful means. On the other hand, Yanam, located in the Union Territory of Puducherry, remained a French territory until 1954 when it was peacefully integrated with India.

Therefore, neither statement 1 nor statement 2 is correct.