Q: 117 (CDS-I/2006)
question_subject:
Geography
question_exam:
CDS-I
stats:
0,46,21,10,8,46,3
keywords:
{'haryana': [2, 0, 3, 3], 'rajasthan': [0, 0, 1, 18], 'andhra pradesh': [5, 0, 4, 6], 'gujarat': [2, 0, 1, 1], 'states': [1, 0, 0, 1]}
The correct answer is option 3, Haryana. Haryana was the last state to be formed among the given options.
Option 1, Andhra Pradesh, was formed on October 1, 1953, as a result of the States Reorganization Act, 1956.
Option 2, Gujarat, was formed on May 1, 1960, after the state of Bombay was divided into Gujarat and Maharashtra.
Option 4, Rajasthan, was formed on March 30, 1949, by merging multiple princely states.
Therefore, the correct answer is Haryana. It was formed on November 1, 1966, when the Indian state of Punjab was divided into two parts, forming a new state of Haryana.