GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INDIAN POLITICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which one among the following state-ments about the State Reorganisation Act is not correct?
A
The Act dealt with the issue of the redrawing of the boundaries of states
B
It wad passed in the year 1956
C
It created fourteen states and six Union Territories
D
The state boundaries were drawn for administrative convenience
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Potti Sriramulu. State Reorganization Commission was constituted by GoI on 22nd December 1953.

Detailed explanation-2: -State Reorganization Acts were enacted in November 2000 for the purpose of reorganization of the then existing States of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar. As a result, UP was bifurcated into UP & Uttarakhand, MP became MP & Chhattisgarh and Bihar was reorganized into Bihar and Jharkhand.

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