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Topic State reorganization
Asked 3 times across 2 UPSC exams over 18 years (2007–2025), peaking in 2025.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 2 of 3 PYQs
- Most asked in 2025
- Recurs across 3 years (2007–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2007 → CDS 2014
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (2 of 3) predate 2016, and it still returns.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CSE2025
Consider the following pairs : State | Description
- Arunachal Pradesh : The capital is named after a fort, and the State has two National Parks
- Nagaland : The State came into existence on the basis of a Constitutional Amendment Act
- Tripura : Initially a Part 'C' State, it became a centrally administered territory with the reorganization of States in 1956 and later attained the status of a full-fledged State
How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
- A Only one
- B Only two
- C All the three ✓
- D None
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Polity & Governance › Federalism & Centre-State
CDS2014
Arrange the following states of India on the basis of conferring statehood (starting from the earliest)
- Arunachal Pradesh,
- Nagaland,
- Sikkim,
- Meghalaya
- A 2 - 4 - 3 - 1 ✓
- B 2 - 1 - 4 - 3
- C 4 - 1 - 3 - 2
- D 4 - 1 - 2 - 3
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Polity & Governance › Federalism & Centre-State
CSE2007
. Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the formation of the following as full States of the Indian Union?
- A Sikkim - Arunachal Pradesh - Nagaland - Haryana
- B Nagaland - Haryana - Sikkim - Arunachal Pradesh ✓
- C Sikkim - Haryana - Nagaland - Arunachal Pradesh
- D Nagaland - Arunachal Pradesh - Sikkim - Haryana
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Polity & Governance › Federalism & Centre-State
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