Political Science · Political Processes in India
UGC NET Jun 2015 Political Science
Identify the incorrect pair (Name of State : Demand for New State).
AGujarat : Saurashtra
BUttar Pradesh : Gorkhaland ✓ Correct
CRajasthan : Maru Pradesh
DMaharashtra : Vidarbha
Correct answer: (B) Uttar Pradesh : Gorkhaland — The incorrect pair is Uttar Pradesh and Gorkhaland, because the Gorkhaland demand belongs to West Bengal, not Uttar Pradesh.
Explanation
★The incorrect pair is Uttar Pradesh and Gorkhaland, because the Gorkhaland demand belongs to West Bengal, not Uttar Pradesh.
★Gorkhaland is a long-standing demand for a separate state for Nepali-speaking Gorkhas centred on Darjeeling and the Dooars in West Bengal.
★Saurashtra is a region of Gujarat that has seen demands for separate statehood, so that pairing is sound.
★Maru Pradesh refers to a proposed state in the arid western districts of Rajasthan, which makes that pairing correct.
★Vidarbha is the eastern region of Maharashtra with its own statehood movement, so that pairing also holds.
★Carry this into the paper: match each new-state demand to its real home state, and remember Gorkhaland sits in West Bengal.
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