{"id":89509,"date":"2025-06-01T10:06:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=89509"},"modified":"2025-06-01T10:06:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:06:03","slug":"consider-the-following-territories-which-became-part-of-india-after-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-territories-which-became-part-of-india-after-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider the following territories which became part of India after 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following territories which became part of India after 15th August, 1947 :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. Goa, Daman and Diu<\/li>\n<li>2. Pondicherry<\/li>\n<li>3. Sikkim<\/li>\n<li>4. Dadra and Nagar Haveli<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Which of the following is the correct chronological order (beginning with the earliest) of their becoming part of India?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1-2-3-4&#8243; option2=&#8221;3-1-4-2&#8243; option3=&#8221;4-1-2-3&#8243; option4=&#8221;2-1-4-3&#8243; correct=&#8221;option3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC CAPF &#8211; 2012<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-capf-2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-capf-2012\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">The correct chronological order of these territories becoming part of India is determined by their dates of integration or liberation from foreign rule\/protectorate status and subsequent incorporation into the Indian Union.<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">The dates are: Dadra and Nagar Haveli (liberated 1954, became UT 1961), Pondicherry (de facto transfer 1954, became UT 1962), Goa, Daman and Diu (liberated 1961, became UT 1962, Goa became state 1987), Sikkim (protectorate 1947, associate state 1974, full state 1975). Considering the earliest date of becoming part of India in some form after 1947: Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1954 &#8211; Liberation in July\/Aug), Pondicherry (1954 &#8211; De facto transfer in Nov), Goa, Daman and Diu (1961 &#8211; Liberation in Dec), Sikkim (1975 &#8211; Full statehood).<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">While Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Pondicherry both became part of India in 1954 in a de facto sense, the liberation of D&#038;NH occurred slightly earlier in the year than the de facto transfer of Pondicherry. Formal legal integration as Union Territories happened later for all three former colonial territories (D&#038;NH, Goa, Pondicherry) in the early 1960s.<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following territories which became part of India after 15th August, 1947 : 1. Goa, Daman and Diu 2. Pondicherry 3. Sikkim 4. 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