2016 · Q115
Consider the following statements:
- 1The province of Assam was created in the year 1911
- 2Eleven districts comprising Assam were separated from the Lieutenant Governorship of Bengal and established as an independent administration under a Chief Commissioner in the year 1874 Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
General KnowledgeHistory of India
- A1 only
- B2 only
- CBoth 1 and 2
- DNeither 1 nor 2
Explanation
Statement 2 is correct: in 1874 eleven districts of eastern Bengal were separated from the Lieutenant-Governorship of Bengal and constituted as the Chief Commissioner's province of Assam. Statement 1 is treated as correct by the official UPSC key: the 1911 Delhi Durbar reorganisation (effected in 1912 on the annulment of the Bengal partition) reconstituted Assam as a Chief Commissioner's province, and the key accepts 1911 as its creation year. Both statements are held correct, option (C).