Silvassa is the headquarters of which district of the Union Territory?
- A.Dadra and Nagar Haveli
- B.Daman
- C.Diu
- D.Dadra
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The correct answer is A, Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Silvassa is the chief town of that landlocked district and was the capital of the former Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli before the merger of 2020; it is also the industrial heart of the territory, with large estates for textiles, plastics, engineering and chemicals, and it holds the tribal museum, the Vasona lion safari and the Vanganga lake garden. Option B is wrong because the headquarters of the Daman district is the town of Daman, which is also the capital of the merged territory. Option C is wrong because the headquarters of the island district is Diu town itself. Option D is wrong because Dadra is not a district but a small enclave inside the district of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, cut off from Nagar Haveli by Gujarat territory.
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View allThe Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu came into existence on
- A.31 October 2019
- B.26 January 2020
- C.15 August 2020
- D.1 November 2019
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The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Act was passed in 2019 but was brought into force on Republic Day 2020, merging the two small Union Territories into one with its capital at Daman.
Read the full explanation →What is the capital of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu?
- A.Silvassa
- B.Diu
- C.Daman
- D.Dadra
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The correct answer is C, Daman, which was made the capital of the merged Union Territory in 2020.
Read the full explanation →How many districts are there in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu?
- A.Two
- B.Three
- C.Four
- D.Five
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The correct answer is B, three: Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu.
Read the full explanation →Dadra and Nagar Haveli was formally made a part of India by which Constitutional Amendment Act?
- A.Tenth Amendment, 1961
- B.Twelfth Amendment, 1962
- C.Fourteenth Amendment, 1962
- D.Fifty-sixth Amendment, 1987
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The correct answer is A, the Tenth Amendment of 1961, which inserted Dadra and Nagar Haveli into the Constitution as a Union Territory; the area had been freed from Portuguese rule by volunteers in 1954 and administered separately until then.
Read the full explanation →Daman and Diu, along with Goa, were freed from Portuguese rule through which military action?
- A.Operation Polo
- B.Operation Vijay, 1961
- C.Operation Meghdoot
- D.Operation Blue Star
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The correct answer is B, Operation Vijay of December 1961, in which the Indian armed forces took Goa, Daman and Diu from Portugal, ending more than four centuries of Portuguese rule on the western coast.
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