Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

  1. To deal with the demand for creation of states on linguistic basis, the Linguistic Provinces Committee was appointed in December 1948.
  2. This Committee was also known as JVP Committee.
  3. The Committee rejected language as the basis for reorganisation of states.

  1. Only 1 and 3

  2. Only 1 and 2

  3. Only 1

  4. All of these
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D Correct answer
Explanation

To deal with the demand for creation of states on linguistic basis, the Linguistic Provinces Committee was appointed in December 1948. This Committee consisted of Jwaharlal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel and Pattabhi Sitaramaiah, and hence, it was also known as JVP Committee. The Committee rejected language as the basis for reorganisation of states. It proposed for 'sovereignty, unity & economic prosperity' to be the criteria for creation of new states.

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