Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

  1. The States Reorganisation Commission under Fazal Ali out rightly rejected the idea of linguistic states.
  2. It suggested the abolition of four-fold classification of states under the original Constitution.

  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Both of these

  4. Neither of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Statement 1 is wrong: The States Reorganisation Commission under Fazal Ali did not out rightly reject the idea of linguistic states. Rather it broadly accepted language as the basis of reorganistion of states. It rejected the theory of ‘one language-one state’. Statement 2 is correct: It suggested the abolition of four-fold classification of states under the original Constitution and creation of 16 states, and 3 centrally administered territories.

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