Post-independence, India had to address the challenges of development by doing which of the following? (A) Promoting job-creating industries (B) Increasing the productivity of agriculture (C) Addressing issues of violence and unity among diverse groups

Read the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) carefully: Assertion (A): In 1960, the bilingual state of Bombay was divided into separate states for Marathi and Gujarati speaking people. Reason (R): In 1966, the state of Punjab was also divided into two states - Punjab for Punjabi speakers and Haryana for Haryanvi or Hindi speakers. Choose the correct option:

Who made the following statement in the context of linguistic states reorganization after India's independence? 'Everything which helps the growth of nationalism has to go forward and everything which throws obstacles in its way has to be rejected... We have applied this test to linguistic provinces also, and by this test, in our opinion [they] cannot be supported.'