History · Post-Independence India
Read the following Assertion (A) and Reasoning (R) regarding the formation of linguistic states in India and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): Both Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Deputy Prime Minister Vallabhbhai Patel were against the creation of linguistic states in the immediate post-independence period. Reasoning (R): The States Reorganisation Commission recommended in 1956 the redrawing of district and provincial boundaries to form compact provinces for Assamese, Bengali, Oriya, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Telugu speakers respectively.
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- 1Both (A) and (R) are false.
- 2(A) is true, but (R) is false.✓
- 3Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
- 4Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
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(A) is true, but (R) is false.
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