Arrange the following in chronological order:-
(A) Caste Disabilities Removal Act
(B) First Backward Commission
(C) The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (prevention atrocities) Act
(D) State Reorganization Commission
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (B), (D), (C)
(A) Caste Disabilities Removal Act — 1850, one of the earliest laws against caste discrimination.
(B) First Backward Commission — the First Backward Classes Commission under Kaka Kalelkar submitted its report in 1953.
(D) State Reorganization Commission — its report was implemented on November 1, 1956.
(C) The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (prevention atrocities) Act — 1989.
NCERT (2025-26): “State and Non-State Initiatives Addressing Caste and Tribe Discrimination … One of the earliest such laws was the Caste Disabilities Removal Act of 1850, which disallowed the curtailment of rights of citizens due solely to change of religion or caste.…” “…The 1989 Prevention of Atrocities Act revised and strengthened the legal provisions punishing acts of violence or humiliation against Dalits and adivasis.…” “The Other Backward Classes … The first government of independent India under Jawaharlal Nehru appointed a commission to look into measures for the welfare of the OBCs. The First Backward Classes Commission headed by Kaka Kalelkar submitted its report in 1953.…”
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