Match List I with List II
| LIST I | LIST II | ||
| A. | Kaka Kalelkar commission | I. | 1990 |
| B. | Brahmo Samaj | II. | 1828 |
| C. | Karachi session of Indian National Congress | III. | 1953 |
| D. | B.P.Mandal commission | IV. | 1931 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I
(A) Kaka Kalelkar commission — this matches (III) 1953. The First Backward Classes Commission, headed by Kaka Kalelkar, was appointed by the first government of independent India and is dated 1953, the year given for its report.
(B) Brahmo Samaj — this matches (II) 1828. Raja Rammohun Roy established the Brahmo Samaj in 1828, a decade after he began his campaign against sati.
(C) Karachi session of Indian National Congress — this matches (IV) 1931. In 1931, the Karachi Session of the Indian National Congress issued a declaration on the Fundamental Rights of Citizenship, committing itself to women’s equality.
(D) B.P.Mandal commission — this matches (I) 1990. The Second Backward Classes Commission, headed by B.P. Mandal, was appointed in the late 1970s; in 1990 the central government decided to implement its ten-year-old report, and the OBC issue became a major one in national politics.
NCERT (2025-26): “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. But the political climate at the time led to the report being sidelined. From the mid-fifties, the OBC issue became a regional affair pursued at the state rather than the central level. The southern states had a long history of backward caste political agitation that had started in the early twentieth century. Because of these powerful social movements, policies to address the problems of the OBCs were in place long before they were discussed in most northern states. The OBC issue returned to the central level in the late 1970s after the Emergency when the Janata Party came to power. The Second Backward Classes Commission headed by B.P. Mandal was appointed at this time. However, it was only in 1990, when the central government decided to implement the ten-year old Mandal Commission report, that the OBC issue became a major one in national politics.…” “…Raja Rammohun Roy’s attempts to reform society, religion and the status of women can be taken as the starting point of nineteenth century social reform in Bengal. A decade before establishing the Brahmo Samaj in 1828, Roy undertook the campaign against ‘sati’ which was the first women’s issue to receive public attention.…” “…In 1931, the Karachi Session of the Indian National Congress issued a declaration on the Fundamental Rights of Citizenship in India whereby it committed itself to women’s equality. The declaration reads as follows:…” |