Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Challenges of nation Building

Question:

Assertion: The experiment of creating 'Bombay' as a bilingual state was successful.
Reason: After a popular agitation, the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat were created in 1960 by splitting Bombay.

Options:

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.

The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.

The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.

Correct Answer:

The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.

Explanation:

The experiment of creating 'Bombay' as a bilingual state did not prove successful. After a popular agitation, the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat were created in 1960.

1960: Gujarat- The bilingual state of Bombay was created in 1956 which comprised Marathi-speaking and Gujarati-speaking regions. After a popular agitation, the state of Gujarat was created on 1st May 1960 by separating the Gujarati-speaking regions of Bombay.

1960: Maharashtra- The bilingual state of Bombay was created in 1956 which comprised Marathi-speaking and Gujarati-speaking regions. After a popular agitation, the state of Maharashtra was created on 1st May 1960 by separating the Marathi-speaking regions of Bombay.