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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Challenges of nation Building

Question:

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion and the other is labelled as Reason:

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 correct answer is Option 3 - The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.

Assertion: The experiment of creating 'Bombay' as a bilingual state was successful. (Incorrect). 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.

Reason: After a popular agitation, the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat were created in 1960 by splitting Bombay. (Correct)

NCERT: 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."

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