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.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
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."