Consider the following statements : 1. The States Reorganization Commission appointed by Pandit Nehru in its report opposed the splitting of the Bombay and Punjab States. 2. The States Reorganization Act passed in the year 1956 provided for 18 States and

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Q: 22 (IES/2007)
Consider the following statements :
1. The States Reorganization Commission appointed by Pandit Nehru in its report opposed the splitting of the Bombay and Punjab States.
2. The States Reorganization Act passed in the year 1956 provided for 18 States and 7 Union Territories.
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct ?

question_subject: 

Polity

question_exam: 

IES

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0,28,52,28,18,16,18

keywords: 

{'states reorganization act': [0, 0, 2, 1], 'states reorganization commission': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'punjab states': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'union territories': [1, 0, 1, 1], 'states': [1, 0, 0, 1], 'splitting': [0, 0, 1, 1], 'pandit nehru': [0, 0, 1, 0]}

The correct answer is option 1, which states that statement 1 is correct.

Statement 1 is correct as the States Reorganization Commission, which was appointed by Pandit Nehru, did oppose the splitting of the Bombay and Punjab States. The commission recommended the reorganization of states in India based on linguistic and administrative factors, and it suggested that the Bombay and Punjab States should not be split.

Statement 2 is incorrect. The States Reorganization Act, passed in 1956, actually provided for the reorganization of states into 14 states and 6 Union Territories, not 18 states and 7 Union Territories as mentioned in option 2.

To summarize, the correct statement is that the States Reorganization Commission appointed by Pandit Nehru in its report opposed the splitting of the Bombay and Punjab States. Alert - The correct answer should be option 4, "Neither 1 nor 2," as statement 2 is incorrect.