Under whose chairmanship was the Review Committee established in 1977?

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Under whose chairmanship was the Review Committee established in 1977?

Answer: A. Dr. Ishwar Bhai PatelConceptA review committee is identified by the authority that appointed it, its date, and its mandate; the chairperson must be matched to that exact…

  1. A.

    Dr. Ishwar Bhai Patel

  2. B.

    Dr. P. D. Shukla

  3. C.

    Dr. Shramannarayana

  4. D.

    Dr. Abdul Kalam

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Correct answer: A

Concept

A review committee is identified by the authority that appointed it, its date, and its mandate; the chairperson must be matched to that exact institutional record.

When several bodies share a generic label, a year alone may not distinguish them; the mandate must first identify the body before the listed names are compared.

Application

For India’s 1977 school-curriculum review, the relevant record is the committee appointed by the Ministry of Education and Social Welfare to examine the structure of school education, NCERT objectives, syllabi, and textbooks.

A contemporaneous UNESCO record states that this committee was appointed in June 1977 under the chairmanship of Shri Ishwar Bhai Patel. The official RSMSSB final answer key for source-paper question 42 identifies the same source value, Dr. Ishwar Bhai Patel.

Contrast

Name

Relevant historical record

Dr. P. D. Shukla

Worked in educational administration and wrote on education policy; the cited 1977 appointment record does not name him as chair.

Dr. Shramannarayana

Is associated with Gandhian and basic-education thought; the cited appointment record does not assign this committee to him.

Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Was an aerospace scientist and later President of India; those roles do not identify the chair of this curriculum-review body.

Cross-check

The official exam key and the independent contemporaneous institutional record agree on the same value: Dr. Ishwar Bhai Patel.

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