Arrange the following Committees appointed to study and review Panchayat Raj…
2022
Arrange the following Committees appointed to study and review Panchayat Raj Institutions in India in chronological order.
(i) G.V.K Rao Committee
(ii) Hanumant Rao Committee
(iii) Harlal Singh Kharra Committee
(iv) L.M. Singhvi Committee
- A.
(i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
- B.
(ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
- C.
(i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
- D.
(i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
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Correct answer: B
Concept
Chronological-ordering questions are solved by attaching the year of constitution to each committee and then sorting those years in ascending order. The governing principle here is simply temporal sequence: the committee appointed earliest comes first, the one appointed latest comes last. Identity does not matter; only the year of appointment decides the position.
Application
Assign each Panchayati Raj committee its year of constitution, then read them off in increasing order of year:
Hanumant Rao Committee — constituted in 1983 (the Working Group on District Planning).
G.V.K. Rao Committee — constituted in 1985 (Committee to Review Administrative Arrangements for Rural Development).
L.M. Singhvi Committee — constituted in 1986 (recommended constitutional status for Panchayati Raj).
Harlal Singh Kharra Committee — constituted in 1990.
Sorting these by year (1983 < 1985 < 1986 < 1990) gives the sequence Hanumant Rao, then G.V.K. Rao, then L.M. Singhvi, then Harlal Singh Kharra. In the item's numbering that is (ii), (i), (iv), (iii).
Cross-check
Verify the two anchors that fix the ends: Hanumant Rao (1983) precedes G.V.K. Rao (1985), so the earliest committee must open the sequence, and Harlal Singh Kharra (1990) is the most recent, so it must close it. Both the first and last positions are consistent with the ordered list, confirming the sequence (ii), (i), (iv), (iii).