Arrange the following institutions in the chronological order of their…
2023
Arrange the following institutions in the chronological order of their establishment
A. ICSSR (Indian Council of Social Science Research)
B. CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research)
C. IIAS (Indian Institute of Advanced study, Shimla)
D. ICHR (Indian Council of Historical Research)
E. ICPR (Indian Council of Philosophical Research)
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer: B. B, C, A, D, E — CONCEPTChronological-order questions are solved by attaching the establishment year to each institution and then sorting from the earliest year to the latest.…
- A.
A, C, E, B, D
- B.
B, C, A, D, E
- C.
C, D, A, E, B
- D.
D, A, B, E, C
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: B
CONCEPT
Chronological-order questions are solved by attaching the establishment year to each institution and then sorting from the earliest year to the latest.
A later reorganisation or renaming should not replace the original establishment year unless the question explicitly asks for the later form.
APPLICATION
CSIR — 1942: the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research is the earliest institution in the list.
IIAS — 1965: the Indian Institute of Advanced Study was established next at Shimla.
ICSSR — 1969: the Indian Council of Social Science Research follows IIAS.
ICHR — 1972: the Indian Council of Historical Research comes after ICSSR.
ICPR — 1977: the Indian Council of Philosophical Research is the latest among the five.
CROSS-CHECK / CONTRAST
The year sequence 1942 < 1965 < 1969 < 1972 < 1977 is strictly increasing. Therefore, the institution order is CSIR → IIAS → ICSSR → ICHR → ICPR, which is B, C, A, D, E using the labels in the stem.
A, C, E, B, D places ICSSR before IIAS and ICPR before the much earlier CSIR.
C, D, A, E, B starts with IIAS even though CSIR was established earlier, in 1942.
D, A, B, E, C places ICHR and ICSSR before CSIR, reversing the earliest part of the chronology.