Indian Polity PYQ 339 of 375 · Special Provisions for Certain Classes

Who is the first Chairman of the Backward Classes Commission?

  1. AJagjivan Ram
  2. BKaka Saheb Kalelkar
  3. CB. D. Sharma
  4. DB. R. Ambedkar
  5. ENone of the above/More than one of the above

64thB.P.S.C. (Pre) 2018

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Correct answer: (b) Kaka Saheb Kalelkar

Explanation

Under Article 340 of the Constitution of India, the first All-India Backward Classes Commission was constituted in January 1953 by an order of the President of India. Kaka Saheb Kalelkar was the Chairman of this Commission.

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