Question

Assertion (A): The Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) was formed in Kokrajhar in 2003.

Reason (R): The Government of India wanted to fulfill the economic, educational and linguistic aspirations of the Bodos

• A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
• B. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
• C. A is true and R is false
• D. A is false and R is true
• E. Both A and R are false

Answer 1

The correct option is A Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

The Bodoland Territorial Council was constituted under the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India in the year 2003 after the signing of Memorandum of Settlement on 10th February 2003 between the Government of India, the Government of Assam and Bodo Liberation Tigers, to fulfill economic, educational and linguistic aspiration and the preservation of land-rights, socio-cultural and ethnic identity of the Bodos; and to speed up the infrastructure in BTC area.