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Which of the following was the objective of Mandal Commission of 1978?

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Elimination of reservation system
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Reform education system
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Promote development of women
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Study the issue of the backward classes
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The correct option is D Study the issue of the backward classes
In 1978, a commission was constituted under the chairmanship of B. P. Mandal to study the issue of the backward classes. The commission came to be called the Mandal Commission. Its assignments were: to determine criteria for defining India's "socially and educationally backward classes"; to recommend steps to be taken for the advancement of those classes; to examine the desirability of reserving state and central government jobs for those classes.

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