Question

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

• A. Elimination of reservation system
• B. Reform education system
• C. Promote development of women
• D. Study the issue of the backward classes

Answer 1

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.