Read the following statements carefully: (i) In 1948 Government of India appointed a committee - JVP consisting of Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel and Pattabhi Sitaramayya to look into the issue of linguistic states. (ii) The committee advired against the creation of linguistic states. Choose the correct code

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The correct option is 2:

The JVP Committee (named after its members: Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel, and Pattabhi Sitaramayya) was indeed formed in December 1948, but it was constituted by the Indian National Congress, not the Government of India, to review the recommendations of the earlier S. K. Dhar Commission on the reorganization of states. Statement (i) is therefore inaccurate regarding the appointing authority. However, statement (ii) is entirely correct: the JVP Committee submitted its report in April 1949 and strongly advised against the immediate creation of states based on a purely linguistic principle. The committee feared that reorganizing states solely on language grounds, especially so soon after the trauma of Partition, could foster fissiparous tendencies and threaten national unity and administrative efficiency. They recommended prioritizing national unity and security over linguistic demands.

The incorrect option is 1:
Only statement (i) is true. This option is incorrect because statement (i) contains a factual error regarding the authority that appointed the JVP Committee. While the members and the year are correct, the committee was established by the Congress Party, not the Government of India.

The incorrect option is 3:
Neither statement (i) nor (ii) is true. This is incorrect because statement (ii) is fundamentally true. The JVP Committee's central recommendation was to reject the linguistic principle for state reorganization, advising postponement until the nation had stabilized economically and politically.

The incorrect option is 4:
Both the statements are true. This option is incorrect because statement (i) is inaccurate concerning the body that constituted the committee. The JVP was an internal Congress body formed to assess public opinion and the Dhar Commission's findings, whereas the Government of India had previously appointed the S.K. Dhar Commission.