Match List I (Committee or Commission) with List II (Chairman) and choose the correct answer from the options given below.

List I

i.Scientific Manpower Committee (1947)

ii.Committee on Higher Education in rural areas

iii.Committee on Model Act for universities, 1961

iv.Sanskrit Commission

List II

a.L. Shrimali

b.S. Bhatnagar

c.Sunith Kumar Chatterji

d.S. Kothari

Ai-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d

Bi-b, ii-a, iii-d, iv-c ✓ Correct

Ci-c, ii-d, iii-a, iv-b

Di-d, ii-c, iii-b, iv-a

Correct answer: (B) i-b, ii-a, iii-d, iv-c

Explanation

The Scientific Manpower Committee of 1947 was headed by S.S. Bhatnagar.

The Committee on Higher Education in rural areas was chaired by K.L. Shrimali.

The Committee on the Model Act for universities of 1961 was led by D.S. Kothari.

The Sanskrit Commission was chaired by Suniti Kumar Chatterji.

These bodies shaped manpower planning, rural higher education, university legislation and Sanskrit studies.

Suniti Kumar Chatterji, a renowned linguist, led the Sanskrit Commission of 1956-57.

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