Write the correct chronological order of the following commissions and committees on higher education in India.
1.Sargent Plan
2.Hartog Committee
3.Calcutta University Commission
4.Hunter Commission
5.Indian Universities Commission
A2, 5, 4, 3, 1
B5, 1, 2, 3, 4
C3, 4, 1, 5, 2
D4, 5, 3, 2, 1 ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) 4, 5, 3, 2, 1
Explanation
The order is the Hunter Commission, the Indian Universities Commission, the Calcutta University Commission, the Hartog Committee and then the Sargent Plan.
Statement 4 the Hunter Commission of 1882 is the earliest.
Statement 5 the Indian Universities Commission of 1902 comes next.
Statement 3 the Calcutta University Commission of 1917 to 1919 follows.
Statement 2 the Hartog Committee of 1929 precedes Statement 1 the Sargent Plan of 1944.
The Sargent Plan envisaged universal education spread over about forty years.
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