Consider the following statements with regard to the setting up of the Backward Class Commission in India:

Q. Consider the following statements with regard to the setting up of the Backward Class Commission in India:

UPSC CDS Examination (I) 2025 – General Knowledge

1. The First Backward Class Commission, set up by the Government of India, is popularly known as Kaka Kalelkar Commission.

2. The Third Backward Class Commission, set up by the Government of India, is popularly known as Mandal Commission.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Вoth 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (a) 1 only

Statement 1 is correct:
The First Backward Classes Commission was constituted through a Presidential Order on 29 January 1953 under Article 340 of the Constitution. It was chaired by Kaka Kalelkar. The Commission was mandated to examine the conditions of socially and educationally backward classes and submitted its report in 1955.
Statement 2 is incorrect:
The Mandal Commission was the Second Backward Classes Commission, not the third. It was set up in 1979 by the Janata Party government led by Prime Minister Morarji Desai, with B. P. Mandal as its Chairman.

👉 Therefore, only Statement 1 is correct.

Answer: (a) 1 only