Consider the following events :
- 1.The first democratically elected communist party government formed in a State in India.
- 2.India’s then largest bank, ‘Imperial Bank of India’, was renamed ‘State Bank of India’.
- 3.Air India was nationalised and became the national carrier.
- 4.Goa became a part of independent India.
Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the above events ?
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Answer: B. Air India was nationalised in 1953 (Air Corporations Act), the Imperial Bank became the State Bank of India in 1955, Kerala's communist government under E.M.S. Namboodiripad was formed in 1957, and Goa joined India in 1961. So 3–2–1–4.
Watch for: Goa's liberation is often wrongly placed early because it is linked to decolonisation.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because Goa (1961) was the last event, not the first.
- C. Wrong because Goa came last and Air India came first.
- D. Wrong because SBI (1955) came before Kerala's government (1957).
Source to check: NCERT Class 12 'Politics in India since Independence'; State Bank of India Act, 1955; Air Corporations Act, 1953
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