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The Mandal Commission was constituted during the tenure of which among the following prime ministers? 
[A] Indira Gandhi[
B] Morarji Desai
[C] Rajiv Gandhi
[D] V P Singh

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Rahila Ahmed

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Answer: B [Morarji Desai] On 20 December 1978 India’s prime minister, Morarji Desai of the Janata Party, announced the formation of a second Backward Classes Commission whose chairman was B. P. Mandal, a former member of Parliament On 31 December 1980 the Mandal Commission submitted its report to President N. S. Reddy, recommending ways to advance India’s “socially and educationally backward classes.” On 7 August 1990 Prime Minister V. P. Singh announced in the Parliament that his government would implement the Mandal Commission’s recommendations. This was followed by the violent objections in northern part of India.