Arrange the following events in chronological order:

Question

Arrange the following events in chronological order:

i. Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019.

ii. Sadar-i-Riyasat re-designated as Governor.

iii. Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir adopted.

iv. Article 370 grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

Choose the correct option.

1. A. iv, iii, ii, i (Correct answer)
2. B. iii, ii, iv, i
3. C. iii, iv, ii, i
4. D. ii, iii, iv, i

Correct Answer

Option A — iv, iii, ii, i

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is iv, iii, ii, i.

Key Points

• Article 370 conferred special status on Jammu & Kashmir when the Constitution of India came into force — the earliest of the four events.
• The Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir was adopted next, coming into force on 26 January 1957.
• The office of Sadar-i-Riyasat was re-designated as Governor in 1965, by the Sixth Amendment to the J&K Constitution — the same amendment that changed Prime Minister to Chief Minister.
• The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 is the most recent, splitting the state into the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.

Additional Information

• Fixing the four dates makes the ordering immediate:
  • 1950 — Article 370 came into effect with the Constitution of India
  • 1957 — the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir came into force
  • 1965 — *Sadar-i-Riyasat* was re-designated Governor and *Prime Minister* became Chief Minister
  • 2019 — the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act split the state into two Union Territories
• For chronology questions, writing the year beside each item before looking at the options is faster and far less error-prone than comparing the sequences directly.