Arrange the following committees formed for the small-scale sector in chronological order andselect the correct answer from the codes given below:

1. A

   I, II, IV, III

   (a) I, II, IV, III. Nayak then Abid Hussain then Karve puts the 1955 Karve Committee after 1990s panels—impossible.

2. B

   III, II, I, IV

   (b) III, II, I, IV. Kohli (2000) cannot open a sequence that must start with Karve.

3. C

   IV, II, I, III

   (c) IV, II, I, III. The stored order is Karve, Abid Hussain, Nayak, Kohli—Village and Small-Scale Industry first, then the later SSI panels ending with Kohli on sick units. (c) Official key.

4. D

   I, II, III, IV

   (d) I, II, III, IV. Opens with Nayak and never places Karve first.

Summary. Official key is (c). Chronology coded as IV, II, I, III: Karve Committee, Abid Hussain Committee, Nayak Committee, S. S. Kohli Committee for the small-scale sector.