Arrange the following events in chronological order andselect the correct answer from the codes given below:

1. A

   I, III, IV, II

   (a) I, III, IV, II. This ratifies accession and brings the State Constitution into force before the Constitution of India (26 January 1950). The Union Constitution cannot sit last among these four.

2. B

   III, IV, I, II

   (b) III, IV, I, II. It starts with the J&K Constituent Assembly’s ratification, which came years after Hari Singh’s Instrument of Accession (26 October 1947).

3. C

   I, II, III, IV

   (c) I, II, III, IV. Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession (26 October 1947); the Constitution of India came into force (26 January 1950); the J&K Constituent Assembly ratified accession (1954); the State Constitution came into force (26 January 1957). (c) Official key.

4. D

   IV, III, II, I

   (d) IV, III, II, I. Opening with the 1957 State Constitution reverses the entire Kashmir accession-and-constitution timeline.

Summary. Official key is (c). The four events run 1947 accession, 1950 Union Constitution, 1954 ratification by the J&K Constituent Assembly, 1957 State Constitution. Only I, II, III, IV keeps that order.