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Question 1
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Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: ‘Development’ was about becoming more ‘modern’ and modern was about becoming more like the industrialized countries of the West.
Reason: It was believed that every country would go through the process of modernization as in the West, which involved the breakdown of traditional social structures and the rise of capitalism and liberalism.

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A. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

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B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

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C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

D
D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Question 2
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Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: Development could not be left to private actors, that there was the need for the government to develop a design or plan for development. UE
Reason: The Bombay Plan wanted the state to take major initiatives in industrial and other economic investments.

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A. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

B
B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

C
C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

D
D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Solution

Development could not be left to private actors because the idea of planning as a process of rebuilding the economy earned a good deal of public support.
Question 3
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Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: The First Five Year Plan (1951 –1956) sought to get the country ’s economy out of the cycle of poverty.
Reason: K. N. Raj, a young economist involved in drafting the plan, argued that India should ‘hasten slowly ’for the first two decades as a fast rate of development might endanger democracy

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Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

B
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

C
(A) is true, but (R) is false.

D
(A) is false, but (R) is true.

Solution

The First Five Year Plan addressed the agrarian sector including investment in dams and irrigation. The Plan identified the pattern of land distribution in the country as the principal obstacle in the way of agricultural growth. It focused on land reforms as the key to the country ’s development.
Question 4
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Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: The Second Five Year Plan stressed on heavy industries. It was drafted by a team of economists and planners under the leadership of P. C. Mahalanobis.
Reason: However, the Second Five Year Plan was responsible for the ruin of agriculture as it did not have enough funding to support it.

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A. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

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B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

C
C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

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D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Solution

During this plan, annual plans were made and equal priority was given to agriculture, its allied sectors and the industry sector. Agriculture was never left out of the plan at all.
Question 5
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Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: India did not follow any of the two known paths to development – it did not accept the capitalist model of development in which development was left entirely to the private sector, nor did it follow the socialist model in which private property was abolished and all the production was controlled by the state.
Reason: It was India’s one of the biggest mistakes that India did not adopt any one of the two models suggested above.

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A. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

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B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

C
C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

D
D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Solution

Elements of both these models (capitalist and socialist) were taken and mixed together in India and hence, it did not accept the capitalist model of development in which development was left entirely to the private sector, nor did it follow the socialist model in which private property was abolished and all the production was controlled by central authority.
Question 6
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Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: The example of Orissa shows us that it is not enough to say that everyone wants development.
Reason: For ‘development’ has the same or similar meanings for different sections of the people.

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A. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

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B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

C
C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

D
D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Solution

Development has different meanings for different sections of the people. People do not have the same notion of development. This is because people have different occupations and different lifestyles. Since people have the different quality of life, notions of development are not similar to each other.
Question 7
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Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: The nationalist leaders were clear that the economic concerns of the government of free India would have to be different from the narrowly defined commercial functions of the colonial government.
Reason: It was further clear that the eradication of the poverty was not the responsibility of the government, but the people.

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A. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

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B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

C
C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

D
D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Solution

The task of poverty alleviation and social and economic redistribution was being seen primarily as the responsibility of the government because for some people industrialisation was priority while for others, the development of agriculture and alleviation of rural poverty was the priority.
Question 8
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Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: The excitement with planning reached its peak with the launching of the Second Five Year Plan in 1956 and continued somewhat till the Third Five Year Plan in 1961.
Reason: Though many criticisms emerged both about the process and the priorities of these plans, the foundation of India’s economic development was firmly in place by then.

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A. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

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B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

C
C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

D
D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Solution

The excitement with planning reached its peak with the launching of the Second Five Year Plan in 1956 and continued somewhat till the Third Five Year Plan in 1961. The Fourth Plan was due to start in 1966. By this time, the novelty of planning had declined considerably, and moreover, India was facing acute economic crisis. The government decided to take a ‘plan holiday’. Though many criticisms emerged both about the process and the priorities of these plans, the foundation of India’s economic development was firmly in place by then.
Question 9
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Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: Huge allocations were made for largescale projects like the Bhakhra Nangal Dam.
Reason: Agricultural sector was hit hardest by Partition and needed urgent attention.

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A. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

B
B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

C
C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

D
D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Solution

Agricultural sector was hit hardest by partition and needed urgent attention. Huge allocations were made for large-scale projects like the Bhakhra Nangal Dam. The Plan identified the pattern of land distribution in the country as the principal obstacle in the way of agricultural growth. It focused on land reforms as the key to the country’s development.
Question 10
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Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: The draft of the First Five Year Plan and then the actual Plan Document, released in December 1951, generated a lot of excitement in the country.
Reason: This draft failed to meet the expectations of the country as it did not have anything for common men.

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A. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

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B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

C
C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

D
D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Solution

The first year plan was Harrod – Domar model of development economics. The Five Year Plan had a target of 2.1% PA growth in national income. Top priority was given to the development of the agricultural sector. The idea was agricultural development would lead to a higher rate of economic growth.

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Question 1

A. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Question 2

A. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

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Question 3

Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(A) is true, but (R) is false.

(A) is false, but (R) is true.

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Question 4

A. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

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Question 5

A. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

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Question 6

A. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

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Question 7

A. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

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Question 8

A. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

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Question 9

A. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

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Question 10

A. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

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