Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Politics of Planned Development

Question:

Which document generated great enthusiasm throughout India and was extensively discussed and debated in the beginning of the 1950s?

Options:

The First Five-Year Plan draft

The Second Five-Year Plan draft

The Indian Statistical Institute Report

The NITI Aayog Charter

Correct Answer:

The First Five-Year Plan draft

Explanation:

The release of the First Five-Year Plan draft and the subsequent Plan Document in December 1951 generated great enthusiasm throughout the country. People from diverse backgrounds - academics, journalists, government and private sector employees, industrialists, farmers, politicians, etc. - extensively discussed and debated these documents. The excitement surrounding planning peaked with the launch of the Second Five-Year Plan in 1956 and continued until the Third Five-Year Plan in 1961.