The "Vision Mumbai" document catered to the interest of one set of pe…

The correct answer is Option (2) → The urban rich and middle class

Note 1: The given answer is as per the official NTA Answer Key. However, Option (4) can also be considered correct, as explained below.

Option (1) The urban poor and middle class — Incorrect. Under the document the poor are shifted to the outskirts, with mass housing planned in the salt pan lands outside the city, so their interest is not what it served.

Option (2) The urban rich and middle class — Correct as per NTA. The planners behind the vision of Mumbai as a global city want north-south and east-west connectivity, an ‘express ring freeway’ that can be reached from any point in under ten minutes, and quick entry and exit for traffic. This serves those who move through the city by car, the better-off classes. For the less privileged the street is a place to live and earn, and the document moves them out of the city to decongest it, as the voice of the poor in the box protests: ‘The city is not for the rich only.’

Option (3) The urban poor — Incorrect. The poor are the ones being moved out; the box asks what happens to their livelihood, so the document did not represent them.

Option (4) The Elite — Can also be considered correct. The elite are a small group at the very top of society. The box does not name in so many words whose interest the document served, and the elite are certainly among those for whom the city is being remade as a global city, so this option can also be argued. But the freeways and the decongested streets of the plan serve a wider group, the rich together with the car-owning middle class, so Option (2) is the most appropriate answer.

Note 2: The chapter ‘The Story of Indian Democracy’ of the pre-rationalised NCERT, which NTA followed in 2023, has been renamed ‘The Constitution and Social Change’ in the NCERT book (2025-26). Its Box 3.16 on Vision Mumbai and the making of Mumbai into a global city has been deleted, though the chapter is still there.