Given below are two statements about a plan:
Statement I: A plan should have some general goals as well as specific objectives to be achieved within a specified period of time.
Statement II: The goals of a plan may actually be in conflict with one another.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
Statement I: A plan should have some general goals as well as specific objectives to be achieved within a specified period of time. — True. A plan has general goals and specific objectives with a time limit.
Statement II: The goals of a plan may actually be in conflict with one another. — True. For example, modern technology may reduce the need for labour and so clash with more employment.
NCERT (2026-27): “Box 2.2: What is a Plan? A plan spells out how the resources of a nation should be put to use. It should have some general goals as well as specific objectives which are to be achieved within a specified period of time; in India plans were of five years duration and were called five year plans (we borrowed this from the former Soviet Union, the pioneer in national planning). …” “… It will be unrealistic to expect all the goals of a plan to be given equal importance in all the plans. In fact the goals may actually be in conflict. For example, the goal of introducing modern technology may be in conflict with the goal of increasing employment if the technology reduces the need for labour. The planners have to balance the goals, a very difficult job indeed.” |