Practicing Success
Read the following passage and answer the question : After the establishment of People's Republic of China, all critical sectors of the economy were brought under Government control. The campaign initiated in 1958 aimed at industrialising the country on a massive scale by allowing people to set up industries in their back yards. In rural areas, people collectively cultivated lands. In 1965, Mao introduces a system under which students and professionals were sent to work and learn from the country side. Compared to its neighbours like India and Pakistan, China has low population growth but there will be more elderly people in proportion to young people after a few decades. |
Under which system did the people of China collectively cultivated land ? |
Dual pricing system The Great Leap Forward Campaign The Commune System The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution |
The Commune System |
The correct answer is option (3) : The Commune System 1. The system under which the people of China collectively cultivated land was "The Commune System" (3). 2. After the establishment of People’s Republic of China under oneparty rule, all critical sectors of the economy, enterprises and lands owned and operated by individuals were brought under government control. The Great Leap Forward (GLF) campaign initiated in 1958 aimed at industrialising the country on a massive scale. People were encouraged to set up industries in their backyards. In rural areas, communes were started. Under the Commune system, people collectively cultivated lands. In 1958, there were 26,000 communes covering almost all the farm population |