Choose the correct facts related to development experience of India, Pakistan and China.
(A) Reforms in China were introduced in 1978.
(B) India adopted the mixed economy model for development
(C) In 1965, the Great leap forward campaign was initiated
(D) China has announced its first five year plan in 1956
(E) Reforms were initiated in Pakistan in 1978
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) and (B) only
(A) Reforms in China were introduced in 1978. — Correct. China began its structural reforms in 1978.
(B) India adopted the mixed economy model for development — Correct. In a mixed economy the government and the market together decide what to produce, how to produce and how to distribute what is produced.
(C) In 1965, the Great leap forward campaign was initiated — Incorrect. The Great Leap Forward began in 1958. It aimed to industrialise China on a massive scale, with people setting up industries in their backyards.
(D) China has announced its first five year plan in 1956 — Incorrect. China announced its First Five Year Plan in 1953. The year 1956 is when Pakistan announced its first five year plan.
(E) Reforms were initiated in Pakistan in 1978 — Incorrect. Pakistan began its reforms in 1988. The year 1978 belongs to China, and India began in 1991.
NCERT (2026-27): “…All three countries had started planning their development strategies in similar ways. While India announced its first Five Year Plan for 1951–56, Pakistan announced its first five year plan, now called the Medium Term Development Plan, in 1956. China announced its First Five Year Plan in 1953.… China: …The Great Leap Forward (GLF) campaign initiated in 1958 aimed at industrialising the country on a massive scale.… 8.6 Development Strategies: An Appraisal … Though countries go through their development phases differently, let us take the initiation of reforms as a point of reference. We know that reforms were initiated in China in 1978, Pakistan in 1988 and India in 1991.… Indian Economic Development — Chapter 3: …You have studied in the previous chapter that, since independence, India followed the mixed economy framework by combining the advantages of the capitalist economic system with those of the socialist economic system.…” |