Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Indian Economic Development: Comparative Development Experiences of India and its Neighbours

Question:

In the question given below there are 2 statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Choose the correct alternative from the following options.

Assertion (A)- The aim of The Great Leap Forward (GLF) campaign initiated in 1958 was to industrialise the Chinese economy.

Reason (R)- Under The Great Leap Forward (GLF) campaign, students and professionals were sent to the countryside for working and learning. 

Options:

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation.

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(A) Is true but (R) is false.

(A) Is false but (R) is true.

Correct Answer:

(A) Is true but (R) is false.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3: (A) Is true but (R) is false.

Assertion (A)- The aim of The Great Leap Forward (GLF) campaign initiated in 1958 was to industrialise the Chinese economy. This is correct. People were encouraged to set up industries in their backyards.

Reason (R)- Under The Great Leap Forward (GLF) campaign, students and professionals were sent to the countryside for working and learning. This is incorrect. It was "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution" introduced by Mao Zedong, in 1965 under which students and professionals were sent to work and learn from the countryside.