Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Politics of Planned Development

Question:

In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.

Assertion: The Bombay Plan was drafted by big industrialists in 1944.
Reason: The Bombay Plan wanted the state to take major initiatives in industrial and other economic investments.

Options:

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.

The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.

The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.

Correct Answer:

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

Explanation:

The Bombay Plan:
The Bombay Plan was a significant economic and industrial development proposal formulated by a group of prominent Indian industrialists and and big business entrepreneurs in 1944.
The Bombay Plan emphasized the need for a planned economy with an active role for the state in industrial and economic development.
It proposed measures such as the expansion of key industries, the promotion of domestic capital investment, the establishment of public sector enterprises, and the development of infrastructure.