Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Politics of Planned Development

Question:

Match the following options in List 1 correctly with those in List 2:

List- 1

List- 2

(A) Chaudhary Charan Singh

(I) Favoured Industrialisation

(B) P. C. Mahalanobis

(II) Zoning

(C) Bihar Famine

(III) Founded Bharatiya Lok Dal

(D) Verghese Kurien

(IV) Milk Cooperatives

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

Options:

(A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)- (III)

(A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)- (III)

(A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)- (I)

(A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)- (IV)

Correct Answer:

(A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)- (IV)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4 - (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)- (IV)

The correct Match is:

List- 1

List- 2

(A) Chaudhary Charan Singh

(III) Founded Bharatiya Lok Dal

(B) P. C. Mahalanobis

(I) Favoured Industrialisation

(C) Bihar Famine

(II) Zoning

(D) Verghese Kurien

(IV) Milk Cooperatives

Explanation:

Chaudhary Charan Singh (a Congress leader who later broke from the party to form Bharatiya Lok Dal) asserted to keep agriculture at the centre of planning for India. He said that the planning was leading to the creation of prosperity in the urban and industrial sections at the expense of the farmers and rural population.

P.C Mahalanobis- Scientist and statistician; Founder of Indian Statistical Institute (1931); architect of the Second Plan; supporter of rapid industrialisation and active role of the public sector.

Bihar was prone to food crises in the early years of independence. There was a near-famine situation. The food shortage was very much acute in all districts of Bihar. Food shortage led to acute and widespread malnutrition. The zoning policies of the government prohibited the trade of food across states, which reduced the availability of food in Bihar.

The White Revolution in Gujarat was started by ‘Verghese Kurien’ known as the 'Milkman of India' to launch Gujarat Cooperative Milk and Marketing Federation Ltd., which further launched ‘Amul.
Amul is a dairy cooperative movement based in the ‘Anand’ town of Gujarat to become a uniquely appropriate model for rural development and poverty alleviation.