Given below are two statements:
Statement I: The first seven five year plans gave importance to self-reliance, which means encouraging imports of those goods which could be produced in India itself.
Statement II: It is understandable that people who were recently freed from foreign domination should give importance to self-reliance.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Only Statement II is correct.
Statement I: The first seven five year plans gave importance to self-reliance, which means encouraging imports of those goods which could be produced in India itself. — False. Self-reliance means avoiding imports of such goods.
Statement II: It is understandable that people who were recently freed from foreign domination should give importance to self-reliance. — True. After long colonial rule, India wanted to cut its dependence on foreign countries.
NCERT (2026-27): “2.2 The Goals of Five Year Plans … Self-reliance: A nation can promote economic growth and modernisation by using its own resources or by using resources imported from other nations. The first seven five year plans gave importance to self-reliance which means avoiding imports of those goods which could be produced in India itself. This policy was considered a necessity in order to reduce our dependence on foreign countries, especially for food. It is understandable that people who were recently freed from foreign domination should give importance to self-reliance. …” |