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Assertion: Road transport in modern sense was very limited in India before World War-II. Reasoning: The first serious attempt on road development was made in 1943 when ‘Bombay Plan’ was drawn. |
Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A. Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and but R is not the correct explanation of A. Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct. Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct. |
Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct. |
The correct answer is Option 3: Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct. Assertion: Road transport in modern sense was very limited in India before World War-II. This statement is correct because before World War-II, India did not have a well-developed modern road transport network. Reasoning: The first serious attempt on road development was made in 1943 when ‘Bombay Plan’ was drawn. This statement is incorrect because organised planning for road development began in 1943 through the Nagpur Plan and not Bombay Plan. NCERT: "Road transport in modern sense was very limited in India before World War-II. The first serious attempt was made in 1943 when ‘Nagpur Plan’ was drawn. This plan could not be implemented due to lack of coordination among the princely states and British India. After Independence, twenty-year road plan (1961) was introduced to improve the conditions of roads in India." |
