Arrange following incidences with respect to developmental planning in chronological order (oldest to latest).
(A) The medium term development plan in Pakistan.
(B) The great proletarian cultural revolution in China.
(C) First Five year plan in India.
(D) First five year plan in China.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (C), (D), (A), (B)
India, China and Pakistan each turned to five year plans within a few years of one another in the 1950s: India first, then China, then Pakistan. China’s Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution belongs to a later stage, in the mid-1960s.
(C) First Five year plan in India. — 1951. India announced its First Five Year Plan for 1951–56.
(D) First five year plan in China. — 1953. China announced its First Five Year Plan in 1953.
(A) The medium term development plan in Pakistan. — 1956. Pakistan announced its first five year plan, now called the Medium Term Development Plan, in 1956.
(B) The great proletarian cultural revolution in China. — 1966–76. In 1965 Mao introduced the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966–76), under which students and professionals were sent to work and learn from the countryside.
NCERT (2025-26): “8.1 Introduction … All three countries had started planning their development strategies in similar ways. While India announced its first Five Year Plan for 1951–56, Pakistan announced its first five year plan, now called the Medium Term Development Plan, in 1956. China announced its First Five Year Plan in 1953.… …In 1965, Mao introduced the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966–76) under which students and professionals were sent to work and learn from the countryside.…” |