Arrange the following events in sequential order as they happened in India: 1. Mahalanobis Model 2. Plan Holiday 3. Rolling Plan Select the correct answer using the code given below.
- A.1, 2, 3
- B.3, 2, 1
- C.2, 3, 1
- D.1, 3, 2
Correct answer
Explanation
The correct answer is A, 1, 2, 3. The Mahalanobis Model shaped the Second Five Year Plan (1956-61), the Plan Holiday followed in 1966-69, and the Rolling Plan came in 1978-80.
P.C. Mahalanobis, the statistician who founded the Indian Statistical Institute, built the model behind the Second Plan, which stressed rapid growth of heavy and basic industries. After the Third Plan (1961-66) was hit by the wars with China and Pakistan and by droughts, the government replaced five year plans with three annual plans from 1966 to 1969; this break is called the Plan Holiday. The Janata Party government ended the Fifth Plan a year early in 1978 and adopted a Rolling Plan, revised every year, until the Congress returned and the Sixth Plan began in 1980.
B is wrong because it reverses the true order. C is wrong because it puts the Plan Holiday before the Mahalanobis Model. D is wrong because it places the Rolling Plan before the Plan Holiday.
Exam tip: Mahalanobis (2nd Plan, 1956), Plan Holiday (1966-69), Rolling Plan (1978-80).
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