History · Rise of Indian Nationalism
UGC NET June 2011 History
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below.
Assertion (A): The Second Five Year Plan marked a shift in favour of heavy industry.
Reason (R): Import substitution in this area was considered an imperative for self-reliance.
ABoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
BA is true, but R is false
CBoth A and R are false
DBoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A — Both statements are true and the reason explains the assertion, so the answer is both true with R explaining A.
Explanation
★Both statements are true and the reason explains the assertion, so the answer is both true with R explaining A.
★The Second Five Year Plan of 1956 to 1961 followed the Mahalanobis model and stressed heavy and basic industry.
★It set up steel plants at Bhilai, Rourkela and Durgapur to build an industrial base.
★The strategy aimed at self-reliance by producing capital goods at home instead of importing them.
★This drive for import substitution is exactly why the plan favoured heavy industry.
★The reason therefore correctly explains the shift described in the assertion.
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