SSC CHSL 2020 PYQ — Question 38

SSC CHSL - 19th October 2020 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q38

The period of the second five-year plan in India was:

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. 1956-61.

  • Second Plan (1956–1961): The second five-year plan focused on the development of the public sector and "rapid Industrialisation".
  • The plan followed the Mahalanobis model, an economic development model developed by the Indian statistician Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in 1953.