Which of the following statements is/are correct?
- The Second Five Year Plan, which was based on Mahalanobis model of development, gave high priority to industrialisation.
- Three new steel plants in the public sector were commissioned at Rourkela, Dugapur and Bokaro during the Second Five Year Plan.
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Only 1
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Only 2
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Both of these
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Neither of these
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Correct answer
Explanation
Statement 1 is correct: The Second Five Year Plan, which was based on Mahalanobis model of development, gave high priority to industrialisation.
Statement 2 is incorrect: Three new steel plants in the public sector were commissioned at Rourkela, Dugapur and Bhilai during the second five year plan.
Bokaro steel plant was commissioned during the Third Five Year Plan.