Question
S1: One of the ironies of the Indian economy's
consistent under-performance is that it has been planned. S6: As planning prospered, regional imbalances widened and competitiveness and free enterprise were crushed-defeating the fundamental purpose of planned development. P: It is another matter that in each of the nine Five- Year Plans, barring the first, more targets were missed than met. Q: Within two months of India becoming a Republic, the Planning Commission was set up to prepare a blueprint for India's future, roughly once in five years. R: Yet the process of planning didn't change and excuses were found wars and droughts in the 1960s, war and oil shocks in the 70s. S: Elaborate models were developed, backed by immaculate calculations, on the investments and policies required to achieve the targets. The correct sequence should be: Directions : In the following items each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S₁) and the sixth sentence (S6) are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark accordingly on the Answer Sheet.Solution
The correct sequence is Q-S-P-R, which is given in option (a). Therefore, option (a) is the correct answer. Statement S1 should be followed by statement Q as it states the action of which statement S1 is mentioning about. After Q, statement S should come as it explains what happens in a five year plan. According to the passage, statement P should come after statement S. Statement R should be the last statement after arrangement.
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