TNPSC Group-I 2025 · Question 7 of 66

Assertion [A]: The plan period 1966-69 was called as "Annual plans or plan holiday". Reason [R]: Because of the two major conflicts with China and Pakistan.

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A[A] is true, [R] is falseCorrect
BBoth [A] and [R] are true, but [R] is not a correct explanation of [A]
CBoth [A] and [R] are true, and [R] is the correct explanation of [A]
D[A] is false, [R] is true

Answer: A. [A] is true, [R] is false

Explanation

The 1966-69 period was indeed called the Plan Holiday/Annual Plans, but it was caused by the 1965 Indo-Pak war, severe droughts and economic crisis - not by conflicts with both China and Pakistan (the China war was 1962).

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