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The First Five Year Plan focused mainly on which sector?
AAgriculture and irrigation
BHeavy industry and steel
CSoftware and services
DDefence and armaments
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Agriculture and irrigation
1. Partition hit agriculture hardest.
2. The First Plan invested in dams and irrigation like Bhakhra Nangal.
3. Land reforms were its key.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 3, Politics of Planned Development._
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