D. P. Dhar prepared and launched the:
- AFifth Five-Year Plan
- BSixth Five-Year Plan
- CSeventh Five-Year Plan
- DFourth Five-Year Plan
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Correct answer: (a) Fifth Five-Year Plan
Explanation
D. P. Dhar, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, prepared and launched India's Fifth Five-Year Plan (1974–1979). Its main aims were the removal of poverty (*Garibi Hatao*) and self-reliance. The Janata government ended it a year early, in 1978.
(The paper's options spoke of Bihar's five-year plans; D. P. Dhar's plan was India's national plan.)