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Who among the following is known as the architect of Indian planning ?

Options

  1. AV.K.R.V. Rao
  2. BSukhamoy Chakravarty
  3. CP.C. Mahalanobis
  4. DJohn Mathai

Correct answer

C. P.C. Mahalanobis

Step-by-step solution

P.C.Mahalanobisis known as the Architect of Indian Planning and considered as the father of modern statistics in India and founder of the Indian Statistical Institute. Second five year plan was based on mahalanobis model.

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