2012 GS Paper I, all questions

UPSC Prelims 2012 · GS Paper I

Question 34: Economy and Social Development

What is/are the recent policy initiative(s) of Government of India to promote the growth of manufacturing sector?

  1. 1.Setting up of National Investment and Manufacturing Zones
  2. 2.Providing the benefit of 'single window clearance'
  3. 3.Establishing the Technology Acquisition and Development Fund

Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

a1 only
b2 and 3 only
c1 and 3 only
d1, 2 and 3

AnswerUPSC’s answer is (d).

All three are part of the National Manufacturing Policy 2011: National Investment and Manufacturing Zones (large integrated industrial areas), simplified regulation including single-window clearance, and a Technology Acquisition and Development Fund to help small and medium enterprises acquire clean and green technologies. The policy aims to raise manufacturing's share of GDP to 25 per cent by 2022.

  • 1. NIMZs are integrated industrial townships under the National Manufacturing Policy.
  • 2. Single-window clearance is part of the policy's regulatory simplification.
  • 3. The Technology Acquisition and Development Fund is part of the policy.

How you could have got this

  1. If you were sure statement 1 is correct, (b) goes: it leaves 1 out.

    What you needed to know: NIMZs are integrated industrial townships under the National Manufacturing Policy.

  2. Then, if you were sure statement 2 is correct, (a) and (c) go: each of them leaves 2 out.

    What you needed to know: Single-window clearance is part of the policy's regulatory simplification.

Only (d) is left. You didn’t need statement 3.

Which options go is worked out from UPSC’s key and the options, not by a model.

Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) Incomplete: single-window clearance and the Technology Fund are also initiatives.
  • (b) Incomplete: National Investment and Manufacturing Zones are also an initiative.
  • (c) Incomplete: single-window clearance is also an initiative.
  • (d) Correct: all three are initiatives of the National Manufacturing Policy.

Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2012, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.