2016 GS Paper I, all questions
UPSC Prelims 2016 · GS Paper I
Question 61: Economy and Social Development
Recently, India’s first ‘National Investment and Manufacturing Zone’ was proposed to be set up in
aAndhra Pradesh
bGujarat
cMaharashtra
dUttar Pradesh
AnswerUPSC’s answer is (a).
The National Manufacturing Policy of 2011 introduced National Investment and Manufacturing Zones: large integrated industrial townships of at least 5,000 hectares with infrastructure and simplified regulation. UPSC's key places the first NIMZ proposed in the news in Andhra Pradesh. Gujarat, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh are not the answer for this question.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Right: the first NIMZ was proposed in Andhra Pradesh.
- (b) Gujarat is not the State where the first NIMZ was proposed.
- (c) Maharashtra is not the State where the first NIMZ was proposed.
- (d) Uttar Pradesh is not the State where the first NIMZ was proposed.
Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2016, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.