Question

Why did the development of the defence sector receive sudden attention during the end of the Third Five-Year Plan?

• A. To increase defence exports
• B. To focus on industrialisation
• C. To cope with growing hostility with neighbours
• D. To make India self-reliant

Answer 1

The correct option is C To cope with growing hostility with neighbours

During the Third Five-Year Plan, India witnessed a war with China in 1962 and one with Pakistan in 1965. For this purpose, India focused on developing the defence sector by the end of the plan.