question_answer 17)

Fill in the blanks. (a) First Five Year Plan of ............ commenced in the year 1956. (Pakistan/China) (b) Maternal mortality rate is high in ............. (China/Pakistan) (c) Proportion of people below poverty line is more in ............ . (India/Pakistan) (d) Reforms in ......... were introduced in 1978. (China/Pakistan)

Answer:

(a) Pakistan Pakistan announced its First Five Year Plan, now called the Medium Term Development Plan, in 1956 white China announced its First Five- Year Plan in 1953. (b) Pakistan In 2004-06, MMR in China was 38 (per one lakh births) while it was 260 (per one lakh births) in Pakistan. (c) India In 200-4-06, 37.2% people were below poverty line in India while the ratio was 22.3% in Pakistan, (d) China Industrial growth in China can be traced back to the reforms introduced in phases since 1978.