S1 : India has been a welfare state since Independence.<br>S6 : Elimination of poverty, ignorance, diseases and inequality of opportunities, and providing a better quality of life were the basic premise upon which all the plans of the development were built.<br>P : The policies and programmes have been designed with the aim of alleviation of rural poverty.<br>Q : The primary objective of all governmental endeavours has been the welfare of its rural population.<br>R : It was realized that a sustainable strategy of poverty alleviation has to be based on increasing the productive employment opportunities in the process of growth itself.<br>S : Ensuring rural welfare has been one of the main objectives of planned development in India.

Directions : In this section, each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

  1. A. PRSQ ✓
  2. B. QPSR
  3. C. RQSP
  4. D. SRPQ

Correct Answer: A. PRSQ

Explanation

The passage outlines the focus on rural poverty (P), the objectives for rural welfare (Q), the strategy for sustainable alleviation (R), and the role in planned development (S).

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