Question

Chairman of the Planning Commission of India is ______________.
a.President of India
b.Prime Minister of India
c.Finance Minister of India
d.Vice President of India

Answer 1

Hint: The chairman is the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization. For example - address your remarks to the chairperson.

Complete answer: We know that when India achieved independence, a Planning Commission, reporting to Jawaharlal Nehru as the Chairman, was established on 15 March 1950. Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question and find out what position Jawaharlal Nehru held -

Option (a.), 'President of India', refers to ‘Rajendra Prasad’ in 1950.
Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as that was not the position held by Jawaharlal Nehru while he was chairman of the Planning Commission in 1950.
Option (b.), ‘Prime Minister of India', refers to ‘Jawaharlal Nehru’ in 1950.
Therefore, option (b.) is correct as that was the position held by Jawaharlal Nehru while he was chairman of the Planning Commission in 1950.
Option (c.), ‘Finance Minister of India', refers to ‘John Mathhai’ in 1950.
Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as that was not the position held by Jawaharlal Nehru while he was chairman of the Planning Commission in 1950.
Option (d.), ‘Vice President of India', refers to ‘Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’, who became the first V.P of India in 1952.
Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as that was not the position held by Jawaharlal Nehru while he was chairman of the Planning Commission in 1950.

Note: In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission, established in 1950 was supposed to oversee the country's economic and social development, mainly through the formulation of five-year plans.