Assertion (A): The Second Five Year Plan was the first to be based on P.C. Mahalanobis's model.
Reason (R): P.C. Mahalanobis was an economist trained only in agriculture.

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He was a statistician, which is why he founded the Indian Statistical Institute. R is false.

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Assertion (A): The Second Five Year Plan was the first to be based on P.C. Mahalanobis's model.Reason (R): P.C. Mahalanobis was an economist trained only in agriculture.

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Assertion (A): The Second Five Year Plan was the first to be based on P.C. Mahalanobis's model.
Reason (R): P.C. Mahalanobis was an economist trained only in agriculture.