Q. Who among the following was the architect of second five year plan ?
Answer: P C Mahalanobis
Notes: Prasantha Chandra Mahalanobis or P. C. Mahalanobis (1893-1972) was the first Indian statistician to receive world recognition. In 1933, Mahalanobis founded the first Indian statistical journal Sankhya, along the lines of Biometrika, which had inspired him greatly. He was architect of India's second five year plan and due to this second plan is known as Mahalanobis model.

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