At the end of which of the following Five-year plans of India, five IITs were set up in the country?

Correct option is C

The correct answer is (c) First.
· The establishment of the first Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) was during the First Five-Year Plan (1951-1956) in Kharagpur, which was inaugurated in 1951. Following the success of IIT Kharagpur, the government laid the foundation for other IITs in the subsequent years. These institutions were pivotal in advancing technical education and research in India.
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· Second Five-Year Plan: Focused on industrialization, leading to the establishment of other IITs such as IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur, and IIT Delhi, but the foundation was laid during the First Plan.
· Third Five-Year Plan: Continued the development of educational institutions but did not specifically initiate the founding of the IITs.
· Fourth Five-Year Plan: Focused on growth with stability, but by this time, the initial five IITs had already been established.