The correct answer is: b) 1956.
The first Five-Year Plan for the development of Manipur was initiated in 1956. It was a comprehensive plan that covered all aspects of development, including agriculture, industry, education, health, and infrastructure. The plan was successful in achieving many of its objectives, and it helped to lay the foundation for the state’s future development.
The other options are incorrect because they are not the years in which the first Five-Year Plan for the development of Manipur was initiated.
Option a) 1951 is incorrect because the first Five-Year Plan for the development of India was initiated in that year. The first Five-Year Plan for the development of Manipur was initiated five years later, in 1956.
Option c) 1962 is incorrect because the second Five-Year Plan for the development of Manipur was initiated in that year. The first Five-Year Plan was initiated four years earlier, in 1956.
Option d) 1969 is incorrect because the third Five-Year Plan for the development of Manipur was initiated in that year. The first Five-Year Plan was initiated ten years earlier, in 1956.