Q.Setting up new business units in less-developed or rural regions of the country, rather than only in already-industrialised cities, primarily serves which objective of business?
(A) Economic objective of profit maximisation
(B) National objective of balanced regional development
(C) Human objective of employee training
(D) Global objective of increasing exports

Locating units in less-developed regions spreads economic opportunity more evenly across the country, which is exactly what balanced regional development means.

Section 5 lists balanced regional development among the national objectives of business: setting up units in less-developed or rural regions, rather than concentrating only in already-industrialised areas, helps spread economic opportunity more evenly across the country and reduces regional inequality.

Option-by-option analysis:

• (A) Incorrect — choosing an already-industrialised location, not a backward region, would usually serve pure profit maximisation better (lower infrastructure cost); the question describes the opposite choice. …