Question

1. Operations Research came into existence
(a) in the year 1940,
(b) in the military contex,
(c) during World War I,
(d) during World War II.​

Answer 1

The correct answer is option (a) in the year 1940.

Explanation:

• Operations Research came into existence in the year 1940.
• The term Operations Research was first introduced in 1940 by McClosky and Trefthen in a small town, Bowdsey, of the United Kingdom.
• This new science came into existence in military context.
• Thus, the correct answer is option (a) i.e in the year 1940.

Answer 2

Operations Research came into existence (d) during World War II.​

• Operations research focuses on bringing in a scientific and tactical approach to various military operations.
• During World War II, the British and the American military management formed a group that had scientists with diverse educational back­grounds.
• The group had physicists, biologists, mathematicians, psychologists, etc.
• They applied a scientific approach to deal with the strategic problems during the war.