- Which Five Year Plan had an objective of ‘Rapid Industrialization with particular emphasis on the development of basic and heavy industries?
- a) First
- b) Second
- c) Third
- d) Fourth
- Answer: b) Second
- Which is the highest body that approves Five Year Plans in the Country?
- a) Planning Commission
- b) Union Cabinet
- c) Parliament
- d) National Development Council
- Answer: d) National Development Council
- What is the Tenth Plan period?
- a) 1999 to 2003
- b) 2000 to 2005
- c) 2002 to 2007
- d) None of these
- Answer: c) 2002 to 2007
- Economic Planning is in:
- a) Union List
- b) State List
- c) Concurrent List
- d) Not any specified list
- Answer: c) Concurrent List
- The main objective of the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) was:
- a) Inclusive growth and poverty reduction
- b) Inclusive and sustainable growth
- c) Sustainable and inclusive growth to reduce unemployment
- d) Faster, sustainable, and more inclusive growth
- Answer: d) Faster, sustainable, and more inclusive growth
- In which Five-Year Plan was the main objective the eradication of poverty?
- a) Fourth
- b) Fifth
- c) Sixth
- d) Seventh
- Answer: b) Fifth
- Who was the First Chairman of the Planning Commission of India?
- a) M. Visvesvaraya
- b) Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
- c) P.C. Mahalanobis
- d) John Mathai
- Answer: b) Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
- Planning in India, in real sense, began with the second Five-Year Plan. Who was the architect of Indian Planning?
- a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
- b) Morarji Desai
- c) C.D. Deshmukh
- d) P.C. Mahalanobis
- Answer: d) P.C. Mahalanobis
- Primary emphasis during the second Five-Year Plan was laid on the development of:
- a) Rural Area
- b) Basic and Key Industries
- c) Foreign trade
- d) Consumer industries
- Answer: b) Basic and Key Industries
- Which three-year period is referred to as “Planning Holiday” in India?
- a) 1965-68
- b) 1966-69
- c) 1968-71
- d) 1969-72
- Answer: b) 1966-69
Unemployment and Poverty
- The theme of the approach paper of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan was:
- a) Indicative Planning
- b) Growth with Social Justice
- c) Towards faster and more inclusive growth
- d) Planning for prosperity
- Answer: c) Towards faster and more inclusive growth
- The Rolling Plan for backward countries was suggested by:
- a) Gunnar Myrdal
- b) W.A. Lewis
- c) R. Nurkse
- d) A. Samuelson
- Answer: a) Gunnar Myrdal
- Poverty in less developed countries is largely due to:
- a) Voluntary idealness
- b) Income inequality
- c) Lack of cultural activities
- d) Lack of intelligence of the people
- Answer: b) Income inequality
- Which of the following is NOT a constitutional organ?
- a) Election Commission
- b) Finance Commission
- c) Inter-State Council
- d) Planning Commission
- Answer: d) Planning Commission
Agriculture Development
- Which of the following is the chief characteristic of ‘mixed farming’?
- a) Cultivation of both cash crops and food crops
- b) Cultivation of two or more crops in the same field
- c) Rearing of animals and cultivation of crops together
- d) None of the above
- Answer: c) Rearing of animals and cultivation of crops together
- National Horticulture Mission was launched in which Five-Year Plan?
- a) Ninth
- b) Tenth
- c) Eleventh
- d) None of these
- Answer: b) Tenth
- ‘Twenty Point Programme’ (Beessutri Karyakrama) was first launched in the Year:
- a) 1969
- b) 1975
- c) 1977
- d) 1980
- Answer: b) 1975
- India’s First Five-Year Plan gave priority to:
- a) Industry
- b) Trade
- c) Transportation
- d) Agriculture
- Answer: d) Agriculture
- The food stocks that are built up during the years of bumper harvest are called:
- a) Capital Stock
- b) Buffer Stock
- c) Production Stock
- d) Grain Stock
- Answer: b) Buffer Stock
- The gradation and standardization of agricultural products are conducted through:
- a) Food Corporation of India
- b) Directorate of Marketing and Inspection
- c) Indian Standard Institution
- d) Central Statistical Organization
- Answer: b) Directorate of Marketing and Inspection
- In Indian Agriculture, the High Yielding Variety Programme was started in:
- a) 1968
- b) 1967
- c) 1966
- d) 1965
- Answer: c) 1966
- IRDP (Integrated Rural Development Programme) was introduced during the:
- a) Third Five-Year Plan
- b) Sixth Five-Year Plan
- c) Fifth Five-Year Plan
- d) Fourth Five-Year Plan
- Answer: c) Fifth
- The Commission in India dealing with the minimum support price, procurement price, etc., related to agricultural goods is:
- a) Planning Commission
- b) Agricultural Costs and Prices Commission
- c) Agricultural Price Commission
- d) National Marketing Commission
- Answer: b) Agricultural Costs and Prices Commission
- Which type of product does CACP recommend a minimum support price for?
- a) Industrial Products
- b) Agricultural Products
- c) Pharmaceutical Products
- d) None of the above
- Answer: b) Agricultural Products
- Blue Revolution is related to:
- a) Fish production
- b) Milk production
- c) Oilseed production
- d) Fertilizer production
- Answer: a) Fish production
- Indian agriculture is typically characterized as:
- a) Land Surplus, Labour Scarce Economy
- b) Land Surplus, Labour Surplus Economy
- c) Land Scarce, Labour Surplus Economy
- d) Land Scarce, Labour Scarce Economy
- Answer: c) Land Scarce, Labour Surplus Economy
- Which one of the following is NOT a necessary condition for the development of India?
- a) Capital Accumulation
- b) Resource discovery
- c) Population growth
- d) Technological development
- Answer: c) Population growth