Economic and Social Development | Economic Planning of India
Economic and Social Development | Economic Planning of India
1. In India, planned economy is based on
Gandhian System
Socialist System
Capitalist System
Mixed Economy System
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2. The Gandhian Plan was expounded in 1944 by
N.R. Sarkar
Kasturi Bhai Lal Bhai
Jai Prakash Narayan
Shriman Narayan Agarwal
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3. National Planning Committee was set up by
Jawahar Lal Nehru
A. Dalal
S. Bose
L.B. Shastri
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4. Which was the final authority in India to approve Five Year Plans?
Union Council of Ministers
Planning Commission
Prime Minister
National Development Council (NDC)
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5. Which plan among the following declared its objective of self-reliance and zero net foreign aid?
Second Five Year Plan
Third Five Year Plan
Fifth Five Year Plan
Fourth Five Year Plan
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6. First Five Year Plan was started in
1951-52
1956-57
1961-62
1966-67
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7. The Planned Development Model was adopted in India from
1st April, 1951
15th August, 1947
26th January, 1950
1st May, 1965
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8. Which of the following Five Year Plans witnessed the highest growth rate in India?
Eighth Plan
Ninth Plan
Tenth Plan
Eleventh Plan
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9. What is the growth rate aimed at in the Eighth Five Year Plan?
5.6%
6%
6.5%
7%
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10. The Second Five Year Plan was base on which model?
Solow model
Domar model
Robinson's model
Mahalanobis model
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11. Under which 'Five Year Plan' was the decision to establish a socialistic pattern of society taken?
First Five Year Plan
Second Five Year Plan
Third Five Year Plan
Fourth Five Year Plan
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12. Planning in India, in real sense, began with the Second Five Year Plan. Who was the architect of Indian Planning?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Morarji Desai
C.D. Deshmukh
P.C. Mahalanobis
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13. Core Sector in the planning means
Agriculture
Defense
Iron and Steel Industry
Selected Basic Industry
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14. Goal of Third Five Year Plan in India is
equal distribution of Income
self sufficiency and to decrease dependency on foreign aids
development of Backward castes
increase in share of private sector
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15. The basic objective of Fifth Five Years Plan was
Poverty Removal
Reforms in public distribution system
Inclusive growth
Exclusive growth
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16. During which Five Year Plan was the Emergency claimed, new elections took place and the Janta Party was elected?
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
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17. The slogan of 'poverty abolition' was given in which Five Year Plan?
Second Plan
Fourth Plan
Fifth Plan
Sixth Plan
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18. The Five Year Plan that terminated: one year before the scheduled period is
Second Five Year Plan
Third Five Year Plan
Fourth Five Year Plan
Fifth Five Year Plan
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19. In which one of the year 'Rolling Plan' was in operation in India?
1968-69
1978-79
1988-89
1990-91
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20. The Plan Holiday refers to the period
1955-68
1965-68
1966-69
1978-80
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21. The Rolling Plan' for backward countries was suggested by
G. Myrdal
W.A. Lewis
R. Nurkse
A. Samuelson
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22. The core slogan of Seventh Plan was
Food, work and productivity
Free education for all children
Five percent growth rate of national income
Community development programme
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23. Which one of the following Five Year Plans recognised human development as the core of all development efforts?
The Third Five Year Plan
The Fifth Five Year Plan
The Sixth Five Year Plan
The Eighth Five Year Plan
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24. Which Five Year Plan operated in India during April 1992 - March 1997?
Sixth Plan
Seventh Plan
Eighth Plan
Rolling Plan
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25. Which Five Year Plan in India gave emphasis on co-operative Federalism?
Ninth Five Year Plan
Tenth Five Year Plan
Eleventh Five Year Plan
Twelfth Five Year Plan
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26. In which of the following Five Year Plans the Women's component plan was introduced as a major strategy?
Tenth Five Year Plan
Eleventh Five Year Plan
Ninth Five Year Plan
Twelfth Five Year Plan
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27. Which one of the following Five Years Plan of India focused on 'Growth with Social Justice and Equity"?
Ninth Five Year Plan
Third Five Year Plan
Fourth Five Year Plan
Fifth Five Year Plan
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28. National Horticulture Mission was launched in which of the following Five Year Plans?
Eleventh Five Year Plan
Tenth Five Year Plan
Ninth Five Year Plan
None of the above
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29. In the Eleventh Five Year Plan, which of the following sectors accounts for maximum combined Central, State and U.T. expenditure?
Transport
Energy
Agriculture and Rural
Social Sector
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30. The core concept of the Eleventh Five Year Plan was
Human Resource Development
Growth with social justice and equality
Human well being
Faster and more inclusive growth
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31. Inclusive growth as enunciated in the Eleventh Five Year Plan does not include one of the following
Reduction of poverty
Extension of employment opportunities
Strengthening of capital market
Reduction of gender inequality
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32. Since the start of planning in India, the total number of years not covered by any five year plans is
6
7
5
3
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33. 'Planning from below' is known as
Centralised planning
Decentralised planning
Functional planning
Structural planning
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34. In the context of India's Five Year Plans, a shift in the pattern of Industrialisation, with lower infrastructure begins in
Fourth Plan
Sixth Plan
Eighth Plan
Tenth Plan
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35. Who authored the book, 'Planned Economy for India'?
M. Visvesvaraya
J.R.D. Tata
G.D. Birla
Pattabhi Sitaramayya
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36. Eleventh Five Year Plan emphasised on
Economic Growth Social Justice
Economic Growth and Human Development
Faster and more inclusive growth
Faster, Sustainable and more inclusive growth
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37. In India which of the following Five Year Plans was launched with a focus on sustainable growth?
9th
10th
11th
12th
