Planning Commision Of India MCQs

 1. In India, planned economy is based on

(A) Gandhian System

(B) Socialist System

(C) Capitalist System

(D) Mixed Economy System

Ans D


2. The Gandhian Plan was expounded in 1944 by

(A) N.R. Sarkar

(B) Kasturi Bhai Lal Bhai

(C) Jai Prakash Narayan

(D) Shriman Narayan Agarwal

Ans D


3. Consider the following pre requisites for planning. It is

1. For balanced socio-economic development.

2. For extending the benefits of development in an even manner.

3. For focusing on removal of regional disparities.

4. For maximising the utilisation of available resources of these.


(A) Only 1 and 2 are correct

(B) Only 1, 2 and 3 are correct

(C) Only 2, 3 and 4 are correct

(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct

Ans  D


4. National Planning Committee was set up by

(A) Jawahar Lal Nehru

(B) A. Dalal

(C) S. Bose

(D) L.B. Shastri

 Ans C 


5. Which was the final authority in India to approve Five Year Plans?

(A) Union Council of Ministers

(B) Planning Commission

(C) Prime Minister

(D) National Development Council (NDC)

Ans  D


6. ......got the highest priority during the first plan period in India.

(A) Self reliance

(B) Growth with social justice

(C) Development of agriculture including irrigation

(D) Removed of unemployment 

 Ans C


7. Khadi and village industry commission was established in

(A) Third Plan

(B) Fourth Plan

(C) Second Plan

(D) First Plan

Ans  C


8. Which plan among the following declared its objective of self reliance and zero net foreign aid?

(A) Second Five Year Plan

(B) Third Five Year Plan

(C) Fourth Five Year Plan

(D) Fifth Five Year Plan

Ans  C


9. Consider the following statements regarding Indian Planning.

1. The Second Five Year Plan emphasised on the establishment of heavy industries.

 2. The Third Five Year Plan introduced the concept of import substitution as strategy for industrialisation. 

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?


(A) Only 1

(B) Only 2

(C) Both 1 and 2

(D) Neither 1 nor 2

Ans C


10. First Five Year Plan was started 

(A) 1951-52

(B) 1956-57

(C) 1961-62

(D) 1966-67

Ans A


11. The Planned Development Model was adopted in India from

(A) 1st April, 1951

(B) 15th August, 1947

(C) 26th January, 1950

(D) 1st May, 1965

Ans A 


12. Which of the following Five Year Plans witnessed the highest growth rate in India?

(A) Eighth Plan

(B) Ninth Plan

(C) Tenth Plan

(D) Eleventh Plan

Ans D


13. What is the growth rate aimed at in the Eighth Five Year Plan?

(A) 5.6%

(B) 6%

(C) 6.5

(D) 7%

Ans A


14. The period of Eleventh Five Year Plan in India, was

(A) 2005-2010

(B) 2006-2011

(C) 2007-2012

(D) 2008-2013

 Ans C


15. The Second Five Year Plan was base on which model?

(A) Solow model

(B) Domar model

(C) Robinson's model 

(D) Mahalanobis model

Ans D


16. Under which Five Year Plan' was the decision to establish a socialistic pattern of society taken? 

(A) First Five Year Plan

(B) Second Five Year Plan

(C) Third Five Year Plan

(D) Fourth Five Year Plan

Ans B


17. Planning in India, in real sense, began with the Second Five Year Plan. Who was the architect of Indian Planning?


(A) Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) Morarji Desai

(C) C.D. Deshmukh 

(D) P.C. Mahalanobis

Ans D


18. Core Sector in the planning means

(A) Agriculture

(B) Defense

(C) Iron and Steel Industry

(D) Selected Basic Industry 

Ans D


19. Goal of Third Five Year Plan in India is

(A) equal distribution of Income

(B) self sufficiency and to decrease dependency on foreign aids

(C) development of Backward castes

(D) increase in share of private sector

Ans B


20. The basic objective of Fifth Five Years Plan was

(A) Poverty Removal

(B) Reforms in public distribution system

(C) Inclusive growth

(D) Exclusive growth

Ans A


21. During which Five Year Plan was the Emergency claimed, new elections took place and the Janta Party was elected? 

(A) Third

(B) Fourth

(C) Fifth

(D) Sixth


22. The slogan of 'poverty abolition' was given in which Five Year Plan?


(A) Second Plan

(B) Fourth Plan

(C) Fifth Plan

(D) Sixth Plan

Ans C


23. The Five Year Plan that terminated one year before the scheduled period is

(A) Second Five Year Plan

(B) Third Five Year Plan

(C) Fourth Five Year Plan

(D) Fifth Five Year Plan

Ans D


24. In which one of the year 'Rolling Plan' was in operation in India?

(A) 1968-69

(B) 1978-79

(C) 1988-89

(D) 1990-91

Ans B


25. The Plan Holiday refers to the period

(A) 1955-68

(B) 1965-68

(C) 1966-69

(D) 1978-80

Ans C


26. "The Rolling Plan' for backward countries was suggested by

(A) G. Myrdal

(B) W.A. Lewis

(C) R. Nurkse

(D) A. Samuelson

Ans A


27. Consider the following statements about 'Rolling plan' it is

1. A plan for single year.

2. A plan that is determined for 3, 4 or 5 years.

3. Reviewed every year according to the necessities of the economy.

4. A pre-requisite plan for 10, 15 or 20 years of these.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below.

Code

(A) Only 1 and 2 are correct

(B) Only 1 and 3 are correct

(C) Only 2 and 3 are correct

(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct

Ans D


28. The core slogan of Seventh Plan was

(A) Food, work and productivity

(B) Free education for all children

(C) Five percent growth rate of national income

(D) Community programme development

Ans A


29. Which one of the following Five Year Plans recognised human development as the core of all development efforts?


(A) The Third Five Year Plan

(B) The Fifth Five Year Plan

(C) The Sixth Five Year Plan

(D) The Eighth Five Year Plan

Ans D


30. Which Five Year Plan operated in India during April 1992 - March 1997?

(A) Sixth Plan

(B) Seventh Plan

(C) Eighth Plan

(D) Rolling Plan

Ans C


31. Which Five Year Plan in India gave emphasis on co-operative Federalism?

(A) Ninth Five Year Plan 

(B) Tenth Five Year Plan

(C) Eleventh Five Year Plan

(D) Twelfth Five Year Plan

Ans A


32. In which of the following Five Year Plans the Women's component plan was introduced as a major strategy?

 (A) Tenth Five Year Plan

(B) Eleventh Five Year Plan

(C) Ninth Five Year Plan

(D) Twelfth Five Year Plan

Ans C


33. Which one of the following Five Years Plan of India focused on 'Growth with Social Justice and Equity?

(A) Ninth Five Year Plan

(B) Third Five Year Plan

(C) Fourth Five Year Plan 

(D) Fifth Five Year Plan

Ans  A


34. National Horticulture Mission was launched in which of the following Five Year Plans?

(A) Eleventh Five Year Plan

(B) Tenth Five Year Plan

(C) Ninth Five Year Plan

(D) None of the above

Ans  B


35. In the Eleventh Five Year Plan, which of the following sectors accounts for maximum combined Central, State and U.T. expenditure?

(A) Transport

(B) Energy

(C) Agriculture and Rural

(D) Social Sector

Ans D


36. The core concept of the Eleventh Five Year Plan was

(A) Human Resource Development

(B) Growth with social justice and equality

(C) Human well being

(D) Faster and more inclusive growth

Ans  B


37. Inclusive growth as enunciated in the Eleventh Five Year Plan does not include one of the following

(A) Reduction of poverty

(B) Extension opportunities of employment

(C) Strengthening market of capital

(D) Reduction of gender inequality

Ans  C


38. Since the start of planning in India, the total number of years not covered by any five year plans is]

(A) 6

(B) 7

(C) 5

(D) 3

Ans  B


39. The planning process in the industrial sector in India has assumed a relatively less important position in the nineties as compared to that in the earlier period. Which one of the following is not true in this regard?

(A) With the advent liberalisation, of industrial investments / developments have largely been placed within the domain of private and multinational sector

(B) With markets assuming a central place, the role of central planning in many sector has been rendered redundant

(C) The focus of planning has shifted to sectors like human, resource A infrastructure, development, population control and welfare

(D) The nation's priorities have shifted away from industrial development development to rural

Ans D


40. 'Planning from below' is known as

(A) Centralised planning

(B) Decentralised planning

(C) Functional planning

(D) Structural planning

Ans  B


41. In the context of India's Five Year Plans, a shift in the pattern of Industrialisation, with lower infrastructure begins in

(A) Fourth Plan

(B) Sixth Plan

(C) Eighth Plan

(D) Tenth Plan

Ans B


42. Who authored the book, 'Planned Economy for India'?

(A) M. Visvesvaraya

(B) J.R.D. Tata

(C) G.D. Birla

(D) Pattabhi Sitaramayya

Ans  A


43. Eleventh  Five Year Plan emphasised on


(A) Economic Growth Justice Justice

(B) Economic Growth and Human Development

(C) Faster and more growth inclusive

(D) Faster, Sustainable and more inclusive growth

Ans C


44. In India which of the following Five Year Plans was launched with a focus on sustainable growth?

(A) 9th

(B) 10th

(C) 11th

(D) 12th

Ans D

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