Question 1.
Which of these statements about the Bombay Plan is incorrect?
(a) It was a blueprint for India’s economic future.
(b) It supported state ownership of industry.
(c) It was made by some leading industrialists.
(d) It supported strongly the idea of plàhning.

Answer

Answer: (a) It was a blueprint for India’s economic future.

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Question 2.
Which of the following ideas did not form part of the early phase of India’s development policy?
(a) Planning
(b) Liberalisation
(c) Cooperative Farming
(d) Self-sufficiency

Answer

Answer: (b) Liberalisation

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Question 3.
The Idea of Planning in India was drawn from:
(a) The Bombay Plan
(b) Experiences of the Soviet bloc countries
(c) Gandhian Vision of Society
(d) Demand by Peasant Organisation
(I) b and d only
(II) d and e only
(III) a and b only
(IV) all the above

Answer

Answer: (III) (a) and (b) only.

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Question 4.
Match the following:

(a) Charan Singh	(i) Industrialisation
(b) P.C. Mahalanobis	(ii) Zoning
(c) Bihar Famine	(iii) Farmers
(d) Verghese Kurien	(iv) Milk Cooperatives

Answer

Answer:

(a) Charan Singh	(iii) Farmers
(b) P.C. Mahalanobis	(i) Industrialisation
(c) Bihar Famine	(ii) Zoning
(d) Verghese Kurien	(iv) Milk Cooperatives

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Question 5.
Who said, “Planning is a way of organizing and utilizing resources to maximum advantage in terms of defined social ends”?
(a) K.T. Shah
(b) Planning commission of India
(c) Dr. Rajinder Prashad
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (b) Planning commission of India

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Question 6.
In India, planning was conceived as the main instrument of:
(a) Political development
(b) Cultural development
(c) Social development
(d) Socio-economic development

Answer

Answer: (d) Socio-economic development

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Question 7.
How many plans have been completed so far in India?
(a) Twelve
(b) Six
(c) Eight
(d) Four

Answer

Answer: (a) Twelve

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Question 8.
The Planning Commission in India was set up in:
(a) 1953
(b) 1957
(c) 1960
(d) 1950

Answer

Answer: (d) 1950

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Question 9.
The Chairman of the National Development Council is:
(a) President of India
(b) Finance Minister of India
(c) Prime Minister of India
(d) Chief Minister of U.P.

Answer

Answer: (c) Prime Minister of India

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Question 10.
What is meant by planned development?

Answer

Answer: Planned development means to develop a design or plan for development.

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Question 11.
Which Indian thinker emphasized planning in India and when?

Answer

Answer: M. Visvesarayya in 1934 emphasized the necessity of planning in India.

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Question 12.
From where the idea of planning in India was drawn.

Answer

Answer: In India, the idea of planning was drawn from the experiences of the Soviet bloc countries.

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Question 13.
What is Planning?

Answer

Answer: Planning is a conscious effort of a community to achieve preconceived objectives and goals.

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Question 14.
When was the Planning Commission set up?

Answer

Answer: Planning Commission was set up in March 1950.

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Question 15.
In which year First Five Year Plan was started?

Answer

Answer: The First Five Year Plan was started in 1951.

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Question 16.
When Second Five Year Plan was started?

Answer

Answer: Second Five Year Plan was started in 1956.

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Question 17.
Mention the main objective of the Second Five Year Plan.

Answer

Answer: The main objective of the Second Five Year Plan was to enhance the growth of Industrial development.

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Question 18.
When was NITI Aayog established?

Answer

Answer: NITI Aayog was established in January 2015.

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