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The five year plans - Test Set 4

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  1. Question 1

    India’s Five-Years Plan Plans are finally approved by the:
    1. President
    2. Prime Minister
    3. National Development Council
    4. Minister of Finance
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  2. Question 2

    Which of the following is not one of the objectives of economic planning in India?
    1. Raising living standards
    2. Reduction of economic inequalities
    3. Balanced regional development
    4. Spread of education
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  3. Question 3

    Which of the following plans laid special stress on science and technology?
    1. Third Plan
    2. Fifth Plan
    3. Seventh Plan
    4. Eighth Plan
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  4. Question 4

    The Planning Commission is:
    1. A wing of the Ministry of Planning, Government of India
    2. Endowed with the responsibility of implementing five year plans
    3. An advisory body
    4. A department of the Ministry of Finance. Govt. of India
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  5. Question 5

    The Objective of the plan strategy followed in the first seven plans was:
    1. Achieving self-reliance
    2. Increasing export growth
    3. Increasing import growth
    4. Maximizing growth of employment
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  6. Question 6

    Who finally approves the draft five-year plan?
    1. Parliament and State Legislatures
    2. National Development Council
    3. Planning Commission
    4. The President of India
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  7. Question 7

    After which five-year plan, planning had to be given a short holiday?
    1. Six five-year plan
    2. Second five-year plan
    3. Third five-year plan
    4. Fourth five-year plan
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  8. Question 8

    The fifth five-year plan was terminated at the end of fourth year because:
    1. There was no fund
    2. The Janata Party wanted to start a new plan with changed objective and patterns
    3. Of severe draught condition
    4. The emergency had ended
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  9. Question 9

    The heavy and basic industrialization is associated with India’s:
    1. Third five-year plan
    2. Fourth five-year plan
    3. Sixth five-year plan
    4. Second five-year plan
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  10. Question 10

    Which of the following was the period of Annual Plans?
    1. 1951-56
    2. 1966-69
    3. 1969-74
    4. 1978-79
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  11. Question 11

    In which plan was the target of deficit finance taken as zero?
    1. First Plan
    2. Third Plan
    3. Seventh Plan
    4. Ninth Plan
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  12. Question 12

    Which one, out of the following, is not the objective of Indian Planning?
    1. Industrial growth
    2. Population growth
    3. Self reliance
    4. Productive employment generation
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  13. Question 13

    The Indian Planning Commission was formed in the year:
    1. 1947
    2. 1949
    3. 1950
    4. 1951
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  14. Question 14

    Formation of Planning Commission is mentioned in the Article of the Constitution:
    1. 196
    2. 308
    3. 360
    4. Not mentioned in the Constitution
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  15. Question 15

    First Five Year Plan of India begins in the year:
    1. 1948
    2. 1947
    3. 1951
    4. 1956
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  16. Question 16

    The fifth and sixth five-year plans were majorly focused on which of the following?
    1. Industrial products
    2. Protection of environment
    3. To reduce poverty
    4. Level of employment
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  17. Question 17

    What was the estimated growth target of the Second Five-Year Plan in India?
    1. 2.1%
    2. 5.6%
    3. 4.5%
    4. 3.6%
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  18. Question 18

    During the period of 1947 to 1990, how many five-year plans were completed?
    1. 8
    2. 9
    3. 6
    4. 7
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  19. Question 19

    The Drought Prone Area Programme (DPAP) for providing employment to people in drought prone areas was started by the Government of India during the ______.
    1. Seventh Five-Year Plan
    2. Sixth Five-Year Plan
    3. Third Five-Year Plan
    4. Fourth Five-Year Plan
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  20. Question 20

    The Mahalanobis model was the basis for which Five-Year Plan?
    1. Second Five-Year Plan
    2. Sixth Five-Year Plan
    3. First Five-Year Plan
    4. Fourth Five-Year Plan
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