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The five year plans - Test Set 5

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  1. Question 1

    Which of the following statements about the second five-year plan is INCORRECT?
    1. Electricity, Railway, Steel etc. Industries were established during the plan.
    2. The plan stressed the rapid industrialisation of heavy and basic industries.
    3. The plan was based on the Keynesian Model.
    4. The socialist pattern of the society was reflected in the plan.
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  2. Question 2

    How many industries were listed in Schedule A of Industrial Policy, 1956?
    1. 16
    2. 17
    3. 10
    4. 12
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  3. Question 3

    Which industrial policy marked the beginning of liberalisation in the Indian industry, reducing the restrictions on private companies?
    1. Industrial Policy 1980
    2. Industrial Policy 1991
    3. Industrial Policy 1977
    4. Industrial Policy 1956
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  4. Question 4

    What were the main obstacles during the industrial development of India at the time of independence?
    1. Land for industrial establishment
    2. Employment required for industries
    3. Market for industrial produce
    4. Capital investment in industries
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  5. Question 5

    Which of the following documents provides a framework, rules and regulations for setting up public and private industries in India?
    1. Company’s financial statement
    2. Annual report of the trade union
    3. Union Budget
    4. Industrial policy
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  6. Question 6

    Under the Industrial Policy Resolution 1956, industries in India have been classified into how many categories?
    1. 2
    2. 3
    3. 4
    4. 5
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  7. Question 7

    In which of the following plans did India experience to successive wars?
    1. Second Five Year Plan
    2. Third Five Year Plan
    3. Fourth Five Year Plan
    4. Fifth Five Year Plan
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  8. Question 8

    The first plan holiday in independent India covered the period –
    1. 1965-67
    2. 1966-68
    3. 1966-69
    4. 1965-68
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  9. Question 9

    India took Annual Plans from:
    1. 1969-1971
    2. 1966-1969
    3. 1968-1970
    4. None of the above
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  10. Question 10

    In the wake of the Stockholm Conference, the Government of India set up the National Committee on Environmental Planning and Coordination in the year:
    1. 1972
    2. 1980
    3. 1985
    4. 1990
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  11. Question 11

    The first non-Congress government at the Center was led by—
    1. Joy Prakash Narayan
    2. Morarij Desai
    3. Chaudhury Charan Singh
    4. Atal Behari Vajpayee
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  12. Question 12

    The slogan ‘Garibi Hatao’ is coined by—
    1. Indira Gandhi
    2. Rajiv Gandhi
    3. Sonia Gandhi
    4. Rahul Gandhi
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  13. Question 13

    The name of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis is associated with:
    1. First Five-Year Plan
    2. Second Five-Year Plan
    3. Third Five-Year Plan
    4. Fourth Five-Year Plan
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  14. Question 14

    Jawahar Rozgar Yojana for rural employment was started in the year:
    1. 1959
    2. 1979
    3. 1969
    4. 1989
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  15. Question 15

    Which of the following is NOT considered as the reason for the failure of the Third Five-Year Plan in achievement of its targets?
    1. Chinese aggression
    2. Indo-Pak war
    3. Change of government
    4. Severe drought
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  16. Question 16

    The duration of the 12th five-year plan was from ______ to ______.
    1. 1987 - 1992
    2. 2007 - 2012
    3. 2012 - 2017
    4. 1990 - 1995
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  17. Question 17

    The five-year plans in India laid down not only specific objectives to be attained in the five years of a plan, but also what was to be achieved over a period of 20 years. This long-term plan is called a ______.
    1. Perpetual plan
    2. Two-decade plan
    3. Twenty-year plan
    4. Perspective plan
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  18. Question 18

    In which of the following years did the government opt for a planned holiday after the seventh five-year plan?
    1. From 1989 to 1991
    2. From 1990 to 1992
    3. From 1992 to 1993
    4. From 1991 to 1993
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  19. Question 19

    Which Five Year Plan in India was based on the Harrod-Domar Model?
    1. 4th Five Year Plan
    2. 3rd Five Year Plan
    3. 1st Five Year Plan
    4. 2nd Five Year Plan
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  20. Question 20

    After which five-year plan there was not much emphasis on the public sector?
    1. Seventh plan
    2. Ninth plan
    3. Eighth plan
    4. Eleventh plan
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