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The five year plans - Test Set 6

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  1. Question 1

    Which of these is NOT among the reforms related to agriculture undertaken under the five-year plans?
    1. Introduction of the policy of ‘land to the tiller’
    2. Introduction of the Land Ceiling Act
    3. Launch of the high yielding variety seed technology
    4. Formation of Rent Authority Department
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  2. Question 2

    The global financial crises overlapped which five-year plan in India?
    1. Ninth Five-year Plan
    2. Tenth Five-year Plan
    3. Twelfth Five-year Plan
    4. Eleventh Five-year Plan
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  3. Question 3

    Which of these is NOT one of the reasons why the public sector played a dominant role in establishing the Industrial sector in India post Independence?
    1. Poor savings capacity of the public
    2. To avoid generation of private profit
    3. Absence of large enough market for output
    4. Lack of adequate capital with private industrialists
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  4. Question 4

    The era of five-year plans began in India with the establishment of ______.
    1. The NITI Aayog
    2. The Parliament
    3. The Finance Commission
    4. The Planning Commission
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  5. Question 5

    Why is PC Mahalanobis' name talked about in the context of Five-Year Plans?
    1. He was the chairman of the Planning Commission.
    2. He established the Institute of Economic Growth.
    3. He conceptualised the framework for the Second Five-Year Plan.
    4. He was the finance minister during the First Five-Year Plan period.
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  6. Question 6

    Which five-year plan aimed to increase the rapid growth in food grains production?
    1. Seventh Five Year Plan
    2. Eighth Five Year Plan
    3. Sixth Five Year Plan
    4. Fifth Five Year Plan
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  7. Question 7

    What were the primary goals of the five-year plans in India?
    1. Industrialisation, urbanisation, development and self-reliance
    2. Poverty reduction, urbanisation, self-sufficiency and modernisation
    3. Social welfare, self-sufficiency, equity and industrial development
    4. Growth, modernization, self-reliance and equity
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  8. Question 8

    Growth with stability and progressive achievement of self-reliance was the objective of the ______ Five-Year Plan.
    1. Fifth
    2. Third
    3. Fourth
    4. Second
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  9. Question 9

    The actual growth rate of the ninth and tenth five years plans was ______ and ______ respectively.
    1. 5.4 percent, 7.6 percent
    2. 7.2 percent, 7.6 percent
    3. 6.5 percent, 8.1 percent
    4. 7.2 percent, 8.4 percent
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  10. Question 10

    What is NOT a goal of Five-Year Plans?
    1. High Population Growth
    2. High GDP Growth
    3. Equal benefits to all the people
    4. Self-Reliance
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  11. Question 11

    “A Plan of Economic Development for India” is also known as ______.
    1. Delhi Plan
    2. Gujarat Plan
    3. Surat Plan
    4. Bombay Plan
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