Planning Economic Development and Five Year Plans – Indian Economy GK MCQ (आर्थिक विकास और पंचवर्षीय योजनाओं की योजना बनाना )
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Topics covered include:
Introduction to economic planning
Five-year plans in India
Objectives and components of economic development
Strategies for inclusive growth and sustainable development
Role of agriculture, industry, and services sectors in economic planning
Evaluation of past five-year plans
Challenges and future prospects of economic planning
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Planning Economic Development and Five Year Plans – Indian Economy GK MCQ – Previous Year Questions
Question:
Planning Commission has been replaced by which of the given institutions?
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Which of the following can aid in furthering the Government’s objective of inclusive growth?
promoting self-help group
promoting micro, small and medium Enterprises
Implementing the Right to Education Act
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
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Consider the following statements regarding Indian planning.
The Second Five Year plan emphasized the establishment of heavy industries.
The Third Five Year Plan aimed to achieve self-sufficiency in food grains and increase agricultural production to meet the requirements of industry and exports.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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The Finance Commission is primarily concerned with recommending to the President about
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Human Poverty Index (HPI) measures the deprivation as a composite index of:
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The slogan of ‘poverty abolition’ was given in which Five Year Plan?
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Consider the following statements :
The state sets broad parameters and goals for the economy.
The targets to be achieved are broadly set by the state.
The plan is made for a specific time period of about 15 years.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct about the Indicative planning?
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Consider the following statements
Absolute Poverty: It refers to the total number of people living below the Poverty line. As per this measure, around 30% of India’s population is below the poverty line.
Relative Poverty: It refers to the Poverty of people, in comparison to other people, regions in the nation.
Which among the following statement is/ are incorrect?
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The Planned Development Model was adopted in India from
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Consider the following economic processes taking place in Indian Economy :
Import of western culture through the mass media and telecommunication system in India.
Establishment of factory limits of MNCs in India.
Acquisition of branded foreign companies by Indian business tycoons.
Which of the economic processes given above is/ are encompassed under globalization?
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Consider the following statements:
The state sets broad parameters and goals for the economy.
The targets to be achieved are broadly set by the state.
The plan is made for a specific time period of about 15 years.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct about the Indicative planning?
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Match the following:
List I List II
(Year of starting) (Name of the programme)
I. 1971-72 a. Pilot Intensive Rural Employment
II. 1972-73 b. Crash Scheme for Rural Employment
III. 1973-74 c. Food for work Programme
IV. 1977-78 d. Drought Prove Areas ProgrammeCodes: I II III IV
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The core concept of the Eleventh Five Year Plan was
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Which one of the following is correct about the Twelfth Five Year Plan recently approved by the Indian Government?
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Who among the following constitute the National Development Councils?
The Prime Minister of India
The Leader of Opposition
Minister of Union Cabinet
Chief Minister of the States
Select the correct answer using the given code below.
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Which ofthe following can aid in furthering the Government’s objective of inclusive growth ?
Promoting Self-Help Groups.
Promoting Micro Small and Medium Enterprises.
Implementing the Right to Education Act.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
A
B
C
D
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Consider the following statements :
Jawahar Rozgar Yojana was launched in the Seventh Five Year Plan.
Small-scale and food processing industries were given new impetus in Seventh Five Year Plan.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Sustainable development is a case of intergenerational sensibility in respect of use of
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Who among the following is not made a special invitee to the Niti Aayog?
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With reference to “Aam Admi Bima Yojana’’, consider the following statements
The member insured under the scheme must be the head of the family or an earning member of the family in a rural landless house-hold.
The member insured must be in the age group of 30 to 65 years.
There is a provision for free scholarship for upto two children of the insured who are studying between classes 9 and 12.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
