NATURE OF INDIAN ECONOMY MCQS SET 19

NATURE OF INDIAN ECONOMY MCQS SET 19

181) Which one of the following Five-Year Plans recognized human development as the core of all developmental efforts?
A) The Third Five-Year Plan
B) The Fifth Five-Year Plan
C) The Sixth Five-Year Plan
D) The Eighth Five-Year Plan
Correct Answer: The Eighth Five-Year Plan   
182) In which of the Five Year Plans, preference was given to the weaker sections of the society?
A) Second
B) Third
C) Fourth
D) Fifth
Correct Answer: Fifth
  
183) The Second Five Year Plan laid more stress upon:
A) agriculture
B) industrialisation
C) removing poverty
D) self-reliance
Correct Answer: industrialisation
   
184) The steel plants at Durgapur, Bhilai and Rourkela were established during the period of:
A) First Five Year Plan
B) Second Five Year Plan
C) Third Five Year Plan
D) Fourth Five Year Plan
Correct Answer: Second Five Year Plan   
 
185) What is the correct sequence of the following strategies used for Five Year Plans in India?
1. Balanced growth
2. Rehabilitation of the economy
3. Industrial development
A) 1, 3, 2
B) 2, 1, 3
C) 2, 3, 1
D) 3, 2, 1
Correct Answer: 2, 3, 1

186) During which Five Year Plan was the total expenditure on agriculture the highest?
A) First Five Year Plan
B) Second Five Year Plan
C) Third Five Year Plan
D) Fourth Five Year Plan
Correct Answer: Fourth Five Year Plan   
 
187) Who of the following was the author of the chapter on “Objectives of Planned Development” for the Third Five Year Plan?
A) Morarji Desai
B) C.D. Deshmukh
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Lal Bahadur Shastri
Correct Answer: Morarji Desai
   
188) In which one of the following five year plans the actual growth performance in India in respect of GDP (at factor cost) was less than the target set?
A) Sixth five year plan
B) Seventh five year plan
C) Eighth five year plan
D) Ninth five year plan
Correct Answer: Ninth five year plan
   
189) What is the period of 11th five year plan?
A) 2006-2011
B) 2007-2012
C) 2008-2013
D) 2009-2014
Correct Answer: 2007-2012
   
190) The 11th Five Year Plan strategy to raise agricultural output envisages which of the following?
1. Greater attention to land reforms.
2. Double the rate of growth of irrigated area.
3. Promote animal husbandry and fishery.
4. Interest free credit to the farmers.
Select the correct answer
A) 1 and 2 only
B) 2 and 3 only
C) 1, 2 and 3
D) 2 and 4 only
Correct Answer: 1, 2 and 3