planning economic development & five year plans section 7 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

_____ is/are not matched correctly?

1. First Plan 1950-55
2. Third Plan 1961-66
3. Fourth Plan 1966-71
4. Seventh Plan 1985-90

a) 1 and 2

b) 1 only

c) 3 only

d) 1 and 3

Question : 2

Aam Admi Bima Yojana provides social security to-

a) All landless labours living below poverty line in rural areas

b) All labours in rural areas

c) All labours in both rural as well as urban areas

d) All labours in urban areas

Question : 3

What was the aim of Antyodaya Programme?

a) Improving the standards of scheduled castes

b) Elimination of Urban Poverty

c) Helping the poorest among poor

d) Uplifting minorities

Question : 4

Who among the following is not a part of National Development Council?

a) Vice Chairman of Planning Commission

b) Finance Commission of India Chairman

c) Secretary of Planning & Implementation Ministry

d) Secretary of Planning Commission

Question : 5

Which of the following is/are the functions of the National Development Council of India?

1. To prescribe guidelines for the preparation of the national economic plan.
2. To review the working of the national economic plan from time to time.
3. To consider important questions of social and economic policy affecting national development

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 1 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

Question : 6

Use of energy requirements (calorie) as a measure of poverty in India was made for the first time by:

a) Dandekar and Rath

b) Amartya Sen

c) T. N. Srinivasan

d) Planning Commission