planning economic development & five year plans section 8 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

The Fourth Five Year Plan period is from 1969- 74 and it sought to raise the standard of living through programmes designed to promote equality and social justice.

Answer: (b)

Bhanupratap Singh committee on agriculture report in 1990 recommended that agricultural enterprises should be treated as industries.

Answer: (d)

Inclusive growth is a concept that involves the equitable allocation of resources during the process of economic growth with benefits incurred by every section of society.

Inclusive growth necessitates the development of infrastructural facilities, the revival of agriculture and also increases the availability of social services such as education and health.

Answer: (b)

The main objective of the third five year plan was to make economy self-dependent. The third Five-year Plan stressed on agriculture and improvement in the production of wheat so as to be self-sufficient.

Answer: (d)

Provision of Urban Amenities to Rural Areas (PURA) is a strategy for rural development in India. This concept was given by former president Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. PURA proposes that urban infrastructure and services be provided in rural hubs to create economic opportunities outside of cities.

Physical connectivity by providing roads, electronic connectivity by providing communication network, and knowledge connectivity by establishing professional and technical institutions.

All the given statements are the components of the PURA model of economic development.

Answer: (a)

The provision behind the establishment of Planning Commission in 1950 was an executive order.