planning economic development & five year plans section 3 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

The concept of sustainable development relates to

a) Intergenerational equity

b) Exhaustible resources

c) Consumption levels

d) Social Equity

Question : 2

The government introduced an agricultural strategy which gave rise to green revolution in India under the plan

a) Fourth Five Year Plan

b) Third Five Year Plan

c) Sixth Five Year Plan

d) Fifth Five Year Plan

Question : 3

Structural Planning refers to:

a) centralised planning

b) laying down broad goals and strategies

c) changing existing institutions or creating new ones

d) fixing flexible targets

Question : 4

Which of the following five year plans had the objectives of rapid industrialization, increase in the national income, expansion of the opportunities for employment and reduction in the inequalities with respect to income and wealth?

a) 5 th five year plan

b) 4 th five year plan

c) 2 nd five year plan

d) 7 th five year plan

Question : 5

In India, the concept of minimum needs and directed anti-poverty programmes were the innovation of :

a) Fifth Five Year Plan

b) Sixth Five Year Plan

c) Fourth Five Year Plan

d) Seventh Five Year Plan

Question : 6

The Employment Assurance Scheme envisages financial assistance to rural areas for guaranteeing employment to at least

a) 50 per cent of the men seeking jobs in the rural areas

b) 50 per cent of the men and women seeking jobs in rural areas

c) one person in a rural landless house hold living below the poverty line

d) one man and one women in a rural family living below the poverty line