planning economic development & five year plans section 4 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Consider the following statement regarding usual status

1. One year
2. Indefinite
3. One month
4. One week

a) 1 only

b) 3 only

c) 2 only

d) 4 only

Question : 2

The rationale given in the first plan for state intervention in the industrial sector was that:

a) state alone can ensure decentralization of wealth

b) private sector was inefficient

c) the commanding heights of the economy should be in the public sector

d) private sector was neither willing nor capable of investing in certain sectors

Question : 3

Which of the following experienced the fastest expansion during the plan in India?

a) Services

b) Industry

c) Agriculture

d) None of these

Question : 4

In which five year plan self reliance as an object of planning was emphasized?

a) Second Five Year Plan

b) First Five Year Plan

c) Fourth Five Year Plan

d) Third Five Year Plan

Question : 5

Which one of the following Five Year Plans recognised human development as the core of all development efforts?

a) The Eighth Five Year Plan

b) The Third Five Year Plan

c) The Sixth Five Year Plan

d) The Fifth Five Year Plan

Question : 6

____ Plan had the fastest growth rate.

a) Fifth

b) First

c) None

d) Sixth