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

Question : 1

Match List I with list II.

a) 2 3 4 1

b) 4 3 1 2

c) 2 4 3 1

d) 1 3 2 1

Question : 2

Consider the following statements :

1. In the 11th Five Year Plan, the growth rate of the export was always positive.
2. In the middle of the 11th Five Year Plan, the import growth was negative due to external factors.

a) 2 only

b) Both 1 and 2

c) 1 only

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Question : 3

Consider the following statements

1. Since 1993-94, the benefit of Indira AwasYojana is being provided even to those rural poor of nonschedule caste/schedule tribe who are living below the poverty line.
2. A minimum of 60% of funds is to be utilized for construction of houses for the SC/ST people.
3. From 1995-96, IAY benefits have been extended to widows or next to kin of defence personnel killed in action.
4. Benefits have also been extended to ex-servicemen and retired members of Para military forces as long as they fulfil the normal eligibility conditions of IAY.

a) 1 and 2

b) 1 and 4

c) 3 and 4

d) 1, 2, 3, 4

Question : 4

In which year was the 20 point economic programme was announced for the very first time?

a) 1986

b) 2006

c) 1975

d) 1982

Question : 5

Deputy chairman of the Planning Commission is the:

a) Planning Minister

b) Prime Minister

c) Economist of repute

d) Holds the rank of a cabinet minister

Question : 6

Which of the statement[s] is true regarding the NDC

1. to prescribe guidelines for the formulation of the National Plan, including the assessment of resources for the Plan;
2. to consider the National Plan as formulated by the Planning Commission;
3. to consider important questions of social and economic policy affecting national development; and
4. to review the working of the Plan from time to time and to recommend such measures as are necessary for achieving the aims and targets set out in the National Plan.

a) Only 1, 2,and 3

b) Only 1 and 2

c) Only 2, 3

d) All of them