planning economic development & five year plans section 5 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Consider the following prerequisites for planning. It is

1. For balanced socio-economic development.
2. For extending the benefits of development in an even manner.
3. For focusing on removal of regional disparities.
4. For maximising the utilisation of available resources of these.

a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct

b) Only 1 and 2 are correct

c) Only 2, 3 and 4 are correct

d) Only 1, 2 and 3 are correct

Question : 2

Match the following plans and programmes,

a) 2 1 3 5 4

b) 1 2 3 4 5

c) 2 1 3 4 5

d) 2 1 4 5 3

Question : 3

Bharat Nirman Scheme of the UPA Government does not include?

a) Rural Electrification

b) Irrigation Benefit Programme

c) Rural Water Supply Project

d) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

Question : 4

Which of the following areas has been excluded, by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, from the ambit of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities?

a) contributions made ‘directly or indirectly’ to any political party.

b) promoting preventive health care and sanitation.

c) livelihood enhancement and rural development projects.

d) making safe drinking water available would be considered as CSR activities.

Question : 5

Consider the following statements:

1. The Ninth Five Year Plan was launched in the 50th year of India’s independence.
2. For the 1st time in the Indian Economy, the GDP growth rate of the Ninth Five Year plan was set at 7%.

a) 2 only

b) 1 and 2 both

c) 1 only

d) None

Question : 6

The slogan of ‘poverty abolition’ was given in which Five Year Plan?

a) Fifth plan

b) Fourth plan

c) Second plan

d) Sixth plan