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

Question : 1

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 : 2

Which Five-Year Plan had an objective of “Rapid industrialization with particular emphasis on development of basic and heavy industries” ?

a) Second

b) First

c) Fourth

d) Third

Question : 3

Planning in India, in real sense, began with the Second Five Year Plan. Who was the architect of Indian Planning?

a) P.C. Mahalanobis

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) C.D. Deshmukh

d) Morarji Desai

Question : 4

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 : 5

‘Inclusive growth’ is a phrase used in India’s

1. 9th Plan
2. 10th Plan
3. 11th Plan
4. 12th Plan

a) 1, 2 and 3

b) 3 and 4

c) 2 and 4

d) Only 4

Question : 6

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.