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

Answer: (a)

The Rolling plan concept in National planning was introduced by the Janata Party government.

Fifth FYP was launched and planned for the period 1974-79 but Janata government came in power in 1978 and ended the plan prematurely in 1978. The Janata government launched the sixth FYP for period 1978- 1983.

Congress government when came to power in 1980 abandoned the sixth FYP and launched a new sixth FYP for the period 1980-1985. The plan for period, 1978-80, is called the rolling plan.

Answer: (c)

The aim of th Five Year Plan is to connect every village by telephone and provide broadband connectivity to all villages by 202.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (b)

First plan – agriculture, Irrigation and power projects

Third Plan – self reliance and generating economy

Fifth Plan – growth with social justice

Twelfth plan – sustainable inclusive growth

Answer: (a)

Under the third five year plan, the government introduced an agricultural strategy which gave rise to the green revolution in India.

Under the third plan, the goal was to establish self-reliance and a self-generating economy.

But the earlier plans had shown that agricultural production was the limiting factor, so agriculture was given top priority.

Answer: (d)

The Planning Commission was established in 1950, by Article 39 of the Directive Principles of the Constitution of India.

The planning commission (yojana Aayog) was an institution in the government of India, which formulated India’s five-year plans, among other functions.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced his intention to dissolve the planning commission in his first Independence Day speech in 2014. It has since been replaced by a new institution named Niti Aayog.