planning economic development & five year plans section 6 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

Jawahar Rozgar Yojna was launched on April 1, 1989, by merging National Rural Employment Program (NREP) and Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP).

In Seventh Five Year Plan the smallscale and food processing industries were given new impetus as the plan laid stress on improving the productivity level of industries by upgrading technology.

Answer: (b)

The economy of India had undergone significant policy shifts at the beginning of the 1990s at the time of the eighth plan. This new model of economic reforms is commonly known as the LPG or Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization model.

LPG model of economic development in India was proposed by Dr Manmohan Singh, economist and finance minister at that time.

Moreover, the Eighth plan envisaged an annual average growth rate of 5.6% but the real growth rate was 6.8%.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (d)

The Bombay Plan is the name commonly given to a World War II era consisting of a set of proposals for the development of the post-independence economy of India.

The plan, published in 1944/1945 was endorsed by eight leading Indian industrialists including Tata & Birla Group.

Shri Shriman Narayan was a renowned interpreter of Gandhian economic thought whose “Gandhian plan for Economic Development for India’’ was published as early as 1944. In 1944, Roy published the People’s Plan for Economic Development of India.

Sarvodaya plan was given by Jai Prakash Narayan for the upliftment of all.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (a)

A low seed replacement rate (SRR) is one of the main reasons for low productivity in India but the realisation has finally dawned on farmers in the agrarian state.

SRR is a measure of how much of the total area of the crop has been sown with certified, quality seeds rather than farm-saved seeds.

However, the present supply of the best quality of developed seed is not adequately available so there is a demand-supply gap regarding quality seeds. Agricultural development is a major characteristic of India.