planning economic development & five year plans section 7 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Which of the following is/are not features of the Digital India programme initiated by the Government recently:

1. Broadband connectivity at village level
2. improved access to services through IT-enabled platforms
3. increased indigenous production of IT hardware and software for exports and improved domestic availability
4. supply of computers free of cost to rural youths above 21 years in selected districts

a) 1 and 4 only

b) 4 only

c) 2 only

d) 3 only

Question : 2

Chronic unemployment is measured using:

a) CWS data

b) US data

c) Both (a) and (b)

d) None of the two

Question : 3

National Horticulture Mission was launched in which of the following Five Year Plans?

a) None of the above

b) Eleventh Five Year Plan

c) Ninth Five Year Plan

d) Tenth Five Year Plan

Question : 4

Which one of the following is not among the aims of the Second Five Year Plan (1956 - 57 to 1960 - 61)?

a) Large expansion of employment opportunities

b) Achieve self - sufficiency in food grains and increase agricultural production to meet the requirements of industry and exports

c) Rapid industrialization with particular emphasis on the development of basic and heavy industries

d) Reduction of inequalities in income and wealth and a more even distribution of economic power

Question : 5

Consider the following statements regarding Indian planning:

1. The Discount and Finance House of India was set up in 1990.
2. The Discount and Finance House of India is a subsidiary of RBI.
3. DFHI deals with financing long-term loans.

a) 2 only

b) 1 and 2

c) 1 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

Question : 6

Consider the following statements regarding Indian Planning.

1. The Second Five Year Plan emphasised on the establishment of heavy industries.
2. The Third Five Year Plan introduced the concept of import substitution as a strategy for industrialisation.

a) Neither 1 nor 2

b) Only 1

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Only 2