planning economic development & five year plans section 9 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 1

Consider the following two statements and answer the question–

  1. The rural poverty alleviation programme will henceforth run on mission mode.
  2. National Rural Livelihood Mission is centrally sponsored programme implemented by the states.

a) Only I is correct

b) Both I and II are correct

c) Only II is correct

d) None is correct

Answer: (b)

Question : 2

Consider the following statements :

  1. MNREGAwaslaunched in the 11th five year plan.
  2. Indira Awas Yojana was launched in the 9th Five Year Plan.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) only 2

b) Both 1 and 2

c) only 1

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (a)

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) is an Indian law that aims to guarantee the ‘right to work’ and ensures livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

MNREGA was launched in 200 select districts in 2006. However, Indira Awas Yojana was launched in the 9th Five Year Plan to provide housing for the rural poor in India.

Question : 3

The government introduced an agricultural strategy which gave rise to Green Revolution in India under the plan

a) Fourth Five Year Plan

b) Fifth Five Year Plan

c) Third Five Year Plan

d) Sixth Five Year Plan

Answer: (c)

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.

Question : 4

Match the plans with the year's

List I List II
I. First Plan a. 1961-1966
II. Second Plan b. 1951-1956
III. Third Plan c. 1956-1961
Codes: A B C D

a) I-a, II-b, III-c

b) I-c, II-b, III-a

c) I-b, II-c, III-a

d) I-a, II-c, III-b

Answer: (c)

First plan – 1951-56,

Second Plan – 1956-61,

Third plan – 1961-66

Question : 5

Which one of the following plans is also known as ‘Gadgil Yojana’?

a) Fourth Five Year Plan

b) Fifth Five Year Plan

c) Third Five Year Plan

d) Sixth Five Year Plan

Answer: (a)

The Fourth Five-Year Plan is also called “Gadgil Yojana”.

The aim of this plan was to make the economy independent and to reach a self-active take-off position. It was named after the then deputy chairman of the Planning Commission Dr D R Gadgil.

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