A Quick Revision to Five Year Plans


    1. Which of the following body approves the Five Year Plan of India?
    Answer: National Development Council

    2. Plan Holiday was declared after?
    Answer: The Third Five Year Plan

    3. The First Five Year Plan of the Government of India was based on?
    Answer: Harrod-Domar model

    4. The 12th Five Year Plan will be operative for the period?
    Answer: 2012-2017

    5. In general our Five Year Plan aims at making our country attain the status of a/an?
    Answer: Developed country

    6. From which country India adopted the Five Year Plans?
    Answer: Russia

    7. Which area was given the top priority in the Second Five Year Plan?
    Answer: Industry

    8. Which Five Year Plan was terminated before the completion of its period?
    Answer: Fifth Five Year Plan

    9. Who introduced the concept of Five Year Plan in India?
    Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

    10. In which Five Year Plan India opted for Mixed Economy?
    Answer: Second Five Year Plan

    11. The Planning commission of India is?
    Answer: A Non-Statutory body

    12. Mahalanobis Model has been associated with five year plan?
    Answer: Second Five Year Plan

    13. Which plan gave emphasis on removal of poverty for the first time?
     Answer: Fifth

    14. The Planning Commission of India was constituted in the year?
    Answer: 1950

    15. A rolling plan refer to a plan which?
    Answer: changes its allocations and target every year

    16. In India the concept of ‘minimum needs’ and ‘directed anti poverty programmes’ were the innovation of?
    Answer: Fifth five year plan

    17. When was the planning commission established?
    Answer:15th March 1950

    18. Economic planning is in?
    Answer: Concurrent list

    19. National Development Council was constituted in?
    Answer: August 6, 1952

    20. 'Twenty Point Programme" was launched in the year?
    Answer: 1980 

    21. First five year plan of India started in the year?
    Answer: 1951

    22. Which five year plan is also called Mahalanobis Plan?
    Answer: Second Five Year Plan

    23. Which five year plan focussed on rapid industrialization- heavy & basic industries?
    Answer: Second five year plan

    24. India's first five Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) were started during:
    Answer: First Five Year Plan

    25. The 14 major Indian banks were nationalised during which five year plan?
    Answer: Fourth Five Year Plan

    26. The final Draft of fifth plan was prepared and launched by
    Answer: D.P Dhar

    27. Which Five-Year Plan laid stress on employment, poverty alleviation (Garibi Hatao), and justice?
    Answer: Fifth Five Year Plan

    28. Which five year plan is also known as 'Gadgil Yojana' ?
    Answer: Fourth Five Year Plan

    29. The plan based on John Sandy and S. Chakravarty model is:
    Answer: Third Five Year Plan

    30. The period of Rolling plan introduced by Janata Party government was:
    Answer: 1978-80

    31. The period of Plan Holiday in India was:
    Answer: 1966-69

    32. During which five year plan was the University Grants Commission (UGC) set up to take care of funding and take measures to strengthen the higher education in the country?
    Answer: First Five Year Plan

    33. The Atomic Energy Commission of India was established during the plan:
    Answer: First Five Year Plan

    34. The Twenty Point Programme was launched by the Government of India during the fifth
    plan in the year:
    Answer: 1975

    35. Which five year plan was in progress during the celebration 50 years of Indian
    Independence?
    Answer: Ninth Five Year Plan

    36. Green Revolution resulted in advanced agriculture in India during the plan
    Answer: Fourth Five Year Plan

    37. Which five year plan was termed as "India's educational plan" by Prime Minister Manmohan
    Singh?
    Answer: Eleventh Five Year Plan

    38. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) was established by
    Recommendation of the Shivaraman Committee during the plan:
    Answer: Sixth Five Year Plan

    39. Who was the first Chairman of the  Planning Commission ?
    Answer: Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

    40.Who is  the ex-officio chairman of Planning Commission and National Development Council ?
    Answer: Prime Minister

    41. Which statement is correct for Indian Planning Commission ? 
    • It is not defined in Indian Constitution
    • Members and Vice- Chairman of it do not have fixed working duration
    • Members do not require any minimum education
    • All of the these
    Answer: All of the Above

    42. Which Committee’ s recommendations are being followed for estimating Poverty Line in India ?
    Answer: Lakdawala Committee

    43. The concept of Economic Planning in India is derived from ?
    Answer: Russia

    44. Which five year plan focused on "Growth with social justice and equity".
    Answer: Ninth Five Year Plan




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