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Question 101. Consider the following statements :

  1. In the 11th Five Year Plan, the growth rate of the agriculture sector was above 4%.

  2. In the 11th Five Year Plan, the agriculture sector contributed more than 25% to the overall GDP of India.


Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1.    only 2
  2.    Both 1 and 2
  3.    only 1
  4.    Neither 1 nor 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: (d)
In the 11th Five Year Plan, the growth rate of the agriculture sector was 3.3% and the agriculture sector contributed 15.2 % to the overall GDP of the country.
Thus Both the given statements regarding the 11th Five Year Plan are not correct.
Question 102. Which plan emphasised optimum utilisation of capacities, improvement in productivity and establishment of sunrise industries”?
  1.    Sixth Plan
  2.    Fifth Plan
  3.    Seventh plan
  4.    Second Plan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Sixth Plan
Answer: (a)
Question 103. Consider the following statement
  1. The plan holiday was declared for three years as there was discontinuity in the planning process.
  2. Plan period was from 1965-1968
Which among the following Statement is correct:
  1.    1 only
  2.    1 and 2
  3.    2 only
  4.    1 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 1 only
Answer: (a)After the disastrous experience of the Third Plan, a plan holiday was declared for three years. This period was named as Plan Holiday as there was discontinuity in the planning process. Gap in Plan Period (1966-69)
Question 104. The Multi-dimensional Poverty Index developed by Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative with UNDP support covers which of the following?
  1. Deprivation of education, health, assets and services at household level.
  2. Purchasing power parity at national level.
  3. Extent of budget deficit and GDP growth rate at national level.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
  1.    1 only
  2.    1 and 3
  3.    2 and 3
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 1 only
Answer: (a)Deprivation of education, health, assets and services at household level
Question 105. What is the growth rate aimed at in the Eighth Five Year Plan?
  1.    7%
  2.    5.6%
  3.    6.5%
  4.    6%
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 5.6%
Answer: (b)
Question 106. The Rolling plan concept in National planning was introduced by
  1.    The Janta Party Government
  2.    The National Front Government
  3.    Indira Gandhi Government
  4.    Rajiv Gandhi Government
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> The Janta Party Government
Answer: (a)
The Rolling plan concept in National planning was introduced by the Janata Party government. The fifth FYP was launched and planned for the period 1974–79 but the Janata government came in power in 1978 and ended the plan prematurely in 1978.
The Janata government launched the sixth FYP for the period 1978–1983. Congress government when came into power in 1980 abandoned the sixth FYP and launched a new sixth FYP for the period 1980–1985. The plan for the period, 1978–80, is called the rolling plan.
Question 107. The planning process in the industrial sector in India has assumed a relatively less important position in the nineties as compared to that in the earlier period.
Which one of the following is not true in this regard?
  1.    With markets assuming a central place, the role of central planning in many sectors has been rendered redundant
  2.    With the advent of liberalization, industrial investments/development have largely been placed within the domain of private and multinational sectors.
  3.    The nation’s priorities have shifted away from industrial development to rural development
  4.    The focus of planning has shifted to sectors like human resource development, infrastructure, population control and welfare.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> The nation’s priorities have shifted away from industrial development to rural development
Answer: (c)
Question 108. Which among the following plans adopted the policy for the universalization of elementary education in India?
  1.    Eighth Plan
  2.    Ninth Plan
  3.    Sixth Plan
  4.    Eleventh Plan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Ninth Plan
Answer: (b)
The Ninth Plan treats education as the most crucial investment in human development.
The plan had the national goal of providing primary education as a universal basic service, and the Supreme Court also declared education to be a fundamental right for children up to 14 years of age
Question 109. The Second Five Year Plan that called for the establishment of Socialist pattern of society was commonly referred to as the
  1.    Mahalanobis Plan
  2.    Nehru Plan
  3.    Harrod-Domar Plan
  4.    Peoples Plan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Mahalanobis Plan
Answer: (a)
The Second Plan was particularly in the development of the public sector.
The plan followed the Mahalanobis model, an economic development model developed by the Indian statistician Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in 1953.
Question 110. Under which five year plan did the government introduce an agricultural strategy which gave rise to Green Revolution in India?
  1.    Third Five Year Plan
  2.    Sixth Five Year Plan
  3.    Second Five Year Plan
  4.    Seventh Five Year Plan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Third Five Year Plan
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.

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