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Question 41. Economic planning is in
  1.    Concurrent list
  2.    State list
  3.    Union list
  4.    Not any specified list
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Concurrent list
Answer: (a)The Concurrent List or List-III is a list of 47 items given in Part XI of the Constitution of India, concerned with relations between the Union and States. Economic planning is specified in Concurrent list.
Question 42. Which one of the following five year plans has the highest GDP growth rate in Agriculture sector in India?
  1.    Ninth Five Year Plan
  2.    Tenth Five Year Plan
  3.    Eighth Five Year Plan
  4.    Eleventh Five Year Plan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Eighth Five Year Plan
Answer: (c)The growth performance of the agriculture sector has been fluctuating across the plan periods. It witnessed a growth rate of 4.8 per cent during the Eighth plan period (1992–97).
Question 43. Consider the following statements

  1. Food for Work Programme was launched in India during the 10th Five Year Plan.

  2. The Planning commission in India is a constitutional body.


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 C. -> Only 1
Answer: (c)
According to The National Food for Work Programme, food subsidy should be better targeted through the targeted public distribution systems and specific programmes for the poor like the Food for Work Programme.
The National Food for Work Programme was launched on 14 November 2004 in 150 of the most backward districts of India with the objective of generating supplementary wage employment. The Planning commission is not a constitutional body.
Question 44. The difference between Niti Aayog and Yojana Aayog is as follows:

  1. In Niti Aayog there are 3 full-time members while Yojana Aayog has 8 members.

  2. NITI is a think-tank and does not have the power to impose policies while Yojana imposes policies on states and tied allocation of funds with projects it approved.

  3. NITI has the power to allocate funds while Yojana doesn’t.


Which among the following statement is true?
  1.    1 and 2
  2.    2 and 3
  3.    1 and 3
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 1 and 2
Answer: (a)
Question 45. Consider the following statements regarding Indian Planning:

  1. The Second Five-Year Plan emphasized on the establishment of heavy industries.

  2. The Third Five-Year Plan introduced the concept of import substitution as a strategy for industrialization.


Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1.    1 only
  2.    Both 1 and 2
  3.    2 only
  4.    Neither 1 nor 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 1 only
Answer: (a)
Second Five-Year Plan (1956-1961);
The fourth Five-Year Plan (1969-74) introduced the concept of import substitution as a strategy for industrialization.
Question 46. Core Sector in the planning means
  1.    Selected Basic Industry
  2.    Agriculture
  3.    Iron and Steel Industry
  4.    Defense
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Selected Basic Industry
Answer: (a)
Question 47. Match the items in List-I with List-II: 
List I
List II
A. Reproductive Child Health
1. Police Research
B. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
2. Trauma 
C. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
3. Mother and Child
D. Bureau of Police Research and Development 
4. Employment at village level
Codes: A B C D
  1.    2 1 3 4
  2.    4 3 2 1
  3.    3 4 2 1
  4.    1 2 3 4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 3 4 2 1
Answer: (c)
Question 48. How many Ex-officio members can be selected from the Union Council of Ministers to be nominated by the Prime Minister in Niti Aayog?
  1.    7
  2.    5
  3.    4
  4.    8
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 4
Answer: (c)Maximum of four members of the Union Council of Ministers to be nominated by the Prime Minister to the Niti Aayog.
Question 49. Considerthe following statements about Indian Economy?
  1. During 11th Five Year Plan, the foodgrain production steadily increased.
  2. During 11th Five Year Plan, the average inflation on the wholesale price Index is above 10%.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1.    only 1
  2.    Both 1 and 2
  3.    only 2
  4.    Neither 1 nor 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Both 1 and 2
Answer: (b)During The eleventh plan ( 2007-12)the food grain production steadily increased and the average inflation on the wholesale price Index was above 10%.
Question 50. In which one the following Five Year Plans the actual growth performance in India in respect of GDP(at factor cost) was less than the target set ?
  1.    Seventh Five Year Plan
  2.    Sixth Five Year Plan
  3.    Ninth Five Year Plan
  4.    Eighth Five Year Plan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Ninth Five Year Plan
Answer: (c)The revised targeted annual rate of growth of 9th plan was 6.5% while the actual growth rate was 5.5%.

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