G12 Unit 5

What are the years of India’s 12th five-year plan?

• A. 1997–2002

• B. 2002–2007

• C. 2007–2012

• D. 2012–2017

industries were the focus for the second five-year plan.

• True

• False

What is needed to provide protection against natural calamities like floods, drought, locusts, thunderstorms, etc.?

• (A) Multiple cropping

• (B) Green revolution

• (C) Crop insurance

• (D) HYV

(a)   were introduced to make tillers the owners of the land and bring about equity in agriculture

Import Substitution policy was introduced to protect (a)   from foreign competition.

Which of the following is not a benefit of green revolution?

• increase in marketed surplus

• increase in price of food grains

• buffer stock

• self-sufficiency

Fixing the maximum size of land which could be owned by an individual is called?

• Land fragmentation

• Land ceiling

• Land consolidation

• Land upgradation

Who is considered to be the architect of Indian Planning?

• William Digby

• P. C. Mahalanobis   

• Dadabhai Naroji 

• R. C. Desai

In which of the following state did land reforms succeed the most?

• Punjab    

•    Haryana 

• Tamil Nadu

• West Bengal

Karve Committee is related to:

• Agriculture  

• Service sector 

• SSI    

• None of these