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Indian Economy

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is a conscious design to shape the socio-economic processes in order to achieve an objective

a)

Economic planning

b)

Economic development

c)

Economic growth

d)

Economic infrastructure

2.

What type of economy is followed in India?

a)

Communist

b)

Capitalist

c)

Mixed Socialist

d)

None of these

3.

What is the year of India’s 12th 5-year plan?

a)

1997 – 2002

b)

2002 – 2007

c)

2007 – 2012

d)

2012 – 2017

4.

Which is the primary objective of economic planning in India?

a)

Reducing Inequalities of income

b)

Abolition of poverty

c)

Growth with social justice

d)

Removing unemployment

5.

The planning commission was set up in which year in India?

a)

5th March 1951

b)

25th April 1951

c)

20th March 1951

d)

15th March 1950

6.

Who presented the 1st 5-year plan of the country?

a)

Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

b)

Sardar Ballabh Patel

c)

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

d)

None of these

7.

At independence, about ___________________ of the country's population was dependent on agriculture.

a)

70%

b)

75%

c)

65%

d)

80%

8.

The Industrial Policy Resolution was adopted in --------------

a)

1954

b)

1958

c)

1956

d)

1952

9.

Self reliance means

a)

Avoiding imports

b)

Produce goods in India which are imported from abroad

c)

Export promotion

d)

None of these

10.

Tariffs and quotas adopted under industrial policy was to -----

a)

increase export

b)

make exported goods cheaper

c)

increase foreign competition

d)

restrict imports and protect domestic firms from foreign competition

11.

A good indicator of (a)   is steady increase in Gross Domestic Product.

12.

Equity in agriculture called for (a)   , which primarily refer to change in the ownership of land holdings.

13.

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

a)

increase in marketed surplus

b)

increase in price of food grains

c)

buffer stock

d)

self-sufficiency

14.

Planning Commission was set up in __________

a)

1948

b)

1950

c)

1951

d)

1952

15.

Which of the following is not included in land reforms?

a)

use of high yielding variety of seeds

b)

abolition of intermediaries

c)

the change in ownership of landholdings

d)

land ceiling