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WorksheetsPolitics and planned development recap
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 15mins
The Chairman of the National Development Council is:
President of India
Finance Minister of India
Prime Minister of India
Chief Minister of U.P.
What was the name given to the model of decentralized planning adopted by the southern state of India?
Kerala Model
Tamil Nadu Model
Andhra Pradesh Model
Karnataka Model
The principal obstacle in the way of agricultural growth was the
people’s attitude
status of Zamindars
the pattern of land distribution
heath of farmers
The Planning Commission in India was set up in:
1953
1957
1950
1951
Full form of NITI Aayog is
National Institute for Transforming India
National Institution for Transforming India
National Institute for Transmitting India
None of the above
The first five year plan started on
1850
1950
1951
1960
Planning Commission was scrapped on
2010
2015
2014
2011
The state which has achieved nearly total literacy in India:
Tamil Nadu
Kerala
Andhra Pradesh
Manipur
The 5-year plan was adopted in India from:
USA
Japan
United soviet socialist republic
Australia
Which are the two models of development?
Capitalist and socialist
Capitalist and Marxist
Cpaitalistc and Gandhism
None of the above
In India, planning was conceived as the main instrument of:
Political development
Cultural development
Social development
Socio-economic development
During 1965-67 which state faced a near-famine situation?
Tamil Nadu
MP
Bihar
Manipur
Largest reserve of Iron ore
Orrisa
MP
Delhi
UP
Who was the crafter of Second FYP?
K.N Raj
B.R Ambedkar
P.C Mahalanobis
Jawaharlal Nehru
Who was the chairperson of the planning commission after independence?
Gandhi Ji
Sardar Patel
Jawaharlal Nehru
Lal Bahadur Shastri
The main aim of 1 FYP?
To set up IT industries in the country
To focus mainly on the agrarian sector (investment in dams and irrigation and raise national income level)
Focus on women welfare and safety
Look after the need of minorities
Which of the following was NOT a criticism of the 2nd and 3rd FYP?
Urban bias- the industry was wrongly given priority over agriculture
Focus on agriculture over heavy industry
Lack of an agrarian strategy for the development
Emphasis on industry caused agriculture and rural India to suffer
Which model of development did India follow?
Capitalist model
Chinese model
Mixed model
Socialist model
Which Gandhian economist proposed an alternative blueprint that put greater emphasis on rural industrialization:
Sardar Patel
Tiwari Ji
Kumarappa
Gandhi Ji
Chaudhari Charan Singh left the congress party to form which party?
Socialist Party
Communist Party of India
BJP
Bhartiya Lok Dal
After 1967, how many banks were nationalized?
12
14
13
15
Father of White revolution
Sardar Patel
Verghese Kurien
Mahatma Gandhi
K.N. Raj
In which year was the operation flood started?
1971
1977
1980
1970
Under whose leadership were the private banks nationalized?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Indira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
Assertion: Tribal people are against the mining of iron ore in Orissa
Reason: The tribal population fears that the setting up of industries will cause displacement from their home and livelihood
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true and R is NOT the correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
Both A and R are false
1. The Orissa govt hopes to extract iron ore from the state.
2. Orrisa govt has signed MOU with domestic steelmakers.
Only 1
Only 2
Both
None
Assertion: There were few supporters of the American-style capitalist development in India after independence.
Reason: Main responsibility of the govt was poverty alleviation and social and economic redistribution
Both A and R are true but R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
A is false but R is true
Both A and R are false
Assertion: Development has different meanings for different sections of the people.
Reason: Development for one may be a disaster for other
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true and R is NOT the correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
A is false but R is true
Both A and R are false
1. Left often refers to those who are in favor of the rich.
2. Left support govt policies for the benefit of poor sections
Only 1
Only 2
Both
None
Right refers to those who believe that
1. Free competition and market economy alone ensure progress
2. Th govt must intervene in the economy
Only 1
Only 2
None
Both
After independence Modernization was associated with
1. The ideas of growth
2. Material progess
3. Scientific rationality
1 and 2
2 and 3
1 and 3
All
The planning commission was set up in March 1950 by a _________ of the govt of India.
Constitution resolution
Simple resolution
Constitution amendment
Agreement between Indian and USSR
State true or false
Most of the development decisions involved political judgment and required consultation among political parties and approval of the public
True
False
Assertion: The idea of planning as a process of rebuilding the economy earned public support in the 1940s and 1950s all over the world.
Reason: Many countries were influenced by economic growth against heavy odds in the soviet union in the 1930s and 1940s
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
A is false but R is true
