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Economic Development

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

On 19th July, 1969 ______ major bfxanks in India were nationalised.

a)

12

b)

14

c)

16

d)

18

2.

_________ declared a 20 – point programme.

a)

Pandit Nehru

b)

Lai Bahadur Shastri

c)

Indira Gandhi

d)

P.V. Narasimha Rao

3.

The efforts of _____ resulted in the weekly Sunday holiday for mill workers from 1st January 1882.

a)

Mahatma Jyotirao Phule

b)

Sane Guruji

c)

Babu Jagjeevan Ram

d)

Narayan Meghaji Lokhande

4.

India removed the import restriction on several commodities for _____ countries.

a)

African

b)

SAARC

c)

Middle – East countries

d)

American

5.

In 1995, India became a member of _______.

a)

World Trade Organisation

b)

International Monetary Fund

c)

GATT

d)

SAARC

6.

During the tenure of Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, _______ was our Finance Minister.

a)

John Mathai

b)

Yashwant Sinha

c)

P. Chidambaram

d)

Dr. Manmohan Singh

7.

The first textile mill was started in Mumbai on 11th July, 1851 by _______.

a)

Pirojsha Burjorji Godrej

b)

Jamsedji Nusserwanji Tata

c)

Kawasjee Dawar

d)

Azim Hashim Premji

8.

The new government of Janata Party ended the fifth Five Year plan by March 1978 and started the _______ from April 1978.

a)

Development Plan

b)

Enrolling Plan

c)

Rolling Plan

d)

Redemption Plan

9.

Manmohan Singh signed the agreement with the WTO and launched the policy of privatisation, ______ and globalisation.

a)

Liberalisation

b)

Industrialisation

c)

Maximisation

d)

Profitisation

10.

On 18th January 1982, two and a half lakh workers went on a strike under the leadership of _________.

a)

Dhondo Keshav Karve

b)

Baba Amte

c)

Dr. Datta Samant

d)

Anna Hazare

11.

The government nationalised the ‘Imperial Bank’ in 1955 and it got converted into ______T

a)

Syndicate Bank

b)

Bank of India

c)

State Bank of India

d)

Reserve Bank of India

12.

The term ‘Girangaon’ means ________.

a)

Town of hills

b)

Town of mills

c)

Group of industries

d)

Cottage industries

13.

Identify the wrong pair and rewrite the corrected one:

a)

Kawasajee Dawar – Iron and Steel factory.

b)

Dr. Datta Samant – Leadership of mill workers.

c)

N. M. Lokhande – Holiday for mill workers.

d)

Narayan Surve – Depiction of lives of workers through poems.

14.

Identify and write the wrong pair in the following sets:

a)

Public Sector – Controlled and managed by government(

b)

Mixed Economy – Coordination in private and public sector

c)

20 point programme – Nationalisation of 13 textile mills

d)

Increased oil prices – Invasion of Kuwait by Iraq.

15.

Identify and write the wrong pair in the following sets:

a)

Congress Forum for Socialist Action – demanded nationalisation of banks.

b)

Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh – negotiations with the employer.

c)

Imperial Bank – converted in State Bank of India.

d)

National Stock Exchange – existed before WTO.