Development

1. The main model that formed the basis of
the strategy of the Second Five Year Plan
was formulated by
(a) K.N.Raj
(b) P.C.Mahalanobis
(c) Gulsarilal Nandha
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

2. The Panchayat Raj system was
introduced in 1959 under the
recommendation of:
(a) Ashok Mehta Committee
(b) Belwant Rai Mehta Committee
(c) Dinesh Goswamy Committee
(d) Narasimham committee

3. The state which has the largest
percentage of rural population
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) Chhatisgarh
(d) Uttar Pradesh

4. Father of Green Revolution in India
(a) Dr Varghese Kurien
(b) M.S.Swaminathan
(c)M.Visvesvarayya
(d) C.Subramanyam

5. The Ashok Mehta Committee was
appointed
(a) 1959
(b) 1960
(c) 1977
(d) 1978

6. Name the Prime Minister who appointed
Ashok Mehta Committee in 1977
(a) Charan Singh
(b) Morarji Desai
(c) Indira Gandhi
(d) None of these

7. The Indira Awas Yojana aims to provide
(a) Houses to poor
(b) Employment
(c) Literacy
(d)Drinking water

8. Which Five Year Plan is referred to as
‘Industrial and Transport Plan’?
(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) Fourth

9. Planning Commission is a/an
(a) Executive body
(b) Constitutional body
(c) Advisory body
(d) Elected body

10. The major emphasis of Third Five Year
Plan was
(a) Green Revolution
(b) Operation Flood
(c)100% literacy
(d) Making India self-reliant

11. The term ‘Hindu Growth Rate’ was
coined by
(a) K.N.Raj
(b) Raj Krishna
(c) Mahalanobis
(d) V.N.Gadgil

12. The concept of Five Year Plan in India
was introduced by
(a) Sardar Patel
(b) Dr Rajendra Prasad
(c) Gulsarilal Nanda
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

13. Family Planning was started in India in
(a) 1947
(b) 1948
(c) 1950
(d) 1952

14. Who is known as Father of Indian
Budget?
(a) Dadabhai Navroji
(b) M.Visvesvarayya
(c) P.C.Mahalanobis
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

15. Where is National Institute of Rural
Development situated?
(a) Hyderabad
(b) New Delhi
(c) Ahmedabad
(d) Shimla

16. Which body gives the final approval for
the draft of the five year plans in India?
(a) Planning Commission
(b) Finance commission
(c) National Development Council
(d) Supreme Court of India

17. In which schedule of the constitution
provisions related to Municipal
Administration is included
(a) 9
(b) 8
(c) 12
(d) 11

18. The 73rd Amendment of the constitution
came into force in
(a) 1992
(b) 1993
(c) 1994
(d) 1995

19. The elections to the three- tier Panchayat
Raj institutions are conducted by
(a) Election Commission of India
(b) State Election Commission
(c) Planning Commission
(d) Social Welfare Department

20. Norman Borlaug is regarded as the father
of...... in the world.
(a) White Revolution
(b) Industrial Revolution
(c) Green Revolution
(d) None of these

21. The Rolling Plan concept in National
Planning was introduced by
(a) Janatha Government
(b) United Front Government
(c) Rajiv Gandhi
(d) V.P.Singh

22. TRYSEM deals with
(a) Training of young women for
employment
(b) Training of rural youth for self
employment
(c) Training of teachers for literacy
programme
(d) None of these

23. Who was the Prime Minister of India when
Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY)
was started?
(a) Rajiv Gandhi
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Narasimha Rao (
d) Jawaharlal Nehru

24. Food for Work Programme was
introduced during the
(a) Fourth Plan
(b) Sixth Plan
(c) Fifth Plan
(d) Seventh Plan

25. Khadi and Village Industries Commission
was set up in the ___ Five Year Plan
(a) First (b) Second
(c) Third (d) Fourth

Answers

1 (b) 2(b) 3 (a) 4 (b)
5(c) 6(b) 7(a) 8(b)
9(c) 10(d) 11(b) 12(d)
13(d) 14(c) 15(a) 16(c)
17(c) 18(b) 19(b) 20(c)
21(a) 22(b) 23(c) 24(c)
25(b)