Development

Development

1. Which Article of the Constitution is
related to Village Panchayats?
(a) 17
(b) 45
(c) 44
(d) 40

2. In which field Co-operative Movement
was started for the first time in India?
(a) Agricultural Credit
(b) Handlooms
(c) Transport
(d) None of these

3. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) was
started in
(a) 1984
(b) 1986
(c) 1989
(d) 1990

4. In which schedule of the Constitution
Panchayat Raj is included?
(a) 9
(b) 10
(c) 11
(d) 12

5. Who inaugurated the Panchayat Raj
system at Nagaur in Rajastan in 1959?
(a) S.K.Dey
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Belwant Rai Mehta
(d) Dr Rajendra Prasad

6. Where is the headquarters of
CAPART(Council for Advancedment of
People’s Action and Rural Technology)
(a) New Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Kolkata

7. In which country Green Revolution was
started
(a) India
(b) USA
(c) Philippines
(d) Mexico

8. The National Development Council gets
its administrative support from the
(a) Finance Commission
(b) Union Cabinet
(c) Planning Commission
(d) Parliament

9. Which body compiles the national
income of India?
(a) Reserve Bank of India
(b) NABARD
(c) Central Statistical Organisation
(d) Ministry of Finance

10. The Integrated Rural Development
Programme was started during
(a) First Five Year Plan
(b) Sixth Five Year Plan
(c) Fifth Five Year Plan
(d) Seventh Five Year Plan

11. Who gave the slogan “Garibi
Hatao”(Eradicate Poverty)?
(a) Indira Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Rajiv Gandhi
(d) Morarji Desai

12. Employment Assurance Scheme(EAS)
was launched in
(a) 1983
(b) 1980
(c) 1989
(d) 1993

13. Who was the Prime Minister of India
when the 73rd and 74th Amendments of
the Constitution were passed:
(a) Rajiv Gandhi
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) V.P.Singh
(d) Narasimha Rao

14. Which of the following is not a member
of the National Development Council?
(a) Prime Minister
(b) Members of Planning Commission
(c) Chief Ministers of States
(d) The President of India

15. The food for Work Programme was
restructured as:
(a)NRY
(b) JRY
(c) IRDP
(d) MFAL

16. The concept of mixed economy was
introduced during the
(a) First Five Year Plan
(b) Second Five Year Plan
(c) Rolling Plan
(d) Third Five Year Plan

17. The major source of revenue of the
state governments
(a) Sales Tax
(b) Customs Tax
(c) Income Tax
(d) Excise Duty

18. The Belwant Rai Mehta Committee was
appointed by
(a) Planning Commission
(b) National Development Council
(c) Finance Commission
(d) Central Statistical Organisation

19. The main objective of Prime Minister’s
Grama Sadak Yojana(PMGSY)
(a) To construct all weather roads to
connect hilly areas and main roads
(b) To assure employment to at least
one person of a family living below
poverty line
(c) Afforestation
(d) None of these

20. The most serious economic problems of
India are
(a) Poverty and Unemployment
(b) Illeteracy and starvation
(c) Underdevelopment and illeteracy
(d) Stagnation and poverty

21. In India, Community Development
Project was started in:
(a) October 2, 1952
(b) August 15, 1952
(c) January 1, 1952
(d) April 1, 1952

22. The first Asian country to start
Community Development Project:
(a) China
(b) Pakistan
(c) India
(d) Bangladesh

23. NRY was started in:
(a) 1989
(b) 1991
(c) 1993
(d) 1990

24. Who presides over the National
Development Council?
(a) President
(b) Prime Minister
(c) Vice President
(d) Speaker

25. During which Five Year Plan, the
Twenty Point Programme (TPP) was
launched by Indira Gandhi?
(a) Five
(b) Four
(c) Six
(d) Seven

Answers

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