Social Welfare Schemes and Measures

Planning

1. Who is called as the father of Planning
in India?
(a) M Visweswaraiah
(b) Subhas Chandra Bose
(c) PC Mahalanobis
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

2. Who wrote the book ‘Planned Economy
for India’?
(a) PC Mahalanobis
(b) M Visweswariah
(c) KC Neogi
(d) John Mathai

3. Which one of the following is not
mentioned in the Constitution?
(a) Finance Commission
(b) Planning Commission
(c) Election Commission
(d) Attorney General

4. Planning Commission came into
existence on 15th March,......:
(a) 1947 (b) 1948
(c) 1949 (d) 1950

5. Which of the following is not a statutory
body?
(a) Finance Commission
(b) Planning Commission
(c) Election Commission
(d) Attorney General

6. In which list of the Constitution
‘Economic and Social Planning’ is
included?
(a)State (b) Union
(c) Concurrent
(d) Unspecified in any list

7. The Planning Commission in India was
formed after :
(a) A resolution of Union Cabinet
(b) Constitutional provision
(c) Amendment of Constitution
(d) Order of Prime Minister

8. India copied the idea of Five Year Plans
from:
(a)Soviet Union (b) USA
(c) Britain (d) China

9. Which part of the Constitution
influenced the formation of Planning
Commission?
(a) Fundamental Rights
(b) Fundamental Duties
(c) Directive Principles
(d) Emergency Provisions

10. The ex-officio chairman of the Planning
Commission was:
(a) President (b) Vice President
(c) Deputy Prime Minister
(d) Prime Minister

11. National Development Council was
formed in:
(a)1950 (b) 1951
(c) 1952 (d) 1953

12. The chairman of the National
Development Council is:
(a) Prime Minister
(b) Minister for Planning
(c) President (d) Minister for
Agriculture

13. The first Five year Plan was started in:
(a) 1950 (b) 1952
(c) 1951 (d) 1953

14. In which area priority was given in the
first Five year Plan?
(a) Agriculture (b) Industries
(c) Telecommunication (d) Transport

15. The period of the first Five Year Plan:
(a)1950-55 (b) 1951-56
(c) 1952-57 (d) 1953-58

16. Which five year plan was called Harrold
Domer model?
(a)First (b) Second
(c) Third (d) Fourth

17. The period of second Five year Plan:
(a)1956-61 (b) 1955-60
(c) 1957-62 (d) None of these

18. In which area priority was given in the
second Five year Plan?
(a)Agriculture (b) Industries
(c) Employment generation
(d) Telephone

19. Which five year plan was called
Mahalanobis model?
(a) First (b) Second
(c) Third (d) Fourth

20. Annual Plans are implemented during
the period:
(a) 1961-64 (b) 1962-65
(c) 1966-69 (d) 1968-71

21. Which five year plan was suffered by
the Chinese attack of 1962?
(a) Second (b) Third
(c) Fourth (d) Fifth

22. Which five year plan was terminated
prematurely by the Janata Government
of Morarji Desai in 1978?
(a)Sixth (b) Third
(c) Fifth (d) Fourth

23.During which Five Year Plan stresswas
by laid on employment, poverty
alleviation, and justice.
(a)Sixth (b) Fifth
(c) Seventh (d) Eighth

24. The first chairman of Planning
Commission was:
(a)Gulsarilal Nanda (b) KC Neogi
(c) Dr.Rajendraprasad
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

25. The first deputy chairman of Planning
Commission was:
(a) Sukumar Sen (b) John Mathai
(c) KC Neogi (d) Gulsarilal Nanda

Answers

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