Elementary Knowledge of Five Year Plans of India NDA Questions

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Elementary Knowledge of Five Year Plans of India MCQ Questions


13.
How many Five Year Plans were formulated and implemented in India between 1951 and 2017?
A.
Eleven
B.
Twelve
C.
Thirteen
D.
Ten
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ANSWER :
B. Twelve
14.
The First Five Year Plan of India (1951-56) was based primarily on which economic growth model?
A.
The Harrod-Domar Model
B.
The Gadgil-Mukherjee Model
C.
The Mahalanobis Model
D.
The Solow Growth Model
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ANSWER :
A. The Harrod-Domar Model
15.
The First Five Year Plan gave top priority to which sector, given the food shortages and refugee crisis following Partition?
A.
Information technology
B.
Heavy industry
C.
Space research
D.
Agriculture, including irrigation and power projects
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ANSWER :
D. Agriculture, including irrigation and power projects
16.
A major multi-purpose river valley project initiated during the First Five Year Plan, involving irrigation and hydroelectric power, was the:
A.
Tehri Dam
B.
Sardar Sarovar Dam
C.
Narmada Sagar Project
D.
Bhakra Nangal Dam
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ANSWER :
D. Bhakra Nangal Dam
17.
The First Five Year Plan is generally regarded by economists and planners as:
A.
A successful plan, as it exceeded its targeted growth rate
B.
A complete failure due to war
C.
A purely industrial plan
D.
A plan that was never implemented
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ANSWER :
A. A successful plan, as it exceeded its targeted growth rate
18.
During the First Five Year Plan period, several Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) were established, along with which regulatory body for higher education funding?
A.
The University Grants Commission (UGC)
B.
The Medical Council of India
C.
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
D.
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
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ANSWER :
A. The University Grants Commission (UGC)