Among the achievements of Indian planning, we may include:
1. development of strong infrastructure
2. diversification of industry and exports
3. high growth of national income
4. strong control over prices
1 and 2
1, 2 and 3
1, 2 and 4
2 and 3
Correct Answer :
A. 1 and 2
Related Questions
The basic feature of the Rolling Plans was that:
no physical targets were visualized
revision of the achievements, of previous year
annual fluctuations in prices and major economic developments could be considered while fixing targets
no financial target except in the term of annual plans was envisaged
Which of the statements given below is/are correct? [CDS 2008]
1. Food for Work Programme was launched in India during the 10th Five Year Plan.
2. The Planning Commission in India is a constitutional body.
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
The National Development Council gets its administrative support from:
Planning Commission
Finance Commission
Administrative Reforms Commission
Sarkaria Commission
India's economic planning CANNOT be said to be : [NDA 2002]
indicative
imperative
limited
democratic
Microeconomics is concerned with:
1. behaviour of industrial decision-makers
2. the level of employment
3. changes in the general level of prices
4. determination of prices of goods and services
1 and 2
2 and 3
3 and 4
1 and 4
The Second Five Year Plan laid more stress upon:
agriculture
industrialisation
removing poverty
self-reliance
A rolling plan was a plan for:
one year
three years
five years
year to year basis
Who among the following was the first Chairman of the Planning Commission? [CDS 2008]
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
J.B. Kripalani
The growth rate of agricultural production was negative in the:
First Plan
Second Plan
Third Plan
Fourth Plan
Which of the following bodies finalises the Five Year Plan proposals? [IAS 2002]
Planning Commission
Union Cabinet
National Development Council
Ministry of Planning
Who was the first Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of India?
Shri Jawaharlal Nehru
Dr.Rajendra Prasad
Shri V.T.Krishnamachari
Shri C.Rajagopalachari
For internal financing of Five Year Plans, the government depends on: [NDA 1991]
taxation only
taxation and public borrowing
public borrowing and deficit financing
taxation, public borrowing and deficit financing
Rolling plan was designed for the period: [IAS 2003]
1978-83
1980-85
1985-90
1974-97
Who is the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission?
Prime Minister
Finance Minister
Commerce Minister
None of the above
'Globalisation of Indian Economy' means:
stepping up external borrowings
establishing Indian business units abroad
having minimum possible restrictions on economic relations with other countries
giving up programmes of import substitution
The steel plants at Durgapur, Bhilai and Rourkela were established during the period of: [NDA 1990]
First Five Year Plan
Second Five Year Plan
Third Five Year Plan
Fourth Five Year PIan
1.National Development Council was set up in:
1948
1950
1951
1952
Which one of the following is NOT with in the duties of the Planning Commission? [NDA 2003]
To define the stage of growth and suggest allocation of resources
To make an assessment of the material, capital and human resources of the country
To determine the nature of machinery required for implementation of plan proposals
To prepare the annual central budget
India has: [CDS 1992]
Socialistic economy
Gandhian economy
Mixed economy
Free economy
Among the achievements of Indian planning, we may include:
1. development of strong infrastructure
2. diversification of industry and exports
3. high growth of national income
4. strong control over prices
1 and 2
1, 2 and 3
1, 2 and 4
2 and 3
The objective of self-reliance and zero net foreign aid was declared in :
Second 5-Yr Plan
Third 5-Yr Plan
Fourth 5-Yr Plan
Fifth 5-Yr Plan
Economic survey is published by :[IAS 1998]
Ministry of Finance
Planning Commission
Govt. of India
Indian Statistical Institute
The first attempt to initiate economic planning in India was made by:
Balwantrai Mehta
Vallabhbhai Patel
M. Visvesvaraya
Jawaharlal Nehru
Put in chronological order the following Special features/objectives of different Five Year Plans as they were first formulated:
1. Mahalanobis strategy
2. Modernisation
3. Removal of Poverty
4. Emphasis on employment generation
1,2,3,4
2,1,3,4
1,3,2,4
3,4,1,2
The principal reason why national economic planning is still being pursued inspite of embracing a market economy since 1991 is that: [IAS 1994]
the vast quantity of capital already deployed in the public sector needs to be nurtured
the market economy is mainly confined to industry and commerce and central planning in agriculture is necessary
it is a constitutional requirement
Five Year Plans can continue to provide a long-term perspective to the economy in market friendly fashions
The concept of Five Year Plans in India was introduced by
Lord Mountbatten
Jawaharlal Nehru
Indira Gandhi
Lal Bahadur Shastri
In the context of India's Five Year Plans, a shift in the pattern of industrialization, with lower emphasis on heavy industries and more on infrastructure begins in [IAS 2010]
fourth Plan
sixth Plan
eighth Plan
tenth Plan
The deputy chairman of the Planning Commission: [UP PCS 1994]
is the Prime Minister
is the Planning Minister
holds the rank of a cabinet minister
is an economist of repute
Which of the following could be said to have prevented the 'trickle down' effects in Indian economy?
1. Increased dependence of agriculture on purchased inputs and privately managed irrigation
2. More employment of labour by larger landholding farmers
3. Lowered participation of women in agricultural workforce due to new technology
4. The failure of the Green Revolution
1 and 2
2 and 3
1 and 3
2 and 4
Consider the following statements: [IAS 2004]
1. The highest deciding body for planning in India is the Planning Commission of India.
2. The Secretary of the Planning Commission of India is also the Secretary of National Development Council
3. The Constitution includes economic and social planning in the Concurrent List in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1 and 2
2 only
2 and 3
3 only