Facts about India -Questions and Answers -11

251.Who is known as Father of Indian Budget?

P.C.Mahalanobis

252.Who was the Prime Minister of  India when Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) was started?

P.V.Narasimha Rao

253.Who gave the slogan “Garibi Hatao”(Eradicate Poverty)?

Indira Gandhi

254.The Belwant Rai Mehta Committee was appointed by :

National Development Counci

255.Which body compiles the national income of India?

Central Statistical Organisation

256.The first Five year Plan was started in:

1951

257.The major emphasis of Third Five Year Plan was-

Making India self-reliant

258.During which Five Year Plan, the Twenty Point Programme (TPP) was launched by Indira Gandhi?

Fifth

259.The first Asian country to start Community Development Project:

 India

260.What is functioned in Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers ?

Bombay Stock Excahnge

261.The originator of Human Development Index:

Mahbub ul Haq

262.The Indian capital market is under the control of:

SEBI

263.The acronym SEBI stands for:

Securities and Exchange Board of India

264.The monetary policy in India is formulatedby:

Reserve Bank of India

265.The return on debentures is called:

Interest

266.The south Indian city which is the hub of automobile industry:

Chennai

267.Whi ch nati on i s consi dered to be the originator of the concept of micro finance?

Bangladesh

268.Bombay Mutual Life Assurance Society was founded in:

1870

269.Green Revolution in India is also known as:

Seed, fertilizer and  irrigation revolution

270.The first jute mill in India was established in 1854 at Rishra near....

Kolkata

271.The industry which laid the foundation of industrialisation in India: 

Cotton textiles

272.The main competitor for Indian jute industry is:

 Bangladesh

273.Who is known as the father of Indian industry:

Jamshedji Tata

274.The second largest agriculture based industry in India:

Sugar

275.The head office of United India Insurance Company Limited is at:

Chennai

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