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51. The main model that formed the basis of the strategy of the Second Five Year Plan was formulated by

(a) K.N.Raj

(b) P.C.Mahalanobis

(c) Gulsarilal Nandha

(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer: (b)

52. The Panchayat Raj system was introduced in 1959 under the recommendation of:

(a) Ashok Mehta Committee

(b) Belwant Rai Mehta Committee

(c) Dinesh Goswamy Committee

(d) Narasimham committee

Answer: (b)

53. The state which has the largest percentage of rural population

(a) Himachal Pradesh

(b) Bihar

(c) Chhatisgarh

(d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer: (a)

54. Father of Green Revolution in India

(a) Dr Varghese Kurien

(b) M.S.Swaminathan

(c)M.Visvesvarayya

(d) C.Subramanyam

Answer: (b)

55. The Ashok Mehta Committee was appointed

(a) 1959 (b) 1960

(c) 1977 (d) 1978

Answer: (c)

56. Name the Prime Minister who appointed Ashok Mehta Committee in 1977

(a) Charan Singh(b) Morarji Desai

(c) Indira Gandhi (d) None of these

Answer: (b)

57. The Indira Awas Yojana aims to provide

(a) Houses to poor

(b) Employment (c) Literacy (Drinking water

Answer: (a)

58. Which Five Year Plan is referred to as ‘Industrial and Transport Plan’?

(a) First (b) Second

(c) Third (d) Fourth

Answer: (b)

59. Planning Commission is a/an

(a) Executive body

(b) Constitutional body

(c) Advisory body (d) Elected body

Answer: (c)

60. The major emphasis of Third Five Plan was

(a) Green Revolution

(b) Operation Flood

(c)100% literacy

(d) Making India self-reliant

Answer: (d)

 61. The term ‘Hindu Growth Rate’ was coined by

(a) K.N.Raj (b) Raj Krishna

(c) Mahalanobis (d) V.N.Gadgil

Answer: (b)

62. The concept of Five Year Plan in India was introduced by

(a) Sardar Patel

(b) Dr Rajendra Prasad

(c) Gulsarilal Nanda

(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer: (d)

63. Family Planning was started in India in

(a) 1947 (b) 1948

(c) 1950 (d) 1952

Answer: (d)

64. Who is known as Father of Indian Budget?

(a) Dadabhai Navroji

(b) M.Visvesvarayya

(c) P.C.Mahalanobis

(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer: (c)

65. Where is National Institute of Rural Development situated?

(a) Hyderabad (b) New Delhi

(c) Ahmedabad (d) Shimla

Answer: (a)

66. Which body gives the final approval for the draft of the five year plans in India?

(a) Planning Commission

(b) Finance commission

(c) National Development Council

(d) Supreme Court of India

Answer: (c)

67. In which schedule of the constitution provisions related to Municipal Administration is included

(a) 9 (b) 8

(c) 12 (d) 11

Answer: (c)

68. The 73rd Amendment of the constitution came into force in

(a) 1992 (b) 1993

(c) 1994 (d) 1995

Answer: (b)

69. The elections to the three- tier Panchayat Raj institutions are conducted by

(a) Election Commission of India

(b) State Election Commission

(c) Planning Commission

(d) Social Welfare Department

Answer: (b)

70. Norman Borlaug is regarded as the father of...... in the world.

(a) White Revolution

(b) Industrial Revolution

(c) Green Revolution

(d) None of these

Answer: (c)

71. The Rolling Plan concept in National Planning was introduced by

(a) Janatha Government

(b) United Front Government

(c) Rajiv Gandhi (d) V.P.Singh

Answer: (a)

72. TRYSEM deals with

(a) Training of young women for employment

(b) Training of rural youth for self employment

(c) Training of teachers for literacy programme

 (d) None of these

Answer: (b)

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

(a) Rajiv Gandhi (b) Indira Gandhi

(c) Narasimha Rao (d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer: (c)

74. Food for Work Programme was introduced during the

(a) Fourth Plan (b) Sixth Plan

(c) Fifth Plan (d) Seventh Plan

Answer: (c)

75. Khadi and Village Industries Commission was set up in the ___ Five Year Plan

(a) First (b) Second

(c) Third (d) Fourth

Answer: (b)
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