Planning for Development

Q.

What was the role of the Planning Commission?

Q. Which of these were not the objective of the first two five-year plans?

1. Agriculture
2. Primary education
3. Industrial Development
4. Environment

Q. The Second Five Year Plan focused on the development of heavy industry.

1. True
2. False

Q. What would have been the outcome if the objective of the first five-year plan was not agriculture?

1. India would not have met the demands of the growing population
2. Unemployment would be the highest
3. Large number of deaths would have been observed due to food shortage
4. All of the above

Q. A Planning Commission was established on 15 March, 1950.

1. False
2. True

Q. Which of the folowing were major projects during the first five-year plan?

1. Tungabhadra Project
2. Bhakra Nagal Project
3. Nagarjuna Project
4. All of the above

Q. What were the symbols of development in independent India?

1. Roads
2. Farm lands
3. Bridges and dams
4. Housing facilities

Q. What was the objective of the first five-year plan?

1. Educational development
2. Industrial development
3. Agricultural development
4. Environmental development

Q. What constituted the mixed economy model?

1. The private sector was solely responsible in increasing production
2. The state, that is the government was solely responsible in increasing production
3. Both the private sector and the state were responsible in increasing production equally
4. The state had more responsibility than the private sector in increasing production

Q. When was the Planning Commision set up by the government?

1. 15 March 1949
2. 15 March 1951
3. 15 March 1950
4. 15 March 1948

Q.

Explain what do you mean by "Mixed Econamy"model?