This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Economy > History > Indian Economy 1950 1990 – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian Economy 1950 1990 Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Schedule ..... comprise of industries which is exclusively by State. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) None of theses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 2. Which of the following is the main objective of carrying out various economic activities for serving society? A) Competition. B) Equality. C) Public welfare. D) Profit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Public welfare. 3. Inward looking trade strategy is also known as policy of ..... A) Import relaxation. B) Import substitution. C) Import promotion. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Import substitution. 4. Land reforms were successful in the following because these states had government committed to the policy of 'land to the tiller' A) Kerala. B) West bengal. C) Karnataka. D) Both a and b. E) Both b and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a and b. 5. Which of the following in not included in land reforms? A) Use of high yielding variety seeds. B) The abolition of intermediaries. C) The change in ownership of landholdings. D) Land ceiling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use of high yielding variety seeds. 6. ..... implies either a larger stock of productive capital, or a larger size of supporting services like transport and banking, or an increase in the efficiency of productive capital and services A) Equity. B) Self-reliance. C) Modernisation. D) Growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Growth. 7. Who is the father of Green Revolution? A) Dr Norman Borlau. B) Dr M.S.Swaminathan. C) Dr A.P, J Abdul Kalam. D) Mrs Indira Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dr Norman Borlau. 8. Budgetary policies are implemented by the. A) Foreign sector. B) Government. C) Private sector. D) Finance ministry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Government. 9. Which factor led to the breaking up of the stagnation of agriculture? A) Land reforms. B) Green revolution. C) Buffer stock. D) Land ceiling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Green revolution. 10. Disinvestment is a- A) Revenue expenditure. B) Revenue receipts. C) Capital expenditure. D) Capital receipts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Capital receipts. 11. Who presented the 1st 5-year plan of the country? A) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. B) B R Ambedkar. C) Sardar Ballav Bhai Patel. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. 12. The first phase of green revolution spanned approximately between A) Mid 1950s upto mid 1960s. B) 1960-1970. C) Mid 1960s upto mid 1970s. D) 1980s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mid 1960s upto mid 1970s. 13. The portion of agricultural produce which is sold in the market by the farmers is called? A) Agricultural produce. B) Excess surplus. C) Exports. D) Marketable surplus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marketable surplus. 14. Industries were the focus for the second five-year plan. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. What were the focus points of 2nd five-year plan? A) Agriculture. B) Industry. C) Service. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industry. 16. Who is known as the architect of Indian Planning? A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. C) PC Mahalanobis. D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PC Mahalanobis. 17. Which of the following is not an objective of Import substitution during 1950-1990? A) Protection of domestic industries from foreign competition. B) To save foreign exchange reserves. C) Decreasing taxes on all imported goods. D) Substituting imports with domestic production. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decreasing taxes on all imported goods. 18. IPR-1956 laid emphasis on the role of ..... sector. A) Public. B) Private. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Public. 19. When a farmer produces just for his self-consumption and not for commercial purpose is known as ..... A) Subsistence farming. B) Commercial farming. C) Both a and b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subsistence farming. 20. Who is regarded as the architect of Indian planning? A) MS Swaminathan. B) Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis. 21. Why did farmers in Soviet Union pack rotten fruits with fresh fruits in the same box? A) Farmers were not aware. B) Farmers were not trained. C) In the absence of ownership. farmers did not have the incentive to be efficient. D) Farmers did it purposefully to spoil all fruits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the absence of ownership. farmers did not have the incentive to be efficient. 22. In which of the following type of economy are resources owned privately and the main objective behind economic activities is profit-making? A) Socialist. B) Global. C) Mixed. D) Capitalist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Capitalist. 23. What is needed to provide protection against natural calamities like floods, drought, locusts, thunderstorms, etc.? A) Multiple cropping. B) HYV. C) Green revolution. D) Crop insurance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crop insurance. 24. What was the % of India's population that was dependent on agriculture during agriculture? A) 60%. B) 85%. C) 75%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 75%. 25. The first five year plan was launched for a period from A) 1955-1960. B) 1951-1956. C) 1959-1954. D) 1948-1953. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1951-1956. 26. Perspective plan is a A) Long term plan. B) Short term plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long term plan. 27. Large increase in production of food grains resulting from the use of HYV seeds is called ..... A) 6 years. B) 2 years. C) 5 years. D) 3 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5 years. 28. It is a conscious design to shape the socio-economic processes in order to achieve an objective A) Economic growth. B) Economic development. C) Economic planning. D) Economic infrastructure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Economic planning. 29. The legislation of land ceiling to bring land reforms in India were successful in which two states? A) Odisha & Kerala. B) Kerala & West Bengal. C) Bihar & Odhisha. D) West Bengal & Bihar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kerala & West Bengal. 30. The portion of agricultural produce that is sold in the market by farmers is known as ..... A) Subsidy. B) Marketed surplus. C) Import substitution. D) Trade deficit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marketed surplus. 31. The common goals of five year plans are: A) Modernisation. B) Growth. C) Self-reliance. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 32. In 1955, the Karve Committee was constituted. What was the aim of Karve Committee? A) Development of public sector industries. B) Development of large scale industries. C) Development of small scale industries. D) Development of private sector industries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Development of small scale industries. 33. ..... refer to taxes levied on imported goods. A) Quotas. B) Tariffs. C) Lagaan. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tariffs. 34. The concept of five year plan in India was introduced by A) Lord Mountbatten. B) Gandhi Indira. C) Jawahar lal Nehru. D) Lal Bahadur Shastri. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jawahar lal Nehru. 35. The central problems of an economy are: A) What to produce. B) How to produce. C) For whom to produce. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 36. Which among the following is not a benefit of Green Revolution? A) Buffer stock. B) Self-reliance. C) High cost. D) Increase in marketed surplus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High cost. 37. When was the planning commission set up? A) 1949. B) 1956. C) 1850. D) 1950. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1950. 38. Abolition of Intermediaries and Land ceiling are part of A) Industrial reforms. B) Banking reforms. C) Land Reforms. D) External reforms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Land Reforms. 39. What was the share of Service Sector to GDP, in India on 1950-51 and 1990-91? A) 40%. B) 28 %. C) 80%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 28 %. 40. Who is the chairman of the planning commission in India? A) Chief minister. B) Governor. C) Prime minister. D) President. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prime minister. 41. The states where land reforms were successful A) West Bengal & Maharashtra. B) Tamil Nadu & Maharashtra. C) Kerala & Tamil Nadu. D) Kerala & West Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kerala & West Bengal. 42. Union Budget is the budget of A) State Government. B) Central Government. C) Election Commission. D) Local Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central Government. 43. What does HYVP stand for? A) High Yielding Varieties Products. B) High Yielding Various Programme. C) High Yielding Various Products. D) High Yielding Varieties Programme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) High Yielding Varieties Programme. 44. Escheats is an example of: A) Revenue Receipts. B) Revenue Expenditure. C) Capital Receipts. D) Capital Expenditure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Revenue Receipts. 45. Borrowings are equivalent to: A) Revenue deficit. B) Primary deficit. C) Fiscal deficit. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fiscal deficit. 46. The non-tax revenue in the following is: A) Income Tax. B) Dividends. C) Borrowings. D) Corporate Tax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dividends. 47. Repayment of loans is an example of: A) Revenue expenditure. B) Capital Expenditure. C) Planned expenditure. D) Non-planned expenditure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capital Expenditure. 48. In a mixed economies, the government answer the three questions of what to produce, how to produce and how to distribute what is produced A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 49. The economic justification of subsidies in agriculture is, at present, a hotly debated question. Consider the following statements related to this.1. A substantial amount of fertiliser subsidy also benefits the fertiliser industry, not only farmers.2. The subsidy largely benefits the farmers in the more prosperous regions.3. Most farmers in India are very poor and they will not be able to afford the required inputs without subsidies.Select the correct statements using codes below A) 1 and 2. B) 1 and 3. C) 2 and 3. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 50. Land ceiling refers to: A) Fix rural landholdings at the existing level. B) Fix land area for irrigation purposes. C) Fix urban landholdings at the existing level. D) Fix quantum of land held by an individual. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fix quantum of land held by an individual. 51. ..... refers to an arrangement by which central problems of an economy are solved. A) Socialist economy. B) Mixed Economy. C) Modernisation. D) Economic System. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Economic System. 52. Adopting of new technology in the production of goods and services to increase the output is called ..... A) Economic Growth. B) Economic Welfare. C) Modernisation. D) Equity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modernisation. 53. Under Industrial Policy Resolution (IPR), 1956, Category II of the industrial sector includes industries jointly owned and controlled by the private sector and the state. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 54. During the initial years after independence, the low productivity of Indian agricultural sector forced India to import food from which country? A) USA. B) South America. C) USSR. D) UK. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) USA. 55. Which of the following steps promoted the growth of the economy as a whole by stimulating the development of industrial and tertiary sectors? A) Planning. B) Colonial Rule. C) Independence. D) Green Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Planning. 56. When was the planning commission set up in India? A) 5th March 1951. B) 15th March 1950. C) 25th April 1950. D) 20th March 1951. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 15th March 1950. 57. Which seeds are called miracle seeds? A) S.Y.V seed. B) H.Y.V seed. C) Traditional seed. D) British Seed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) H.Y.V seed. 58. The government budget is an A) Five yearly statement. B) Annual statement. C) Half yearly statement. D) Weekly statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Annual statement. 59. ..... refers to utilisation of country's resources in order to promote economic growth. A) Self-reliance. B) Sankhya. C) Land ceiling. D) Market surplus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self-reliance. 60. Match the following:1. Marketed surplus A. Large increase in production of food grains resulting from the use of high yielding variety seeds especially for wheat and rice.2. Green Revolution B. Portion of agricultural produce which is sold in the market by the farmers.3. HYV Seeds C. Seeds that give large proportion of output 4. Land Reforms D. Improvements in the field of agriculture to increase its productivityWhich of the above are not matched correctly? A) 1 and 2. B) 1, 2 and 4. C) 2 and 4. D) 3 and 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1 and 2. 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