This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Economy > Planning > Indian Economy And Planning – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian Economy And Planning Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which was the last Five Year plan in Indian? A) 11th. B) 12th. C) 13th. D) 14th. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12th. 2. If the total deposit created by commercial banks is Rs 20000 cr and LRR is 20%, then amount of initial deposit will be A) Rs 4000 cr. B) Rs 2000 cr. C) Rs 3000 cr. D) Rs 14000 cr. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rs 4000 cr. 3. Deposit creation process comes to an end when A) Fresh deposit with bank become zero. B) Total reserves equal initial deposits. C) LRR become zero. D) Money multiplier becomes zero. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Total reserves equal initial deposits. 4. Which one of the following is a driving force influencing the industrial growth of an economy? [Corporation' Bank PO 2011] A) Economic Factors only. B) Investment only. C) Innovation/Market Base only. D) All A , B & C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All A , B & C. 5. What was the period of the 12th five-year plan of India? A) 2017 to 2022. B) 2012 to 2017. C) 2007 to 2012. D) 2010 to 2015. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2012 to 2017. 6. 1-Using the loopholes of law to reduce tax is known as A) Tax avoidance. B) Tax management. C) Tax planning. D) Tax evasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tax avoidance. 7. In which year was india's first five year Plan launched? A) 1951. B) 1947. C) 1949. D) 1955. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1951. 8. Which five year plan was based on Harrod-domar Model & its main focus on the agricultural development of the country? A) 1st five year plan. B) 3rd five year plan. C) 4th five year plan. D) 2nd five year plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st five year plan. 9. After independence Modernization was associated with1. The ideas of growth2. Material progess3. Scientific rationality A) 1 and 2. B) 2 and 3. C) 1 and 3. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All. 10. Narendra Modi announced demonetization on A) 8th November 2016. B) 8th October 2016. C) 8th July 2016. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8th November 2016. 11. Which five year plan was the motto or slogan "Garibi-Hatao" (Poverty eradication) A) 5th five year plan. B) 4th five year plan. C) 3rd five year plan. D) 6th five year plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6th five year plan. 12. What is the other name of Inward Looking Trade Policy? A) Export Substitution. B) Trade Restriction. C) Trade Promotion. D) Import Substitution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Import Substitution. 13. 4-If the tax liability of a company is less than 15 % of its book profits, the company is liable to pay MAT at the rate of ..... A) 16% of books profits plus Surcharge)if any) plus 4% HEC. B) 16.5% of books profits plus Surcharge)if any) plus 4% HEC. C) 15% of books profits plus Surcharge) if any) plus 4% HEC. D) 18.5% of books profits plus Surcharge(if any) plus 4% HEC. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 15% of books profits plus Surcharge) if any) plus 4% HEC. 14. The basic difference between imperative and indicative planning is that: [IAS 1993] A) It is easier to achieve targets in imperative type of planning. B) In the case of imperative planning, all economic activities belong to public sector, while in the other type they belong to the private sector. C) In the case of the imperative planning, the market mechanism is entirely replaced by a command hierarchy, while in the case of indicative planning, it is looked upon as a way to improve the functioning of the market system. D) In the case of indicative planning, there is no need to nationalise any industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the case of the imperative planning, the market mechanism is entirely replaced by a command hierarchy, while in the case of indicative planning, it is looked upon as a way to improve the functioning of the market system. 15. The legislature also ensures that the government does not misspend or overspend through the ..... A) Niti Aayog. B) Panel Discussion. C) Budget. D) Taxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Budget. 16. The Five Year Plans of India intend to develop the country industrially through: [NDA 1991] A) The public sector. B) The private sector. C) The public, private, joint and Cooperative sectors. D) Increasing collaboration with non-resident Indians. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The public, private, joint and Cooperative sectors. 17. Which of the followings is not an objective of Five Year Plans of India? A) Modernisation. B) Self Reliance. C) Industrial Revolution. D) Growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrial Revolution. 18. The planning commission was set up in March 1950 by a ..... of the govt of India. A) Constitution resolution. B) Simple resolution. C) Constitution amendment. D) Agreement between Indian and USSR. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple resolution. 19. The first five year plan started on A) 1950. B) 1951. C) 1960. D) 1850. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1951. 20. When did the first 5year plan came into effect A) 1st April 1941. B) 1st April 1971. C) 1st April 1961. D) 1st April 1951. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1st April 1951. 21. The basic feature of the Rolling Plans was that: A) No physical targets were visualized. B) Revision of the achievements, of previous year. C) Annual fluctuations in prices and major economic developments could be considered while fixing targets. D) No financial target except in the term of annual plans was envisaged. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Annual fluctuations in prices and major economic developments could be considered while fixing targets. 22. During which five year plan private sector got priority over public sector? A) 8th five year plan. B) 10th five year plan. C) 9th five year plan. D) 7th five year plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 7th five year plan. 23. Long Term Measures undertaken during 1991 New Economic Policy were called as:- A) Stablisation measures. B) Reformational Measures. C) Development Measures. D) Structural Measures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Structural Measures. 24. Full form of NITI Aayog is A) National Institute for Transforming India. B) National Institution for Transforming India. C) National Institute for Transmitting India. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) National Institution for Transforming India. 25. Which of the following objectives of 4th five year plan? A) Focus on agricultural development of the country. B) Industrial development of the country. C) Growth with stability and progress achievement of self reliance. D) Self sufficient economy and opportunities for productive employment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Growth with stability and progress achievement of self reliance. 26. The very first five-year plan of India was based on the model of A) Mahalanobis model. B) Harrod Domar Model. C) Bombay Plan. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harrod Domar Model. 27. Planning in India derives its objectives from: A) Fundamental Rights. B) Fundamental Duties. C) Preamble. D) Directive Principles of State policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Directive Principles of State policy. 28. The currency created by the central bank is called A) High powered money. B) Money. C) Money supply. D) Bank money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High powered money. 29. What was the main theme of the 12th five-year plan of India A) Faster and more inclusive growth. B) Faster, More Inclusive and Sustainable Growth. C) Growth with justice and equity. D) Sustainable development. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Faster, More Inclusive and Sustainable Growth. 30. Which of the following agency is responsible for issuing Rs 1 currency note in India? A) Ministry of commerce. B) Niti aayog. C) RBI. D) Ministry of finance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ministry of finance. 31. Success of 4th plan was obstructed by : A) Poor monsoon. B) War with Pakistan. C) Problem of Bengal refugees. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 32. Main reason for plan holiday 1966-69 was. A) Death of pt Jawahar Lal Nehru. B) 1, 2&3. C) Failure of third five year plan. D) 1&2. E) War with Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1&2. 33. Assertion:The idea of planning as a process of rebuilding the economy earned public support in the 1940s and 1950s all over the world. Reason:Many countries were influenced by economic growth against heavy odds in the soviet union in the 1930s and 1940s A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A. C) A is true but R is false. D) A is false but R is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. 34. Rolling plan was designed for the period: [IAS 2003] A) 1978-83. B) 1980-85. C) 1985-90. D) 1974-97. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1978-83. 35. Right refers to those who believe that1. Free competition and market economy alone ensure progress2. Th govt must intervene in the economy A) Only 1. B) Only 2. C) None. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Only 1. 36. Who wrote the book 'Planned Economy for India'? A) M. Visvesvaraya. B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. C) Jawaharlal Nehru. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) M. Visvesvaraya. 37. The first attempt to initiate economic planning in India was made by: A) Balwantrai Mehta. B) Vallabhbhai Patel. C) M. Visvesvaraya. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) M. Visvesvaraya. 38. Which economic model is followed by India? A) Socialist model. B) Capitalist model. C) Mixed model. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mixed model. 39. Hiring workers in other countries to do a set of jobs A) Fundamental. B) Professional. C) Outsourcing. D) Overlap. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outsourcing. 40. Which of the following bodies finalises the Five Year Plan proposals? [IAS 2002] A) Ministry of Planning. B) Union Cabinet. C) Planning Commission. D) National Development Council. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) National Development Council. 41. Planning Commission was scrapped on A) 2014. B) 2011. C) 2010. D) 2015. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2014. 42. In which five-year plan India opted for a mixed economy? A) First. B) Second. C) Fourth. D) Third. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second. 43. At the time of independence what percentage of population of India were depend on agriculture? A) 70. B) 85. C) 75. D) 80. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 75. 44. What can be a Good Example Of Think-tank in the following. A) To solve classroom related issues, the teacher forms a group of students. this group discusses the problems and finds solutions to it. B) To solve classroom related issues, teacher forms a group with other teachers in the staff room to discuss the problems and find solutions to it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To solve classroom related issues, the teacher forms a group of students. this group discusses the problems and finds solutions to it. 45. NITI Aayog is neither a constitutional nor a statutory body A) Disagree. B) Agree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agree. 46. Does NITI Aayog incorporates the NRI (Non-Resident Indian) community's proposal A) Disagree. B) Agree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agree. 47. Buying and selling of government securities by the central bank from/to banks is called? A) Open market operations. B) Margin. C) Banking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Open market operations. 48. Who was the first chairman of Planning Commission, GOI A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad. C) Dr. B.R Ambedkar. D) S.C Bose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jawaharlal Nehru. 49. When was Niti Aayog setup? A) 1 January 2015. B) 1 April 2015. C) 1 January 2016. D) 15 March 2016. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1 January 2015. 50. India had a plan holiday: [CPO AC 2003] A) After the India-Pakistan War in 1965. B) After the drought of 1966. C) After the China-India War of 1962. D) After the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After the drought of 1966. 51. The objective of self-reliance and zero net foreign aid was declared in : A) Third 5-Yr Plan. B) Second 5-Yr Plan. C) Fifth 5-Yr Plan. D) Fourth 5-Yr Plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fourth 5-Yr Plan. 52. After 1967, how many banks were nationalized? A) 15. B) 14. C) 13. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14. 53. Economic survey is published by :[IAS 1998] A) Ministry of Finance. B) Planning Commission. C) Indian Statistical Institute. D) Govt. of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ministry of Finance. 54. Demand deposit created by the commercial bank are called A) Time deposit. B) High powered money. C) Bank money. D) Money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bank money. 55. Which plan focused shift of labour from the agrarian sector to industrial sector? A) M.N Roy plan. B) S.N Agarwal plan. C) J.P Narayan plan. D) Vishveshwarya plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vishveshwarya plan. 56. Assertion:There were few supporters of the American-style capitalist development in India after independence. Reason:Main responsibility of the govt was poverty alleviation and social and economic redistribution A) Both A and R are true but R is the correct explanation of A. B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A. C) A is true but R is false. D) A is false but R is true. E) Both A and R are false. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both A and R are true but R is the correct explanation of A. 57. Which five year plan is called as " Gadgil yojana" . A) Fourth. B) First. C) Third. D) Second. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third. 58. In India, Planning is generally for a period of 5 years. A) True. B) False. C) Not sure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 59. In India, planning was conceived as the main instrument of: A) Cultural development. B) Social development. C) Socio-economic development. D) Political development. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Socio-economic development. 60. The Nehru-Mahalanobis strategy of development guided the planning practice in India from the [CDS 2012] A) First Five-Year Plan to the Sixth Five-Year Plan. B) Second Five-Year Plan to the Seventh Five-Year Plan. C) First Five-Year Plan to the Eighth Five-Year Plan. D) Fourth Five-Year Plan to the Eighth Five-Year Plan. 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