1.
Which Five-Year Plan was suspended one year
before the time schedule by the Janata Party?
(a) First
(b) Seventh
(c) Fourth
(d) Fifth
2. ______ pointed out that the benefits of economic development must accrue more and
more to the relatively less privileged classes of society.
(a) The Third Five-Year Plan
(b) The Fifth Five-Year Plan
(c) The Fourth Five-Year Plan
(d) The Second Five-Year Plan
3. In which of the following Five-Year Plans was removal of poverty and attainment of self-
reliance the main objective?
(a) Third Five-Year Plan
(b) Fifth Five-Year Plan
(c) Second Five-Year Plan
(d) Fourth Five-Year Plan
4. The Planning Commission was set up on ______ and the plan era started from 1 April
1951 with the launching of the First Five-Year Plan (1951-56).
(a) 26 January 1950
(b) 15 March 1950
(c) 1 March 1950
(d) 15 August 1949
5. When was the First Five-Year Plan launched?
(a) 1956-1961
(b) 1951-1956
(c) 1961-1966
(d) 1946-1951
6. The Third Five-Year Plan of India was launched under the leadership of ______.
(a) Gulzarilal Nanda
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Morarji Desai
(d) Lal Bahadur Shastri
7. Which of the following Five-Year Plans was based on the Mahalanobis mode?
(a) Fourth Five-Year Plan
(b) First Five-Year Plan
(c) Third Five-Year Plan
(d) Second Five-Year Plan
8. Under which five-year plan was Bharat Nirman started by the Government of India to
upgrade rural infrastructure?
(a) Sixth five Year Plan
(b) Eight Five Year Plan
(c) Ninth Five Year Plan
(d) Tenth Five Year Plan
9. The First Five-Year Plan in India achieved a growth rate of ……… against a target of 2.1%.
(a) 4.8%
(b) 1.2%
(c) 3.6%
(d) 2.4%
10. In which of the following years did the Twelfth Five Year Plan end?
(a) 2019
(b) 2018
(c) 2016
(d) 2017
11. In which year did the disinvestment process in Public Sector Enterprises in India Start?
(a) 1991
(b) 2018
(c) 2000
(d) 1990
12. Who formulated the 'People Plan' (an economic plan) in India?
(a) M.N. Roy
(b) Jay Prakash Narayan
(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) C.D. Deshmukh
13. Which one of the following is an extra constitutional body?
(a) Finance commission
(b) Linguistic commission
(c) NITI Aayog
(d) Election commission
14. When was NITI Aayog established?
(a) 1 January 2015
(b) 25 January 2016
(c) 14 May 2014
(d) 1 July 2015
15. Who of the following is the part of Governing Council of NITI Aayog?
(a) All Chief Ministers of the states
(b) Chief Ministers of Delhi and Puducherry
(c) Lieutenant Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Island
(d) All of the above
