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upsc-p1-economy-planning-niti-aayog MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below: List I (Planning proposal) A. Visvesvaraya Plan B. National Planning Committee C. Gandhian Plan D. People's Plan List II (Association) 1. M. N. Roy 2. Jawaharlal Nehru as chair 3. M. Visvesvaraya 4. S. N. Agarwal
The Visvesvaraya Plan is associated with M. Visvesvaraya; Jawaharlal Nehru chaired the National Planning Committee; the Gandhian Plan is associated with S. N. Agarwal; and the People's Plan is associated with M. N. Roy. Thus the correct matching is A-3, B-2, C-4 and D-1.
Q2Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below: List I (Five Year Plan) A. First Plan B. Second Plan C. Seventh Plan D. Tenth Plan List II (Core emphasis) 1. Monitorable targets and governance concerns 2. Agriculture, irrigation and rehabilitation 3. Food, work and productivity 4. Heavy industries, capital goods and public sector expansion
The First Plan prioritised agriculture, irrigation and rehabilitation; the Second Plan emphasised heavy industries, capital goods and public sector expansion; the Seventh Plan stressed food, work and productivity; and the Tenth Plan introduced monitorable targets alongside governance concerns. The correct matching is A-2, B-4, C-3 and D-1.
Q3Match List I with List II: List I (Planning initiative or institution) A. Visvesvaraya plan B. National Planning Committee C. People's Plan D. Planning Advisory Board List II (Association) 1. M. Visvesvaraya and planned industrialisation 2. Jawaharlal Nehru as chair 3. M. N. Roy and a socialist orientation 4. K. C. Neogy as chair Select the correct answer using the code given below.
M. Visvesvaraya argued for planned industrialisation; Jawaharlal Nehru chaired the National Planning Committee; the People's Plan is associated with M. N. Roy and a socialist orientation; and the Planning Advisory Board was chaired by K. C. Neogy. Therefore, the correct matching is A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4.
Q4With reference to India's Five Year Plans, consider the following statements: 1. The Second Plan emphasised heavy industries, capital goods and public sector expansion. 2. The plan holiday of 1966-69 followed the rolling-plan method of annual updating. 3. The Eighth Plan was the first plan after the 1991 economic reforms and stressed human development. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1 and 3 are correct. The Second Plan followed the Mahalanobis strategy centred on heavy industry and capital goods, and the Eighth Plan was the first post-reform plan with a strong human-development emphasis. Statement 2 conflates two distinct phases: the 1966-69 plan holiday used three annual plans, whereas the rolling plan was introduced for 1978-80.
Q5Arrange the following developments in chronological order: 1. Planning Advisory Board chaired by K. C. Neogy 2. National Planning Committee under the Indian National Congress 3. Planning Commission established by a Government of India resolution 4. Bombay Plan proposed by leading industrialists Select the correct answer using the code given below.
The National Planning Committee was set up in 1938, the Bombay Plan appeared in 1944, the Planning Advisory Board was constituted in 1946, and the Planning Commission was established on 15 March 1950. Thus the chronological order is 2-4-1-3.
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6With reference to fiscal federalism after the Planning Commission, consider the following statements: 1. For 2015-20, the Fourteenth Finance Commission recommended raising the States' share in the divisible pool of Union taxes to 42%. 2. For 2021-26, the Fifteenth Finance Commission recommended 41% devolution. 3. The plan and non-plan expenditure classification was removed from the Union Budget beginning in 2017-18. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
7With reference to contemporary planning mechanisms in India, consider the following statements: 1. Central sector schemes are fully funded and implemented by the Union in areas of Union responsibility or national priority. 2. Centrally sponsored schemes are implemented by States with cost-sharing patterns and central guidelines. 3. Outcome budgeting confines assessment to the amount of money spent, without examining outputs or outcomes. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
8Arrange the following planning proposals in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. People's Plan 2. Visvesvaraya Plan 3. Bombay Plan 4. National Planning Committee Select the correct answer using the code given below.
9Arrange the following phases of Indian planning in chronological order: 1. Eighth Five Year Plan 2. Plan holiday with annual plans 3. Second Five Year Plan 4. Rolling Plan under the Janata government Select the correct answer using the code given below.