This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > Political Science > Class 12 Political Science Chapter 8 Politics Of Planned Development – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Political Science Chapter 8 Politics Of Planned Development Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why did India adopted planning A) India was following USSR. B) India was following Europe. C) India was a communist nation initially. D) India had seen the outstanding results of planning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) India had seen the outstanding results of planning. 2. Who was the chairperson of planning commission after independence? A) Gandhiji. B) Sardar patel. C) Jawahar lal nehru. D) Lal bahadur shastri. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jawahar lal nehru. 3. 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. 4. What was the aim of first five year plan A) Agrarian sector. B) IT industries. C) Focus on women welfare. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agrarian sector. 5. In politics left refers to A) Those who are capitalists. B) Those who are centrists. C) Those who favour downtrodden. D) Those who believe in status quo of the social order. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Those who favour downtrodden. 6. The Orissa govt hopes to extract iron ore from the state.2. Orrisa govt has signed MOU with domestic steelmakers. A) Only 1. B) Only 2. C) Both. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Only 1. 7. Largest reserve of Iron ore A) MP. B) Orrisa. C) Delhi. D) UP. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Orrisa. 8. Identify the model of development which Europe and the US followed A) Liberal-capitalist. B) Communist-capitalist. C) Capitalist-fabiiabninsy. D) Communist-socialist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liberal-capitalist. 9. Definition of development is A) Different and at times conflicting. B) Uniform and cooperative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Different and at times conflicting. 10. In which year was the operation flood started? A) 1977. B) 1971. C) 1970. D) 1980. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1970. 11. What contradictory tendencies were visible in the congress in initial years of planning A) Central leadership ideologically supported socialism. B) Central leadership in policies supported capitalists. C) Central leadership was c0mmitted to capitalism. D) Central leadership was idelogically socialist but practically capitalist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Central leadership was idelogically socialist but practically capitalist. 12. Which are the two models of development? A) Capitalist and socialist. B) Capitalist and Marxist. C) Cpaitalistc and Gandhism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capitalist and socialist. 13. What are the main functions of the NITI Ayog? A) Develop federalism where national and state governments work with proper coordination and harmony. B) Implement schemes and initiatives for rural development. C) Ensure that the economic strategy and policy work in the interest of national security. D) All of the Abover. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Abover. 14. Nehruji called dams, multi purpose river valley projects as 'Indicators of Modern India.' True or False A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. The Planning Commission in India was set up in: A) 1950. B) 1957. C) 1953. D) 1951. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1950. 16. What was the main objective of Bombay plan? A) Look after the need of adivasis and protect the forests. B) To make bombay most developed city of India. C) Both a and b. D) It wanted state to take major initiatives in industries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It wanted state to take major initiatives in industries. 17. The Indian plannners ignored ..... in initial years planning A) Health and education. B) Heavy industries and privatesector. C) Private sector and industrialists. D) Sate agencies and industries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Health and education. 18. The 5-year plan was adopted in India from: A) Japan. B) Australia. C) United soviet socialist republic. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) United soviet socialist republic. 19. Mark whether True or False.The events which affected the consensus of adopting the economy model was the First World War, Colonialism and the Great economic depression. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. 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. 21. State should ensure basic social and economic infrastructure to all. This is the ideology of A) Right. B) Left. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left. 22. As a solution to economic development, the path of ..... was undertaken. A) Planning. B) Privatisation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Planning. 23. State true or falseMost of the development decisions involved political judgment and required consultation among political parties and approval of the public A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. 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. 25. Chaudhary Charan Singh left the congress party to form ..... A) Bhartiya janta party. B) Bhartiya lok dal. C) Communist party. D) Socialist party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bhartiya lok dal. 26. The principle obstacle in the way of agricultural growth was the ..... A) People's attitude. B) Status of Zamindars. C) Pattern of land distribution. D) Health of farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pattern of land distribution. 27. The leadership in India during the time of independence were least impressed with A) American style capitalist model. B) USSR style socialist model. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) American style capitalist model. 28. The plan, published in 1944/1945 by eight leading Indian industrialists, proposed state intervention in the economic development of the nation after independence. This is popularly known as A) Bombay plan. B) Planning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bombay plan. 29. Identify the economy in which public and private sectors coexist A) Communist. B) Capitalists. C) Mixed. D) Socialist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mixed. 30. 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. 31. Which of the following is related to the milk cooperatives A) Charan Singh. B) PC Mahalanobis. C) JC Kumarappa. D) Verghese Kurien. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verghese Kurien. 32. Which of the following was NOT a criticism of the 2nd and 3rd FYP? A) Urban bias-the industry was wrongly given priority over agriculture. B) Focus on agriculture over heavy industry. C) Lack of an agrarian strategy for the development. D) Emphasis on industry caused agriculture and rural India to suffer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Focus on agriculture over heavy industry. 33. BOMBAY PLAN IS RELATED TO A) TRADERS. B) FARMERS. C) DEVLEOPMENT OF BOMBAY. D) INDUSTRIALISTS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) INDUSTRIALISTS. 34. The principal obstacle in the way of agricultural growth was the A) People's attitude. B) Status of Zamindars. C) The pattern of land distribution. D) Heath of farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The pattern of land distribution. 35. Who presented the Bombay plan? A) The trade union of the country. B) Leading economists of the country. C) Leading political parties. D) Leading industrialists of the country. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leading industrialists of the country. 36. The state which has achieved nearly total literacy in India: A) Tamil Nadu. B) Kerala. C) Andhra Pradesh. D) Manipur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kerala. 37. Assertion:Tribal people are against the mining of iron ore in OrissaReason:The tribal population fears that the setting up of industries will cause displacement from their home and livelihood A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. B) Both A and R are true and R is NOT the correct explanation of A. C) A is true but R is false. D) Both A and R are false. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both A and R are true and R is NOT the correct explanation of A. 38. Who was the crafter of Second FYP? A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) P.C Mahalanobis. C) K.N Raj. D) B.R Ambedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) P.C Mahalanobis. 39. Which model of development was adopted by America? A) Socialism. B) Capitalism. C) Liberalism. D) Mixed economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capitalism. 40. Who presented the rural industrialization model of development based on Gandhian Principles? A) J.C. Kumarappa. B) J.L. Nehru. C) Choudhary Charan Singh. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) J.C. Kumarappa. 41. 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. 42. 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. 43. The Planning Commission was set up in the year: A) 1950. B) 1960. C) 1980. D) 1970. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1950. 44. Planning Commission was scrapped on A) 2014. B) 2015. C) 2010. D) 2011. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2014. 45. Which among the following statements is incorrect regarding Five year plans? A) The Third Plan was launched in 1961. B) The Second plan was launched in 1956. C) The First FYP was launched in 1951 . D) The Fourth plan was launched in 1966 . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Fourth plan was launched in 1966 . 46. State's control should be minimum or limited. This represents the ideology of A) Right. B) Left. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 47. NITI AYog was set up by: A) Narendra Modi. B) Manmohan Singh. C) Jawaharlal Nehru. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narendra Modi. 48. The main aim of 1 FYP? A) To set up IT industries in the country. B) To focus mainly on the agrarian sector (investment in dams and irrigation and raise national income level). C) Focus on women welfare and safety. D) Look after the need of minorities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To focus mainly on the agrarian sector (investment in dams and irrigation and raise national income level). 49. Conventionally, inspiration of development is taken from A) Western countries. B) Neighboring countries. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Western countries. 50. The consensus among the leadership for economic development was A) Government should undertake basic task of poverty alleviation and social and economic redistribution. B) Markets and private organs should undertake basic task of poverty alleviation and social and economic redistribution. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Government should undertake basic task of poverty alleviation and social and economic redistribution. 51. Assertion:Development has different meanings for different sections of the people.Reason:Development for one may be a disaster for other A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. B) Both A and R are true and 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 and R is the correct explanation of A. 52. The Chairman of the National Development Council is: A) Prime Minister of India. B) Finance Minister of India. C) President of India. D) Chief Minister of U.P. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prime Minister of India. 53. An economy model where all assets are owned by the State is called as: A) Socialist. B) Liberal. C) Capitalist. D) Communist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Socialist. 54. Which of the following was not part of the land Reform policy? A) Abolition of Zamindari system. B) Land ceiling Act. C) Consolidation of land holdings. D) State ownership of agricultural land. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) State ownership of agricultural land. 55. The first five year plan was for the duration A) 1951-56. B) 1961-66. C) 1974-79. D) 1997-2000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1951-56. 56. After 1967, how many banks were nationalized? A) 13. B) 14. C) 12. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14. 57. Mark whether True or False. Big Industrialists got together in 1947 to draft a plan for the economy called as the Bombay Plan. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 58. According to popular thought, following the path of western development requires A) To sever the links with the traditions. B) To rejoin the links with the past. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To sever the links with the traditions. 59. In India, planning was conceived as the main instrument of: A) Cultural development. B) Socio-economic development. C) Social development. D) Political development. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Socio-economic development. 60. Industrialists who were a part of the Bombay Plan were: A) Tatas. B) Purshottamdas Thakurdas. C) Shroffs. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 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