Deck 1: Economic and Social Development in India

Question 1

What is the main cause of exports surplus?

A)Country's stringent import policy
B)Developments in national and international markets
C)Country's exports promotion value
D)above all

Answer 1

above all

Question 2

Which is the primary objective of economic planning in India

A)Reducing Inequalities of income
B)Abolition of poverty
C)Growth with social justice
D)Removing unemployment

Answer 2

Growth with social justice

Question 3

Which of the following is associated

A)Tendulkar committee
B)Lakdawala committee
C)Saxena committee
D)All the above

Answer 3

All the above

Question 4

Which of the following state introduced

A)Madhya Pradesh
B)Maharashtra
C)Tamil Nadu
D)Karnataka

Question 5

Infant mortality

A)Defined as the annual number of deaths of infant under 1 year old per 1,000 live births.
B)Reflects the availability of primary education, the rights of employment and social security.
C)life expectancy up to age 3.
D)Reflects the availability of hospitals and childcare facilities, and the parents' wealth.

Question 6

is below the income that secures the bare essentials of food,

A)Income inequality.
B)Absolute poverty.
C)Sen's poverty index.
D)Purchasing-power poverty.

Question 7

In which type of unemployment do the marginal productivity of the workers is

A)Disguised Unemployment
B)Involuntary unemployment
C)Seasonal unemployment
D)Structural Unemployment

Question 8

Which is the state with minimum sex ratio in India?

A)Chandigarh
B)Delhi
C)Haryana
D)Punjab

Question 9

Which is the state with highest population of Scheduled Tribe in India?

A)Gujarat
B)Madhya Pradesh
C)Maharashtra
D)Orissa

Question 10

Which is the largest sugar-producing country in the world?

A)INDIA
B)CHINA
C)BRAZIL
D)None of the above

Question 11

When was cotton textile industry established in Mumbai?

A)1854
B)1855
C)1948
D)1956

Question 12

Which is the Indian state with the highest number of powerlooms?

A)Gujarat
B)Madhya Pradesh
C)Maharashtra
D)Tamil Nadu

Question 13

Which of the following industries is not a heavy industriy.

A)Cotton textile
B)Cement
C)Iron and Steel
D)Ship building

Question 14

Which one of the following agencies, markets steel for the public sector

A)HAIL
B)SAIL
C)TATA Steel
D)MNCC

Question 15

Where was oil discovered for the first time in India?

A)Digboi
B)Numaligarh
C)Bongaigon
D)Barauni

Question 16

In production sector, a micro enterprise

A)10 LAKH
B)15 LAKH
C)12 LAKH
D)25 LAKH

Question 17

Which of the following does not form part of current account under balance

A)Export and import of goods
B)Export and import of services
C)Income receipts and payments
D)Capital receipts and payments

Question 18

Balance in capital account refer to the

A)Nation's net exports of goods and services
B)Nation's net exports of financial claims
C)Nation's net exports of international
D)Nation's sum of net exports of goods,

Question 19

Balance in capital account refer to the

A)National Development Council (NDC)
B)Ministry of Finance
C)Planning Commission (now
D)President of India

Question 20

What as the prime target of the first five-year plan of India?

A)Development of the industries
B)Development of Agriculture
C)Development of infrastructure
D)Development of ports

Question 21

Which programme given the slogan of Garibi Hatao?

A)7^th five-year plan
B)3^rd five year plan
C)6^th five year plan
D)5^th five-year plan

Question 22

In which five-year plan India opted for a mixed economy?

A)First
B)Second
C)Third
D)Fourth

Question 23

When was the plan holiday declared?

A)After the third plan
B)After the fourth plan
C)After the fifth plan
D)After the sixth plan

Question 24

Three annual plan were launched between:

A)1969 to 1972
B)1966 to 1969
C)1986 to 1989
D)1988 to 1991