Five Year Plans

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The concept of five year paln was borrowedfrom which country?
a) USA
b) Japan
c) Russia
d) France

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Ans :C

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The Five year plan was obtained
from the USSR (The Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics).

Who was the first chairman of Planning Commission?

A. Mahatma Gandhi
A. Gulzarilal Nanda
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Motilal Nehru

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Ans :C
Pandit Nehru was the first Chairman

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of the Planning Commission.
Deputy Chairman of Planning
Commission-Gulzarilal Nanda

Who was the first deputy chairman of Planning Commission?

A. Abul Kalam Azad
B. Gulzarilal Nanda*
C. KC Niyogi
D. Rajendra Prasad

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Ans :B
• Pandit Nehru was the first

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Chairman of the Planning Commission.
Deputy Chairman of Planning
Commission-Gulzarilal Nanda

which year planning commission was set up?

A. 1950
B. 1947
C. 1958
D. 1954
Ans :A
•The planning Commission was set up
on 15 March 1950.
•It was set up under the recommendation of a AdvisoryPlanning Board
•It was the under the chairmanship of
KC Niyogi.

What was on top priority in the First Five Year Plan in India?
A. Agriculture
B. Steel plants
C. Ports
D. Industries

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Ans :A
The First Five Year Plan in India was

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from 1951 to 1956.
• Gave priority to the agricultural
development of the country.
• The First Five Year Plan was
presented before the parliament by
Jawaharlal Nehru.
o Economist K N Raj is known as the
architect of this plan.

Which Five Year Plan had the primary goal to establish India as a self-reliant and self-
generating economy?
A. First five year plan
B. Second five year plan
C. Third five year plan
D. Fourth five year plan
Ans :C
The third Five Year Plan was launched
from 1961-1966 under the leadership of
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
The Deputy chairman- D. R. Gadgil.
o The plan was also known as the
Gadgil Yojana.
o Objective- establishment of a self-
reliant and self-generating economy

During which five year plan did India opted for a mixed economy?
A. Second Five Year Plan
B. Third Five Year Plan
C. Fourth Five Year Plan
D. First Five Year Plan
Ans :A
• Second Five-year plan (1956 to 1961)
• The second plan was conceived in an
atmosphere of economic stability.
• It was felt agriculture could be
accorded lower priority.
• Industries got more importance in the
2nd five- year plan.
• The focus was mainly on heavy
industries.

Which of the following Five Year Plan gave emphasis on removal of poverty
for the first time in India?
A. Fourth Five Year Plan

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B. Fifth Five Year Plan
C. Sixth Five Year Plan
D. Seventh Five Year
Plan
Ans :B
The Fifth Five-Year Plan laid stress on
employment, poverty alleviation
(Garibi Hatao), and justice.
The plan also focused on self-reliance
in agricultural production and defence.
•The Minimum Needs Programme
(MNP) was introduced in the first year
of the Fifth Five-Year Plan (1974-78).

The Khadi and village industry commission was established in which fiveyear plan?
A. Third Five year plan
B. Second Five year plan
C. Fourth Five year plan
D. First Five year plan
Ans :B
• The Khadi and Village Industries
Commission is a statutory body
formed in April 1957 by the
Government of India, under the Act of
Parliament,'Khadi and Village
Industries Commission Act of 1956'.
• The second five-year plan is based on
the so-called Mahalanobis model.

At the end of the first five-year plan, how many IITs were established in India?
A. 2
A. 4
C. 3
D. 5
Ans :D
•At the end of the first five-year plan in
1956, five Indian Institutes of
Technology (IITs) were started as
major technical institutions.
• The target Growth was 2.1 % and the
Actual Growth was 3.6 %.
•It was based on Harrod-Domar.
•The primary aim of the 1st five-year
plan was to improve the living

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standards of the people of India.

Which of the following five-year plans was affected due to drought and two wars?
A. First Five-Year Plan
B. Third Five-Year Plan
C. Fifth Five-Year Plan
D. Sixth Five-Year Plan
Ans :B
• The third Five Year Plan was affected
due to drought and two wars (Sino-
India war of 1962 and Indo-Pakistani
war of 1965)

The final approval to the five year plans of India was used to given by?
(a) NITI Aayog
(b) President of India
(c) National Development Council
(d) Ministry of Finance
Ans :C
•National Development Council (NDC)
or the Rashtriya Vikas Parishad is the
apex body for decision making and
deliberations on development matters
in India presided over by the Prime
Minister.
•Founded: 6 August 1952

Who used to be the president of the National Development Council?

(a) Vice-President
(b) RBI Governor
(c) Home Minister
(d) Prime Minister
Ans :D
🔰The chairman of the National
Development Council (NDC) is the
Prime Minister.
•National Development is an executive
body, that was established by the
government in the year 1952.

In which plan the Government introduced Green Revolution?

A. Second Five Year Plan
B. Ninth Five Year Plan
C. Third Five Year Plan

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D. Tenth Five Year Plan
Ans :C
•Duration-1961-1966
••This plan is also called Gadgil Yojna.
•Target Growth = 5.6%
•Actual Growth = 2.8%
• Therefore it was a Failure for the
country.
•Reason- Indo-China War 1962 and
Indo-Pakistan War 1975
•The target Shifted from development
todefense & development.

Who was the chairman of 6th Five year Plan?

A. Morarji Desai
B. Rajiv Gandhi
C. Sarojini Naidu
D. India Gandhi
Ans :A
•Duration- 1980-1985
•Target-5.2
•Actual growth-5.54
•Objective- Economic liberalisation by
eradication of poverty and
technological self reliance
•Also known as Growth Model.

In India which of the following Five Year Plans the slogan of Garibi Hatao was given ?
a) Third FYP
b) Fourth FYP
c) Fifth FYP
d) Sixth FYP
Ans :B
•1969-74 Based on the Ashok
RudraMenon model.
• During this plan period,the slogan of
Garibi Hataowas given

Under which five year plan "Blue Revolution" wasstarted in India ?

a) Fifth
b) Sixth
c) Seventh
d) Eighth
Ans :C •• The Blue Revolution was first

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launched in India as the 'Nili Kranti
Mission' during the 7th Five Year Plan
(1985-1990).•
.• The Intensive Marine Fisheries
Program was subsequently launched
during the 8th Five Year Plan (1992-97)

The 11th Five-Year Plan ended in the year??

a) 2010
b) 2011
c) 2012
d) 2013
Ans :C
•Eleventh Plan (2007–2012)
•It was in the period of Manmohan
Singh as the prime minister.
12th Five Year Plan of the Government
of India (2012–17) was India's last Five
Year Plan.

The Annual Plan described as ‘Plan Holiday’ were implemented during?

a) 1965-66
b) 1966-69
c) 1967-70
d) 1968-71
Ans :B
• There were three annual plans
between 1966 and 1969.
• This period was also called ‘plan
holiday’
.
• Plan Holidays' main reason was later
deducted as war (Indo-Pakistan),
inflation, and the severe drought.

In which plan The Human development is the core of all developmental

efforts was recognised?
A. Eighth Five Year Plan
A. Ninth Five Year Plan
C. Seventh Five Year Plan
D. Sixth Five Year Plan
Ans :A
•The eighth five-year planning was
between 1992 and 1997.

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• Priority was given to the development
of human resources(Human Model).
• It was the beginning of liberalization,
privatization, and globalization (LPG) in
India.
• New Economic Policy was introduced
during the eighth five-year plan.

What was the duration of India's first ‘Plan Holiday’ in terms of five year plan?
A. 1966-1967
A. 1968-1969
C. Both A and B
D. Only A
Ans :C
•The miserable failure of the third plan
forced the government to declare a
plan holiday 3 annual plans.
••They were drawn during this period
and the Indian economy faced another
year of drought during 1966-67.
•Equal priority was given to agricultural
and industrial sector.

Who initiated the Soviet Union's first Five Year Strategy.

A. Joseph Stalin
B. Vladimir Putin
C. Joseph Kelvin
D. Jack Finney
Ans :A
•In 1928, Joseph Stalin initiated the
Soviet Union's first Five Year Strategy