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Indian Five-Year Plans

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Indian Five Year Plans form a critical component of Indian economic history, detailing objectives like poverty alleviation and industrial growth. Questions target specific timelines, agricultural targets, and industrial policies established across various plan periods. This topic is a staple in civil services and state preliminary examinations.

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Indian Five-Year Plans Questions

Multiple choice general knowledge

Who approves the Draft outline of Five Year Plan?

  1. The Finance Commission

  2. The Planning Commission

  3. The National Development Council

  4. The Ministry of Finance
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The National Development Council (NDC), chaired by the Prime Minister and comprising Chief Ministers and Cabinet ministers, approves the Draft outline of the Five Year Plans. The Planning Commission prepared the draft, but the NDC gave final approval. The Finance Commission deals with tax distribution, not planning.

Multiple choice

The Slogan 'Garibi Hatao' was included in

  1. First Plan

  2. Fifth Plan

  3. Fourth Plan

  4. Second Plan
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The 'Garibi Hatao' slogan was Indira Gandhi's campaign that became the cornerstone of the Fifth Five Year Plan (1974-79), focusing on poverty reduction, employment generation, and social justice programs.

Multiple choice

Which institution is responsible for the formulation of 5 year Plus in India?

  1. National Productivity Council

  2. Planning Commission

  3. National Development Council

  4. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Planning Commission was responsible for formulating Five Year Plans in India. Established in 1950, it was the apex body for economic planning until it was replaced by NITI Aayog in 2015. The Commission designed and implemented India's planned economic development strategy.

Multiple choice

Before Independence various plans were prepared for the purpose of long-term economic development of India. Match the following in relation to it. List-I (Plans) List - II (Propounders) A. National Planning Committee 1. Indian National Congress B Bombay Plan 2. Loading Industrialist C. Gandhian Plan 3. Shriman Narayan D. Peoples Plan 4. M.N.Roy Select the code:

  1. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1

  2. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4

  3. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 3

  4. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The correct matching is: National Planning Committee (A) with Indian National Congress (1) - it was formed by INC in 1938; Bombay Plan (B) with Leading Industrialists (2) - proposed by Tata, Birla, and others; Gandhian Plan (C) with Shriman Narayan (3) - he authored this plan in 1944; Peoples Plan (D) with M.N. Roy (4) - the radical socialist proposed it in 1944. Option B correctly shows these pairings.

Multiple choice

11th Plan Draft Document as approved by Planning Commission presents a target of 4% annual growth for agriculture. For industry and service sector growth rate has been targeted between-

  1. 7 to 9%

  2. 8 to 10%

  3. 9 to 11%

  4. 10 to 15%
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The 11th Five Year Plan (2007-2012) targeted 4% annual growth for agriculture and 9-11% for industry and services combined. This reflected the need for balanced sectoral growth while accelerating overall economic expansion.

Multiple choice

In the process of industrial development of India, the investment per enterprise in the public sector was the highest during the

  1. First Five Year Plan

  2. Third Five Year Plan

  3. Fifth Five Year Plan

  4. Seventh Five Year Plan
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Fifth Five Year Plan (1974-79) emphasized public sector investment in heavy industries and infrastructure, making it the period with highest investment per enterprise in the public sector during India's industrial development.

Multiple choice

Conservation-cum-Development plans were launched in the Eleventh Five Year Plan for

  1. Scheduled Caste group

  2. Primitive Tribal Groups

  3. Wetlands

  4. Biodiversity Hotspots
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Based on pre-agricultural level of technology, low level of literacy, declining or stagnant populations, 75 tribal communities in 17 States and 1 Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Island, have been identified and categorized as Primitive Tribal Groups (PTGs). During 2007-08, comprehensive long term “Conservation-cum-Development (CCD) Plans” for PTGs have been formulated for Eleventh Plan period through baseline surveys conducted by respective State Governments/Union territory. These Plans envisage a synergy between efforts of State Governments and non-governmental organizations.

Multiple choice

The Tenth five year plan aimed at achieving a growth rate of ________ in the industrial sector.

  1. 5 percent

  2. 8 percent

  3. 10 percent

  4. 6 percent
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-2007) targeted a growth rate of 10 percent for the industrial sector. This ambitious target reflected the emphasis on accelerating industrial growth as part of India's economic development strategy. The actual achieved growth rate varied from year to year but the PLAN TARGET was specifically set at 10 percent for industry.

Multiple choice

Three steel plants in Bhilai, Rourlkela and Durgapur were set up in the

  1. first five year plan

  2. second five year plan

  3. third five year plan

  4. fourth five year plan
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Second Five Year Plan (1956-61) prioritized heavy industrialization and development of the public sector. Three major steel plants were established during this period at Bhilai (with Soviet cooperation), Rourkela (with German cooperation), and Durgapur (with British cooperation). This plan emphasized industrial infrastructure as the engine of economic growth.

Multiple choice

Which Indian plan ensured higher growth rate than the targeted growth rate?

  1. Second Five Year Plan

  2. Fourth Five Year Plan

  3. Fifth Five Year Plan

  4. Eighth Five Year Plan
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The eighth plan was postponed by two years because of political uncertainty at the centre, worsening balance of payment position and inflation during 1990-91. These were the key issues during the launch of the plan. The plan undertook drastic policy measures to combat the bad economic situation and to undertake an annual average growth of 5.6% Some of the main economic outcomes during the eighth plan period were rapid economic growth, high growth of agriculture, allied sector and manufacturing sector, growth in exports and imports and improvement in trade and current account deficit.