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In $2012$, ___________ scheme has supported for opening $3,30,000$ new schools, construction of $2.85$ lakhs school building, $16$ lakhs class rooms, supply of text books to children & training $12.5$ lakhs teachers.

  1. PSK

  2. NLM

  3. KGBV

  4. SSA


Correct Option: D

AERA stands for __________.

  1. The Airport Economic Regulatory Authority

  2. The Airport External Research Agency

  3. The Airport Economic Research Agency

  4. Neither (a) nor (b)


Correct Option: A

GAIL stands for ___________.

  1. Goods authority of India

  2. Geological authority of India

  3. Greed authority of India

  4. Gas authority of India


Correct Option: D

In order to be classified as a Tiny unit the investment limit in Plant and Machinery is ________

  1. Rs. $1$ lakh

  2. Rs. $5$ lakh

  3. Rs. $10$ lakh

  4. Rs. $100$ lakh


Correct Option: B

In order to promote village industrialization, Government of India has set up the Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Rural Industrialization at _____.

  1. Hyderabad

  2. Wardha

  3. Kolkata

  4. Porbandar


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Rural Industrialization (MGIRI), earlier named as National Institute for Rural Industrialization (NIRI), is an autonomous institution located at Wardha (Maharashtra). It is inspired by the Gandhian vision of sustainable and self-reliant village economy.

Which of the following was focus area for the second five year plan?

  1. Agriculture

  2. Industrialization

  3. Removing poverty

  4. Self reliant


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The second five year plan was particularly for the development of public sector and "rapid Industrialisation". The plan followed the Mahalanobis model, an economic development model developed by the Indian statistician Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in 1953.