Rural Development Programmes - PSC Degree Level Questions and Answers
PSC Degree Level Syllabus Based Questions and Answers: Rural Development Programmes - Questions and Answers
പി.എസ്.സി. ഡിഗ്രിലെവൽ സിലബസിനെ അടിസ്ഥാനമാക്കി തയ്യാറാക്കിയ വിവരങ്ങൾ.
* PSC Degree Level Questions and Answers
1. Community Development Programme was introduced in
India in:
(a)1947 (b) 1948
(c) 1950 (d) 1952
Answer: (d)
2. Small Farmers Development Agency was formed in:
(a)1971 (b) 1977
(c) 1979 (d) 1982
Answer: (a)
3. Drought Prone Area Programme was introduced in:
(a)1972 (b) 1973
(c) 1975 (d) 1976
Answer: (b)
4. Command Area Development Programme was launched in:
(a)1977 (b) 1975
(c) 1974 (d) 1973
Answer: (c)
5. Marginal Farmers and Agricultural Labourers
Development Agency was formed in:
(a)1975 (b) 1976
(c) 1977 (d) 1978
Answer: (a)
6. Food For Work The programme was started in:
(a)1976 (b) 1977
(c) 1978 (d) 1979
Answer: (b)
7. TRYSEM (Training of Rural Youth for Self
Employment) was launched in:
(a)1977 (b) 1978
(c) 1979 (d) 1980
Answer: (c)
8. National Rural Employment Programme (NREP) was
launched in:
(a)1977 (b) 1979
(c) 1980 (d) 1982
Answer: (c)
9. Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) was
launched in:
(a)1980 (b) 1982
(c) 1983 (d) 1986
Answer: (a)
10. Development of Women and Children in Rural Area
(DWCRA) was launched in:
(a)1977-78 (b) 1983-84
(c) 1991-92 (d) 1989-90
Answer: (b)
11. Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme
(RLEGP) was introduced in:
(a)1977-78 (b) 1979-80
(c) 1991-92 (d) 1983-84
Answer: (d)
12. Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) was introduced in:
(a)1985 (b) 1986
(c) 1987 (d) 1988
Answer: (a)
13. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) was started in:
(a)1988 (b) 1989
(c) 1990 (d) 1991
Answer: (b)
14. Nehru Rozgar Yojana (NRY) was started in:
(a)1989 (b) 1990
(c) 1992 (d) 1994
Answer: (a)
15. Mahila Samridhi Yojana was introduced in:
(a)1989 (b) 1990(c) 1991 (d) 1993
Answer: (d)
16. Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) was started in:
16. Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) was started in:
(a)1990 (b) 1991
(c) 1993 (d) 1994
Answer: (c)
(c) 1993 (d) 1994
Answer: (c)
(a)1992 (b) 1993
(c) 1994 (d) 1995
Answer: (b)
18. Ganga Kalyan Yojana was launched in:
(c) 1994 (d) 1995
Answer: (b)
18. Ganga Kalyan Yojana was launched in:
(a)1997 (b) 1998
(c) 1999 (d) 2000
Answer: (a)
19. Jawahar Gramasamridhi Yojana (JGSY) was started in:
(c) 1999 (d) 2000
Answer: (a)
19. Jawahar Gramasamridhi Yojana (JGSY) was started in:
(a)1997 (b) 1998
(c) 1999 (d) 2002
Answer: (c)
20. Swarna Jayanti Grama Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) was started in
(a)1996 (b) 1998
(c) 2000 (d) 1999
(c) 1999 (d) 2002
Answer: (c)
20. Swarna Jayanti Grama Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) was started in
(a)1996 (b) 1998
(c) 2000 (d) 1999
Answer: (d)
21. Annapoorna Scheme was launched in:
(a)2000 (b) 2001
(c) 2002 (d) 2003
(c) 2002 (d) 2003
Answer: (a)
22. Pradhanmantri Grama Sadak Yojana was started in:
22. Pradhanmantri Grama Sadak Yojana was started in:
(a)1999 (b) 2000
(c) 2001 (d) 2002
(c) 2001 (d) 2002
Answer: (b)
23. Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) was launched in:
23. Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) was launched in:
(a)1998 (b) 2000
(c) 2001 (d) 2003
(c) 2001 (d) 2003
Answer: (c)
24. Valmiki Ambedkar Awaas Yojana was introduced in:
(a)2001 (b) 2002
(c) 2003 (d) 2004
24. Valmiki Ambedkar Awaas Yojana was introduced in:
(a)2001 (b) 2002
(c) 2003 (d) 2004
Answer: (a)
25. National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP) was brought into effect in:
(a)2002 (b) 2003
(c) 2004 (d) 2005
Answer: (d)
25. National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP) was brought into effect in:
(a)2002 (b) 2003
(c) 2004 (d) 2005
Answer: (d)
26. Which Article of the Constitution is related to Village Panchayats?
(a) 17 (b) 45
(c) 44 (d) 40
Answer: (d)
27. In which field Co-operative Movement was started for the first time in India?
(a) Agricultural Credit
(b) Handlooms (c) Transport
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
28. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) was started in
(a) 1984 (b) 1986
(c) 1989 (d) 1990
Answer: (c)
29. In which schedule of the Constitution Panchayat Raj is included?
(a) 9 (b) 10
(c) 11 (d) 12
Answer: (c)
30. Who inaugurated the Panchayat Raj system at Nagaur in Rajastan in 1959?
(a) S.K.Dey (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Belwant Rai Mehta (d) Dr Rajendra Prasad
Answer: (b)
31. Where is the headquarters of CAPART(Council for Advancedment of People’s Action and Rural Technology)
(a) New Delhi (b) Mumbai
(c) Hyderabad (d) Kolkata
Answer: (a)
32. In which country Green Revolution was started
31. Where is the headquarters of CAPART(Council for Advancedment of People’s Action and Rural Technology)
(a) New Delhi (b) Mumbai
(c) Hyderabad (d) Kolkata
Answer: (a)
32. In which country Green Revolution was started
(a) India (b) USA
(c) Philippines (d) Mexico
Answer: (d)
(c) Philippines (d) Mexico
Answer: (d)
33. The National Development Council gets its administrative support from the
34. Which body compiles the national income of India?
35. The Integrated Rural Development Programme was started during
37. Employment Assurance Scheme(EAS) was launched in
38. Who was the Prime Minister of India when the 73rd and 74th Amendments of the Constitution were passed:
39. Which of the following is not a member of the National Development Council?
40. The food for Work Programme was restructured as:
41. The concept of the mixed economy was introduced during the
42. The major source of revenue of the state governments
(a) Sales Tax (b) Customs Tax
43. The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee was appointed by
44. The main objective of Prime Minister’s Grama Sadak Yojana(PMGSY)
45. The most serious economic problems of India are
46. In India, Community Development Project was started in:
47. The first Asian country to start a community Development Project:
48. NRY was started in:
49. Who presides over the National Development Council?
50. During which Five Year Plan, the Twenty Point Programme (TPP) was launched by Indira Gandhi?
51. The main model that formed the basis of the strategy of the Second Five Year Plan was formulated by
(a) K.N.Raj
(b) P.C.Mahalanobis
(c) Gulsarilal Nandha
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: (b)
52. The Panchayat Raj system was introduced in 1959 under the recommendation of:
(a) Ashok Mehta Committee
(b) Belwant Rai Mehta Committee
(c) Dinesh Goswamy Committee
(d) Narasimham committee
Answer: (b)
53. The state which has the largest percentage of the rural population
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) Chhatisgarh
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: (a)
54. Father of Green Revolution in India
(a) Dr Varghese Kurien
(b) M.S.Swaminathan
(c)M.Visvesvarayya
(d) C.Subramanyam
Answer: (b)
55. The Ashok Mehta Committee was appointed
(a) 1959 (b) 1960
(c) 1977 (d) 1978
Answer: (c)
56. Name the Prime Minister who appointed Ashok Mehta Committee in 1977
(a) Charan Singh(b) Morarji Desai
(c) Indira Gandhi (d) None of these
Answer: (b)
57. The Indira Awas Yojana aims to provide
(a) Houses to poor
(b) Employment (c) Literacy (Drinking water
Answer: (a)
58. Which Five Year Plan is referred to as ‘Industrial and Transport Plan’?
(a) First (b) Second
(c) Third (d) Fourth
Answer: (b)
59. Planning Commission is a/an
(a) Executive body
(b) Constitutional body
(c) Advisory body (d) Elected body
Answer: (c)
60. The major emphasis of the Third Five Plan was
(a) Green Revolution
(b) Operation Flood
(c)100% literacy
(d) Making India self-reliant
Answer: (d)
61. The term ‘Hindu Growth Rate’ was coined by
(a) K.N.Raj (b) Raj Krishna
(c) Mahalanobis (d) V.N.Gadgil
Answer: (b)
62. The concept of Five Year Plan in India was introduced by
(a) Sardar Patel
(b) Dr Rajendra Prasad
(c) Gulsarilal Nanda
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: (d)
63. Family Planning was started in India in
(a) 1947 (b) 1948
(c) 1950 (d) 1952
Answer: (d)
64. Who is known as the Father of Indian Budget?
(a) Dadabhai Navroji
(b) M.Visvesvarayya
(c) P.C.Mahalanobis
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: (c)
65. Where is the National Institute of Rural Development situated?
(a) Hyderabad (b) New Delhi
(c) Ahmedabad (d) Shimla
Answer: (a)
66. Which body gives the final approval for the draft of the five-year plans in India?
(a) Planning Commission
(b) Finance commission
(c) National Development Council
(d) Supreme Court of India
Answer: (c)
67. In which schedule of the constitution provisions related to Municipal Administration is included
(a) 9 (b) 8
(c) 12 (d) 11
Answer: (c)
68. The 73rd Amendment of the constitution came into force in
(a) 1992 (b) 1993
(c) 1994 (d) 1995
Answer: (b)
69. The elections to the three-tier Panchayat Raj institutions are conducted by
(a) Election Commission of India
(b) State Election Commission
(c) Planning Commission
(d) Social Welfare Department
Answer: (b)
70. Norman Borlaug is regarded as the father of...... in the world.
(a) White Revolution
(b) Industrial Revolution
(c) Green Revolution
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
71. The Rolling Plan concept in National Planning was introduced by
(a) Janatha Government
(b) United Front Government
(c) Rajiv Gandhi (d) V.P.Singh
Answer: (a)
72. TRYSEM deals with
(a) Training of young women for employment
(b) Training of rural youth for self-employment
(c) Training of teachers for a literacy programme
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
73. Who was the Prime Minister of India when Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) was started?
(a) Rajiv Gandhi (b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Narasimha Rao (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: (c)
74. Food for Work Programme was introduced during the
(a) Fourth Plan (b) Sixth Plan
(c) Fifth Plan (d) Seventh Plan
Answer: (c)
75. Khadi and Village Industries Commission was set up in the ___ Five Year Plan
(a) First (b) Second
(c) Third (d) Fourth
Answer: (b)
76. Which one of the ancient dynasties was famous for village administration?
(a) Chola (b) Chera
(c) Pallava (d) Pandya
Answer: (a)
77. Who said ‘India lives in her villages’?
(a)Sardar Patel(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Gandhiji (d) Vinoba Bhave
Answer: (c)
78. Father of Local Self Government in India:
(a) Lord Rippon (b) Lord Dufferin
(c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Lord Canning
Answer: (a)
79. Who called villages ‘Little republics’?
(a) Dalhousie (b) Lord Rippon
(c) Lord Curzon (d) Charles Metcaf
Answer: (d)
80. Who was the exponent of the Sreeniketan Project?
(a) Gandhiji (b) Tagore(c) Vinoba Bhave (d) SK Dey
Answer: (b)
81. Sreeniketan Project was launched in:
(a) 1914 (b) 1924
(c) 1934 (d) 1904
Answer: (a)
82. Sreeniketan Project was launched in:
(a)UP (b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Punjab (d) Bengal
Answer: (d)
83. Marthandom Project was launched in the state of:
(a) Kerala (b) Karnataka
(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: (d)
84. Who was the exponent of the Marthandom Project?
(a) SK Dey (b) Spencer Hatch
(c) FL Brane (d) Tagore
Answer: (b)
85. Marthandom Project was started in:
(a)1911 (b) 1914
(c) 1921 (d) 1931
Answer: (c)
86. Gurgaon Project was launched in:
(a) UP (b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Punjab (d) West Bengal
Answer: (c)
87. Who was the architect of the Gurgaon Project?
(a)SK Dey (b) Spencer Hatch
(c) Gandhiji (d) FL Brane
Answer: (d)
88. Farkha Development Scheme was introduced in:
(a)Madras (b) Bombay
(c) Bengal (d) Punjab
Answer: (a)
89. Farkha Development Scheme was introduced in the year:
(a)1943 (b) 1946
(c) 1948 (d) 1958
Answer: (b)
90. Ittawa Project was implemented in:
(a)Punjab (b) Madras
(c) Bengal (d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: (d)
91. The exponent of Ittawa Project:
(a)Albert Mayer
(b) Spencer Hatch (c) SK Dey
(d) Gandhiji
Answer: (a)
92. Ittawa Project was launched in the year:
(a)1948 (b) 1914
(c) 1921 (d) 1946
Answer: (a)
93. Who launched Sevagram Project?
(a)SK Dey (b) Spencer Hatch
(c) Gandhiji (d) FL Brane
Answer: (c)
94. Sevagram is now in the state of:
(a)Punjab (b) UP
(c) Gujarat (d) Maharashtra
Answer: (d)
95. The father of the Nilokheri Experiment:
(a)Gandhiji (b) Vinoba Bhave
(c) SK Dey (d) Albert Mayer
Answer: (c)
96. The first book on Indian Planning entitled ‘Planned Economy’ for India was the attempt of
(a) P.C.Mahalanobis
(b) Dadabhai Navroji
(c) M.Visvesvarayya
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: (c)
97. People’s Plan was envisaged by
(a) J.R.D.Tata (b) M.N.Roy
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: (b)
98. The first Minister for Community Development in the Central Cabinet
(a) Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) Shanmugham Chetty
(c) John Mathai (d) S.K.Dey
Answer: (d)
99. In 1938, the National Planning Committee of the Indian National Congress was set up under the chairmanship of
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Subhas Chandra Bose
(c) Dr Rajendra Prasad
(d) Pattabhi Seetharamayya
Answer: (a)
100. The father of the idea of ‘Gram Swaraj’:
(a)Vinoba Bhave (b) Gandhiji
(c) Sardar Patel (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: (b)
101. Which one of the ancient dynasties was famous for village administration?
(a) Chola (b) Chera
(c) Pallava (d) Pandya
Answer: (a)
102. Who said ‘India lives in her villages’?
(a) Sardar Patel (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Gandhiji (d) Vinoba Bhave
Answer: (c)
103. Father of Local Self Government in India:
(a) Lord Rippon (b) Lord Dufferin
(c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Lord Canning
Answer: (a)
104. Who called villages ‘Little republics’?
(a) Dalhousie (b) Lord Rippon
(c) Lord Curzon (d) Charles Metcaf
Answer: (d)
105. Who was the exponent of the Sreeniketan Project?
(a) Gandhiji (b) Tagore
(c) Vinoba Bhave (d) SK Dey
Answer: (b)
106. Sreeniketan Project was launched in:
(a) 1914 (b) 1924
(c) 1934 (d) 1904
Answer: (a)
107. Sreeniketan Project was launched in:
(a) UP (b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Punjab (d) Bengal
Answer: (d)
108. Marthandom Project was launched in the state of:
(a) Kerala (b) Karnataka
(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: (d)
109. Who was the exponent of the Marthandom Project?
(a) SK Dey (b) Spencer Hatch
(c) FL Brane (d) Tagore
Answer: (b)
110. Marthandom Project was started in:
(a) 1911 (b) 1914
(c) 1921 (d) 1931
Answer: (c)
111. Gurgaon Project was launched in:
(a) UP (b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Punjab (d) West Bengal
Answer: (c)
112. Who was the architect of the Gurgaon Project?
(a) SK Dey (b) Spencer Hatch
(c) Gandhiji (d) FL Brane
Answer: (d)
113. Farkha Development Scheme was introduced in:
(a) Madras (b) Bombay
(c) Bengal (d) Punjab
Answer: (a)
114. Farkha Development Scheme was introduced in the year:
(a) 1943 (b) 1946
(c) 1948 (d) 1958
Answer: (b)
115. Ittawa Project was implemented in:
(a) Punjab (b) Madras
(c) Bengal (d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: (d)
116. The exponent of Ittawa Project:
(a) Albert Mayer (b) Spencer Hatch
(c) SK Dey (d) Gandhiji
Answer: (a)
117. Ittawa Project was launched in the year:
(a) 1948 (b) 1914
(c) 1921 (d) 1946
Answer: (a)
118. Who launched Sevagram Project?
(a) SK Dey (b) Spencer Hatch
(c) Gandhiji (d) FL Brane
Answer: ()
119. Sevagram is now in the state of:
(a) Punjab (b) UP
(c) Gujarat (d) Maharashtra
Answer: (d)
120.The father of the Nilokheri Experiment:
(a) Gandhiji (b) Vinoba Bhave
(c) SK Dey (d) Albert Mayer
Answer: (c)
121. The first book on Indian Planning entitled ‘Planned Economy’ for India was the attempt of
(a) P.C.Mahalanobis (b) Dadabhai Navroji
(c) M.Visvesvarayya (d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: (c)
122. People’s Plan was envisaged by
(a) J.R.D.Tata (b) M.N.Roy
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: (b)
123. The first Minister for Community Development in the Central Cabinet
(a) Vallabhbhai Patel (b) Shanmugham Chetty
(c) John Mathai (d) S.K.Dey
Answer: (d)
124. In 1938, the National Planning Committee of the Indian National Congress was set up under the chairmanship of
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Subhas Chandra Bose
(c) Dr Rajendra Prasad (d) Pattabhi Seetharamayya
Answer: (a)
125. The father of the idea of ‘Gram Swaraj’:
(a)Vinoba Bhave (b) Gandhiji
(c) Sardar Patel (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: (b)
126. Community Development Programme was introduced in India in:
(a) 1947 (b) 1948
(c) 1950 (d) 1952
Answer: (d)
127. Small Farmers Development Agency was formed in:
(a) 1971 (b) 1977
(c) 1979 (d) 1982
Answer: (a)
128. Drought Prone Area Programme was introduced in:
(a) 1972 (b) 1973
(c) 1975 (d) 1976
Answer: (b)
129. Command Area Development Programme was launched in:
(a) 1977 (b) 1975
(c) 1974 (d) 1973
Answer: (c)
130. Marginal Farmers and Agricultural Labourers Development Agency was formed in:
(a) 1975 (b) 1976
(c) 1977 (d) 1978
Answer: (a)
131. Food For Work Programme was started in:
(a) 1976 (b) 1977
(c) 1978 (d) 1979
Answer: (b)
132. TRYSEM (Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment) was launched in:
(a) 1977 (b) 1978
(c) 1979 (d) 1980
Answer: (c)
133. National Rural Employment Programme (NREP) was launched in:
(a) 1977 (b) 1979
(c) 1980 (d) 1982
Answer: (c)
134. Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) was launched in:
(a) 1980 (b) 1982
(c) 1983 (d) 1986
Answer: (a)
135. Development of Women and Children in Rural Area (DWCRA) was launched in:
(a) 1977-78 (b) 1983-84
(c) 1991-92 (d) 1989-90
Answer: (b)
136. Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP) was introduced in:
(a) 1977-78 (b) 1979-80
(c) 1991-92 (d) 1983-84
Answer: (d)
137. Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) was introduced in:
(a) 1985 (b) 1986
(c) 1987 (d) 1988
Answer: (a)
138. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) was started in:
(a) 1988 (b) 1989
(c) 1990 (d) 1991
Answer: (b)
139. Nehru Rozgar Yojana (NRY) was started in:
(a) 1989 (b) 1990
(c) 1992 (d) 1994
Answer: (a)
140. Mahila Samridhi Yojana was introduced in:
(a) 1989 (b) 1990
(c) 1991 (d) 1993
Answer: (d)
141. Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) was started in:
(a) 1990 (b) 1991
(c) 1993 (d) 1994
Answer: (c)
142. Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana was started in:
(a) 1992 (b) 1993
(c) 1994 (d) 1995
Answer: (b)
143.Ganga Kalyan Yojana was launched in:
(a) 1997 (b) 1998
(c) 1999 (d) 2000
Answer: (a)
144. Jawahar Gramasamridhi Yojana (JGSY) was started in:
(a) 1997 (b) 1998
(c) 1999 (d) 2002
Answer: (c)
145. Swarna Jayanti Grama Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) was started in
(a) 1996 (b) 1998
(c) 2000 (d) 1999
Answer: (d)
146. Annapoorna Scheme was launched in:
(a) 2000 (b) 2001
(c) 2002 (d) 2003
Answer: (a)
147. Pradhanmantri Grama Sadak Yojana was started in:
(a) 1999 (b) 2000
(c) 2001 (d) 2002
Answer: (b)
148. Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) was launched in:
(a)1998 (b) 2000
(c) 2001 (d) 2003
Answer: (c)
149. Valmiki Ambedkar Awaas Yojana was introduced in:
(a) 2001 (b) 2002
(c) 2003 (d) 2004
Answer: (a)
150. National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP) was brought into effect in:
(a) 2002 (b) 2003
(c) 2004 (d) 2005
Answer: (d)
151. Which Article of the Constitution is related to Village Panchayats?
(a) 17 (b) 45
(c) 44 (d) 40
Answer: (d)
152. In which field Co-operative Movement was started for the first time in India?
(a) Agricultural Credit (b) Handlooms
(c) Transport (d) None of these
Answer: (a)
153. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) was started in
(a) 1984 (b) 1986
(c) 1989 (d) 1990
Answer: (c)
154. In which schedule of the Constitution Panchayat Raj is included?
(a) 9 (b) 10
(c) 11 (d) 12
Answer: (c)
155. Who inaugurated the Panchayat Raj system at Nagaur in Rajastan in 1959?
(a) S.K.Dey (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Belwant Rai Mehta (d) Dr Rajendra Prasad
Answer: (b)
156. Where is the headquarters of CAPART(Council for Advancedment of People’s Action and Rural Technology)
(a) New Delhi (b) Mumbai
(c) Hyderabad (d) Kolkata
Answer: (a)
157. In which country Green Revolution was started
(a) India (b) USA
(c) Philippines (d) Mexico
Answer: (d)
158. The National Development Council gets its administrative support from the
(a) Finance Commission (b) Union Cabinet
(c) Planning Commission (d) Parliament
Answer: (c)
159. Which body compiles the national income of India?
(a) Reserve Bank of India (b) NABARD
(c) Central Statistical Organisation (d) Ministry of Finance
Answer: (c)
160. The Integrated Rural Development Programme was started during
(a) First Five Year Plan (b) Sixth Five Year Plan
(c) Fifth Five Year Plan (d) Seventh Five Year Plan
Answer: (b)
161. Who gave the slogan “Garibi Hatao”(Eradicate Poverty)?
(a) Indira Gandhi (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Rajiv Gandhi (d) Morarji Desai
Answer: (a)
162. Employment Assurance Scheme(EAS) was launched in
(a) 1983 (b) 1980
(c) 1989 (d) 1993
Answer: (d)
163. Who was the Prime Minister of India when the 73rd and 74th Amendments of the Constitution were passed:
(a) Rajiv Gandhi (b) Indira Gandhi
(c) V.P.Singh (d) Narasimha Rao
Answer: (d)
164. Which of the following is not a member of the National Development Council?
(a) Prime Minister
(b) Members of Planning Commission
(c) Chief Ministers of States
(d) The President of India
Answer: (d)
165. The Food for Work Programme was restructured as:
(a)NRY (b) JRY
(c) IRDP (d) MFAL
Answer: (c)
166. The concept of the mixed economy was introduced during the
(a) First Five Year Plan (b) Second Five Year Plan
(c) Rolling Plan (d) Third Five Year Plan
Answer: (b)
167. The major source of revenue of the state governments
(a) Sales Tax (b) Customs Tax
(c) Income Tax (d) Excise Duty
Answer: (a)
168. The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee was appointed by
(a) Planning Commission
(b) National Development Council
(c) Finance Commission
(d) Central Statistical Organisation
Answer: (b)
169. The main objective of Prime Minister’s Grama Sadak Yojana(PMGSY)
(a) To construct all-weather roads to connect hilly areas and main roads
(b) To assure employment to at least one person of a family living below the poverty line
(c) Afforestation
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
170. The most serious economic problems of India are
(a) Poverty and Unemployment
(b) Illiteracy and starvation
(c) Underdevelopment and illiteracy
(d) Stagnation and poverty
Answer: (a)
171. In India, Community Development Project was started in:
(a) October 2, 1952 (b) August 15, 1952
(c) January 1, 1952 (d) April 1, 1952
Answer: (a)
172. The first Asian country to start Community Development Project:
(a) China (b) Pakistan
(c) India (d) Bangladesh
Answer: (c)
173. NRY was started in:
(a) 1989 (b) 1991
(c) 1993 (d) 1990
Answer: (a)
174. Who presides over the National Development Council?
(a) President (b) Prime Minister
(c) Vice President (d) Speaker
Answer: (b)
175. During which Five Year Plan, the Twenty Point Programme (TPP) was launched by Indira Gandhi?
(a) Five (b) Four
(c) Six (d) Seven
Answer: (a)
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