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All Five Year Plans Questions(1–40 of 40)

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Q1mediummcqGeneral StudiesCompetitive Exams2026
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Which of the following industrial policy resolutions was based on the Mahalanobis model of growth?
Q2mediummcqEconomicsWBCS Prelims2026
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India took Annual Plans from
Q3mediummcqEconomicsWBCS Prelims2026
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The Planning Commission of India had introduced the decentralized planning in the country for the first time in India during ________ Five Year Plan.
Q4mediummcqEconomicsCompetitive Exam2026
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During the first Five-Year Plan, the national income was increased by _________.
Q5mediummcqEconomicsWest Bengal Civil Services2026
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Heavy industrialization was introduced in India in the -
Q6mediummcqEconomicsWest Bengal Civil Services2026
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The first five year plan in India was introduced in the year -
Q7mediummcqIndian EconomyCompetitive Exam Practice Paper2026
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In which of the following plans did India experience two successive wars?
Q8mediummcqIndian EconomyGeneral Studies Competitive Exam2026
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The main objectives of Indian economic planning are:
(i) Economic growth
(ii) Self-reliance
(iii) Employment generation
(iv) Population growth
Q9mediummcqEconomicsCompetitive Exam2026
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Which Five-Year Plan explicitly highlighted the stabilization of population growth as a central objective of economic planning?
Q10mediummcqEconomicsCompetitive Exam2026
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Which of the following periods is known as a 'Plan Holiday' in India?
Q11mediummcqEconomicsCompetitive Exams2026
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Which Five-Year Plan focused explicitly on 'Growth with Social Justice and Equality'?
Q12mediummcqEconomicsCompetitive Exams2026
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What was the fundamental characteristic of the Rolling Plan?
Q13mediummcqGeneral StudiesIndian Competitive Exams2026
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What is the core objective of the Minimum Needs Programme (MNP)?
Q14mediummcqEconomicsCompetitive Examination2026
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Which period in India is known as Plan Holiday?
Q15mediummcqGeneral Knowledge and General AwarenessSSC CPO 20242026
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Which of the following is NOT one of the four primary explicit core goals of India's Five-Year Plans?
Q16mediummcqGeneral AwarenessSSC CGL2026
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Which Five Year Plan was suspended one year before the time schedule?
Q17mediummcqGeneral Knowledge and General AwarenessSSC CPO 20242026
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Which of the following programs was NOT a part of the Tenth Five-Year Plan?
Q18mediummcqIndian EconomyCivil Services Exam2026
For expanding the development of small and medium-sized towns, the scheme of Integrated Development of Small and Medium Towns (IDMST) was initiated during
Q19mediummcqGeneral Knowledge and General AwarenessPrepp2026
Which of the following programmes is NOT a part of the Tenth Five-Year Plan?
Q20mediummcqGeneral Knowledge and General AwarenessCompetitive Exam2026
Which of the following is NOT one of the four primary explicit goals of five-year plans in India?
Q21mediummcqEconomicsWest Bengal Civil Services2026
The second Five Year Plan of India was based on:
Q22mediummcqGeographyCompetitive Exams2026
Which of the following manufacturing industries was set up in Rourkela in 1959, which is in Sundergarh district of Odisha?
Q23mediummcqPolityStaff Selection Commission2026
The concept of five-year plans in the Constitution of India is borrowed from _______.
Q24mediummcqIndian EconomyCompetitive Exams2026
The basic objectives of Indian planning are
(i) economic growth
(ii) self-reliance
(iii) employment generation
(iv) population growth
Q25mediummcqIndian EconomyCompetitive Exam2026
Which Five-year plan stated the objective of stabilizing the population growth to the central feature of planning?
Q26mediummcqIndian EconomyCompetitive Exam2026
Which of the following periods is known as 'Plan holiday' in India?
Q27mediummcqEconomyEconomic Planning in India2026
Which Five-year plan focused on 'Growth with Social Justice and Equality'?
Q28mediummcqEconomyPlanning History of India2026
The basic feature of the Rolling Plans was that
Q29mediummcqIndian Polity & EconomyIndian Competitive Exams2026
The Minimum Needs Programme (MNP), introduced during the Fifth Five-Year Plan, primarily aims to:
Q30mediummcqEconomicsGeneral Knowledge2026
The name of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis is associated with
Q31mediummcqGeneral StudiesCompetitive Exams2026
During the First Five-Year Plan, the national income increased by:
Q32mediummcqIndian EconomyCompetitive Exams2026
The Planning Commission of India had introduced decentralized planning in the country for the first time during the ________ Five Year Plan.
Q33mediummcqEconomyCompetitive Exam2026
The Second Five-Year Plan () of India was primarily based on which economic framework or development model?
Q34mediummcqIndian EconomyPractice Paper2026
When was the first five year plan implemented in India?
Q35mediummcqEconomicsSSC CGL2026
Which of the following Five Year Plan can be strategically associated with the Green Revolution?
Q36easymcqGeneral AwarenessSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
The period 2007-2012 was associated with the ______ Plan.
Q37mediummcqIndian EconomyCompetitive Exam2026
Which of the following Five Year Plan had the focus on 'food, work & productivity'?
Q38mediummcqEconomicsSSC CGL2026
In which of the following Five Year Plan was the growth rate target exceeded?
Q39mediummcqIndian Economy & PlanningIndian History Competitive Exam2026
For expanding the development of small and medium-sized towns, the scheme of Integrated Development of Small and Medium Towns (IDMST) was initiated during:
Q40mediummcqGeographyCompetitive Exam2026
Planning Commission has delineated 15 agro-climate region which were proposed to form basic for agricultural planning for the

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