CBSE Class 12 Political Science Politics of Planned Development MCQs

Question : Which of the following ideas did not form part of the early phase of India’s development policy?
(a) Planning
(b) Liberalisation
(c) Cooperative Farming
(d) Self-sufficiency
Answer : B

Question : In India, planning was conceived as the main instrument of:
(a) Political development
(b) Cultural development
(c) Social development
(d) Socio-economic development
Answer : D

Question : Which of these statements about the Bombay Plan is incorrect?
(a) It was a blueprint for India’s economic future
(b) It supported state-ownership of industry
(c) It was made by some leading industrialists
(d) It supported strongly the idea of planning
Answer : A

Question : NITI AYOG was established on
(a) 15th August 2015
(b) 26th January 2015
(c) 2 nd October 2015
(d) 1 st January 2015
Answer : D

Question : District level Panchayats are known as
(a) Panchayat Samiti
(b) Gram Panchayat
(c) Zilla Parisad
(d) None of these.
Answer : C

Question : The Chairman of the National Development Council is:
(a) President of India
(b) Finance Minister of India
(c) Prime Minister of India
(d) Chief Minister of U.P.
Answer : C

Question : What was the name given to the model of decentralised planning adopted by the southern state of India?
(a) Kerala Model
(b) Tamil Nadu Model
(c) Andhra Pardesh Model
(d) Karnataka Model
Answer : A

Question : The Planning Commission was established in the year
(a) 1947
(b) 1948
(c) 1950
(d) 1965
Answer : C

Question : The first plan started on
(a) 1950
(b) 1951
(c) 1965
(d) 1991
Answer : B

Question : Planning Commission was scrapped on
(a) 2015
(b) 2014
(c) 2017
(d) 2012
Answer : B

Question : Who among the following was the first chairman of Tripura State Planning Board
(a) Sri Manik Sarkar
(b) Sri Sudhir Majumder
(c) Sri Nripen Chakraborty
(d) Sri Biplab Kumar Deb
Answer : C

Question : Panchayati Raj System is based on the vision of
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Rammohan Roy
(d) None of them.
Answer : A

Question : Formation of NITI AYOG was announced in
(a) 15th August 2015
(b) 15th August 2014
(c) 26th January 2015
(d) 26th January 2014
Answer : B 

Question : Local Self Government intends to improve
(a) Economic condition
(b) Social condition
(c) Both economic and social condition
(d) None of these.
Answer : C

Question : Tripura State Planning Board was set up in
(a) 1972
(b) 1971
(c) 1978
(d) 1985
Answer : C

Question : Which of the following is not a feature of Indian planning
(a) Development planning
(b) Indicative planning
(c) Democratic planning
(d) Centralized planning
Answer : D 

Question : Who amongst the following is the chairperson of NITI Aayog
(a) The president
(b) The Prime Minister
(c) The Union Minister
(d) The Finance Minister
Answer : B

Question : Who appoints the Vice-Chairperson of NITI Aayog
(a) The Prime Minster
(b) The President
(c) The Chief Executive Officer
(d) The Union Minister
Answer : A

Question : Number of part-time members in NITI Aayog is
(a) 5
(b) 10
(c) Not exceeding 2
(d) 2
Answer : C

Question : A rolling plan refers to a plan which
(a) Does not change its target every year
(b) Changes its allocation every year
(c) Changes its allocation and target every year
(d) Changes only its target every year
Answer : C

Question : Who amongst the following is the longest serving member of Tripura State Planning Board
(a) Sri Nripen Chakraborty
(b) Sri M.L.Debnath
(c) Sri Jiten Chowdhury
(d) Sri Sudhir Majumder
Answer : B

Question : The concept of Participatory Development was introduced in
(a) 1980s
(b) 1970s
(c) 1950s
(d) 2000s
Answer : B

Question : “GRAND INNOVATION CHALLENGE” was launched by
(a) NITI Aayog
(b) Planning Commission
(c) National Planning Committee
(d) Finance Commission
Answer : A

Question : Full form of NITI Aayog is
(a) National Institute for Transforming India
(b) National Institution for transforming India
(c) National Institute for Transmitting India
(d) None of the above
Answer : B

Question : Engagement of local people in development project refers to
(a) Economic Development
(b) Social Development
(c) Participatory Development
(d) Sustainable Development.
Answer : C

Question : The entire process of participatory development can be completed in
(a) 4 stages
(b) 5 stages
(c) 2 stage
(d) 3 stages
Answer : A

Question : The form of Participation where the primary stakeholders participate in the discussion and analysis of pre-determined objectives is called
(a) Empowerment participation
(b) Participation by collaboration
(c) Participation by consultation
(d) Passive participation
Answer : B

Question : The father of Indian planning is
(a) Jawahar lal Nehru
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) B.R. Ambedkar
(d) M. Vishveshshwariah
Answer : D 

Question : Panchayati Raj is a
(a) Two tier system
(b) Three tier system
(c) Four tier system
(d) None of the above.
Answer : B

Question : Why J. C. Kumarappa supported the plan of industrialization of rural areas?
(A) For the ground level development
(B) To help the poor
(C) To escape the vicious circle of poverty
(D) To boost up the economy
Answer : C

Question : Which of these statements about the Bombay Plan is incorrect?
(A) It was a blueprint for India’s economic future.
(B) It supported state-ownership of industry.
(C) It was made by some leading industrialists.
(D) It supported strongly the idea of planning.
Answer : A

Question : Identify the stages of modernization:
(A) Agrarian society
(B) Drive to maturity
(C) Age of high consumption
(D) All of the Above
Answer : D

Question : ...................... acts as a think tank of the Union Government. 
(A) NITI Aayog
(B) Yojana Aayog
(C) Election Commission of India
(D) Ministry of External Affairs
Answer : A

Question : When the NDC was setup?
(A) 6 August 1952
(B) 6 December 1952
(C) 7 August 1952
(D) 10 June 1952
Answer : A

Question : Which factor was responsible for discouraging research and development in manufacturing sector?
(A) Goods manufactured by local industries
(B) Poor import and export policy
(C) Export restrictions on goods manufactured in India
(D) All of the above
Answer : C

Question : The principle of land reforms failed across the country:
(A) due to the government policies
(B) due to recession all over the country
(C) because nobody was capable of buying the land
(D) due to political influence and corruption in the society
Answer : D

Question : ...................... was also associated with the ideas of growth, material progress and scientific rationality.
(A) Democracy
(B) Secularism
(C) Globalization
(D) Modernization K
Answer : D

Question : What was the concept of becoming more ‘modern’?
(A) Industrialized countries in West
(B) Developing like an own identity of developed nation
(C) Adopting globalization to a higher extent
(D) Adopting western capitalist modal of economy
Answer : A

Question : Which one of the following was not a part of the early phase of India’s development policy?
(A) Planning
(B) Self sufficiency
(C) Privatization
(D) Social and economic justice.
Answer : C

Question : When were the restrictions on private industries imposed?
(A) 1960s
(B) 1970s
(C) 1990s
(D) 1950s
Answer : A

Question : The idea of planning in India was drawn from:
(i) the Bombay Plan
(ii) experiences of the Soviet bloc countries
(iii) Gandhian vision of society
(iv) demand by peasant organisations
(A) (ii) and (iv) only
(B) (iii) and (iv) only
(C) (i) and (ii) only
(D) All of the above
Answer : D

Question : Why were the tribal hostile to the development of Odisha?
(A) They feared loss of their employment as well as lodgings
(B) They were illiterate
(C) They never liked intrusion of outsiders
(D) All of the above
Answer : A

Question : In 1946, who was chairman of the Planning Advisory Board?
(A) K C Neogy
(B) Sardar Patel
(C) Dr. Ambedkar
(D) None of the above
Answer : A

Question : . ...................... Policy has been adopted by NITI Aayog.
(A) Make in India
(B) Come on India
(C) Start-up India
(D) Swachch Bharat
Answer : A

Question : On which model was The Planning Commission of India setup?
(A) Calcutta model
(B) Bombay Plan
(C) National Development Model
(D) None of the above
Answer : B

Question : ...................... play an important role in the economy of developing countries like India.
(A) Private sectors
(B) Public sectors
(C) Union ministers
(D) State government
Answer : B

Question : Which apex body is responsible for decision making and deliberations on development matters in India?
(A) Finance Ministry
(B) Niti Ayog
(C) The National Development Council
(D) None of the above
Answer : C

Question : NITI Aayog was set up:
(A) to bring more accuracy in the development
(B) because people had expectations for growth and development in the administration through their participation
(C) so that departments could be included in Planning Commission
(D) all the above
Answer : B

ASSERTION AND REASON BASED MCQs 

Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Question : Assertion: Development could not be left to private actors, that there was the need for the government to develop a design or plan for development. UE
Reason: The Bombay Plan wanted the state to take major initiatives in industrial and other economic investments.
Answer : B

Question : Assertion: India did not follow any of the two known paths to development – it did not accept the capitalist model of development in which development was left entirely to the private sector, nor did it follow the socialist model in which private property was abolished and all the production was controlled by the state.
Reason: It was India’s one of the biggest mistakes that India did not adopt any one of the two models suggested above.
Answer : B

Question : Assertion: The excitement with planning reached its peak with the launching of the Second Five Year Plan in 1956 and continued somewhat till the Third Five Year Plan in 1961.
Reason: Though many criticisms emerged both about the process and the priorities of these plans, the foundation of India’s economic development was firmly in place by then.
Answer : A

Question : Assertion: ‘Development’ was about becoming more ‘modern’ and modern was about becoming more like the industrialized countries of the West.
Reason: It was believed that every country would go through the process of modernization as in the West, which involved the breakdown of traditional social structures and the rise of capitalism and liberalism.
Answer : A

Question : Assertion: The Second Five Year Plan stressed on heavy industries. It was drafted by a team of economists and planners under the leadership of P. C. Mahalanobis.
Reason: However, the Second Five Year Plan was responsible for the ruin of the agriculture as it did not have enough funding to support it.
Answer : C

Question : Assertion: The First Five Year Plan (1951–1956) sought to get the country’s economy out of the cycle of poverty.
Reason: K. N. Raj, a young economist involved in drafting the plan, argued that India should ‘hasten slowly’ for the first two decades as a fast rate of development might endanger democracy.
Answer : B

Question : Assertion: The nationalist leaders were clear that the economic concerns of the government of free India would have to be different from the narrowly defined commercial functions of the colonial government.
Reason: It was further clear that the eradication of the poverty was not the responsibility of the government, but the people.
Answer : C

Question : Assertion: Huge allocations were made for largescale projects like the Bhakhra Nangal Dam. U
Reason: Agricultural sector was hit hardest by Partition and needed urgent attention.
Answer : A

Question : Assertion: The example of Orissa shows us that it is not enough to say that everyone wants development. 
Reason: For ‘development’ has same or similar meanings for different sections of the people.
Answer : C

Question : Assertion: The draft of the First Five Year Plan and then the actual Plan Document, released in December 1951, generated a lot of excitement in the country.
Reason: This draft failed to meet the expectations of the country as it did not have anything for common men.
Answer : C

Case based MCQ Chapter 3 Politics of Planned Development Political Science

I. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow:

NITI Aayog or National Institution for Transforming India Aayog is basically a policy think tank of Government of India and State Governments that replaces 65-year old Planning Commission. Union Government of India had announced formation of NITI Aayog on 1st January, 2015. The body is comprised of a CEO and a Vice Chairperson, to be appointed by the Prime Minister, in addition to some full-time members and two part-time members, while four Union Ministers would serve as ex-officio members. Besides, there would be specific regional councils, while experts and specialists from various fields would be called as special invitees nominated by the Prime Ministers. NITI Aayog will serve as a “think tank” of the government as a “directional and policy dynamo” and would provide both to the governments at the centre and in the states with strategic and technical advice on key policy matters including economic issues of national and international importance. NITI Aayog will have regional councils to focus on developmental activities on specific areas and is patterned on the National Reforms Development Commission of China.

Question : When was NITI Aayog formed?
(A) 3rd January, 2015
(B) 1st January, 2015
(C) 1st January, 2016
(D) 1st December, 2016
Answer : B

Question : The CEO and Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog is appointed by .................... .
(A) President of India
(B) Members of Parliament
(C) Prime Minister of India
(D) Home minister of India
Answer : C

Question : How will NITI Aayog serve for India?
(A) Back Bone
(B) Think Tank
(C) Planning Commission
(D) None of the above
Answer : B

Question : Which councils NITI Aayog will have to focus on developmental activities on specific areas and is patterned on the National Reforms Development Commission of China?
(A) National Councils
(B) International Councils
(C) Regional Councils
(D) All the above
Answer : C

 II. Study the cartoon given below carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Question : Who in the picture is balancing between the public and private sectors?
(A) Nehru
(B) Sardar Patel
(C) K. Kamraj
(D) None of the above
Answer : A

Question : Why has a big tilt towards the public sector been shown in the cartoon?
(A) The numbers of public sector meant to be increased.
(B) over emphasis given to the public sector.
(C) the ruling parties in India believe to give importance of public sector.
(D) All of the above
Answer : C

Question : Which type of economic model was adopted by India?
(A) Capitalist
(B) Socialist
(C) Liberal socialist
(D) Mixed economic principle
Answer : D

Question : How did the public sector affect the private sector?
(A) The prices in India remained in control
(B) The wealth of public was growing
(C) Public sector paid more tax to government
(D) Private sector was adversely affected
Answer : D

III. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

The Second Five Year Plan stressed on heavy industries. It was drafted by a team of economists and planners under the leadership of P.C. Mahalanobis. If the first plan had preached patience, the second wanted to bring about quick structural transformation by making changes simultaneously in all possible directions. Before this plan was finalized, the Congress party at its session held at Avadi near the then Madras city, passed an important resolution. It declared that ‘Socialist pattern of society’ was its goal. This was reflected in the Second Plan. The government imposed substantial tariffs on imports in order to protect domestic industries. Such protected environment helped both public and private sector industries to grow. As savings and investment were growing in this period, a bulk of these industries like electricity, railways, steel, machineries and communication could be developed in the public sector. Indeed, such a push for industrialisation marked a turning point in India’s development.

Question : Who drafted the Second Five Year Plan?
(A) Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar
(B) P. C. Mahalanobis
(C) Morarji Desai
(D) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer : B

Question : What was anticipated from Second Five Year Plan?
(A) Structural transformation
(B) Economic transformation
(C) Infrastructural development
(D) Eradication of poverty
Answer : A

Question : What goal was declared by the Congress Party at the session held at Avadi?
(A) Religious pattern society
(B) Capitalist pattern society
(C) Socialist pattern society
(D) None of the above
Answer : C

Question : Why did government impose substantial tariffs on imports?
(A) To increase the income from imports
(B) To create employment in import-export sector
(C) To restrict foreign goods
(D) To protect domestic industries
Answer : D

V. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

On the eve of Independence, India had before it, two models of modern development: the liberalcapitalist model as in much of Europe and the US and the socialist model as in the USSR. There were many in India then who were deeply impressed by the Soviet model of development. These included not just the leaders of the Communist Party of India, but also those of the Socialist Party and leaders like Nehru within the Congress. There were very few supporters of the American style capitalist development. As in the USSR, the Planning Commission of India opted for Five Year Plans (FYP). The idea is very simple: The Government of India prepares a document that has a plan for all its income and expenditure for the next five years. Accordingly, the budget of the Central and all the State governments is divided into two parts: ‘non-plan’ budget that is spent on routine items on a yearly basis and ‘plan’ budget that is spent on a five-year basis as per the priorities fixed by the plan. A five-year plan has the advantage of permitting the government to focus on the larger picture and make long-term intervention in the economy. The draft of the First Five Year Plan and then the actual Plan Document, released in December 1951, generated a lot of excitement in the country.

Question : Which two models of modern development did India follow?
(A) Liberal-capitalist and Socialist
(B) Liberal and Capitalist
(C) Socialist and Communist
(D) None of the above
Answer : A

Question : Which model had least supporters in India?
(A) USSR
(B) Liberal
(C) Capitalist
(D) Socialist
Answer : C

Question : The Budget is divided into which two parts?
(A) Planned and semi planned budget
(B) Planned and non-planned budget
(C) Planned and reserved budget
(D) None of the above
Answer : B

Question : When was the draft of first five-year plan was released?
(A) November 1950
(B) December 1950
(C) October 1951
(D) December 1951
Answer : D