Rural Development Programmes -6

Rural Development Programmes -6
History of Rural Development

1. Which one of the ancient dynasties was famous for village administration?

(a) Chola (b) Chera

(c) Pallava (d) Pandya

Answer: (a)

2. Who said ‘India lives in her villages’?

(a)Sardar Patel(b) Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) Gandhiji     (d) Vinoba Bhave

Answer: (c)

3. Father of Local Self Government in India:

(a) Lord Rippon (b) Lord Dufferin

(c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Lord Canning

Answer: (a)

4. Who called villages as ‘Little republics’?

(a) Dalhousie (b) Lord Rippon

(c) Lord Curzon (d) Charles Metcaf

Answer: (d)

5. Who was the exponent of Sreeniketan Project?

(a) Gandhiji (b) Tagore(c) Vinoba Bhave (d) SK Dey

Answer: (b)

6. Sreeniketan Project was launched in:

(a) 1914 (b) 1924

(c) 1934 (d) 1904

Answer: (a)

7. Sreeniketan Project was launched in:

(a)UP (b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Punjab (d) Bengal

Answer: (d)

8. Marthandom Project was launched in the state of:

(a) Kerala (b) Karnataka

(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: (d)

9. Who was the exponent of Marthandom Project ?

(a) SK Dey (b) Spencer Hatch

(c) FL Brane (d) Tagore

Answer: (b)

10. Marthandom Project was started in:

(a)1911 (b) 1914

(c) 1921 (d) 1931

Answer: (c)

11. Gurgaon Project was launched in:

(a) UP (b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Punjab (d) West Bengal

Answer: (c)

12. Who was the architect of Gurgaon Project?

(a)SK Dey (b) Spencer Hatch

(c) Gandhiji (d) FL Brane

Answer: (d)

13. Farkha Development Scheme was introduced in:

(a)Madras (b) Bombay

(c) Bengal (d) Punjab

Answer: (a)

14. Farkha Development Scheme was introduced in the year:

(a)1943 (b) 1946

(c) 1948 (d) 1958

Answer: (b)

15. Ittawa Project was implemented in:

(a)Punjab (b) Madras

(c) Bengal (d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer: (d)

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1.  Social Welfare Schemes and Measures

2. Rural Development Programmes
3. Facts about India 
4. Facts about Kerala
5. Constitution of India 

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