Rural Development Programmes -4

Rural Development Programmes -4

46. 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)

47. The first Asian country to startCommunity Development Project:

(a) China (b) Pakistan

(c) India (d) Bangladesh

Answer: (c)

48. NRY was started in:

(a) 1989 (b) 1991

(c) 1993 (d) 1990

Answer: (a)

49. Who presides over the National Development Council?

(a) President

(b) Prime Minister

(c) Vice President (d) Speaker

Answer: (b)

50. 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)

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 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 Third Five Plan was

(a) Green Revolution

(b) Operation Flood

(c)100% literacy

(d) Making India self-reliant

Answer: (d)

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