1.
What term is used in the chapter to describe the process of economic development planning?
(a) Hit-and-Miss
(b) Sectoral Planning
(c) Traditional Planning
(d) Economic Reforms
Answer
Answer: (b) Sectoral Planning
2.
What does sectoral planning involve?
(a) Hit-and-Miss Methods
(b) Formulation and Implementation of Schemes for Various Economic Sectors
(c) Traditional Reforms
(d) Random Actions for Development
Answer
Answer: (b) Formulation and Implementation of Schemes for Various Economic Sectors
3.
What is the term used for the planning that aims to reduce regional imbalance in development?
(a) Hit-and-Miss Planning
(b) Sectoral Planning
(c) Regional Planning
(d) Economic Reforms
Answer
Answer: (c) Regional Planning
4.
When was NITI Aayog formed?
(a) 1 January 2010
(b) 1 January 2005
(c) 1 January 2015
(d) 1 January 2020
Answer
Answer: (c) 1 January 2015
5.
What was the Planning Commission replaced by on 1 January 2015?
(a) Centralized Planning
(b) Decentralized Planning
(c) NITI Aayog
(d) Economic Policy Commission
Answer
Answer: (c) NITI Aayog
6.
What is the objective of NITI Aayog?
(a) Centralized Economic Planning
(b) Decentralized Multi-Level Planning
(c) Involving States in Economic Policy Making
(d) Both (b) and (c)
Answer
Answer: (d) Both (b) and (c)
7.
What does NITI Aayog provide to the Central and State governments?
(a) Financial Assistance
(b) Strategic and Technical Advice
(c) Operational Support
(d) Policy Implementation
Answer
Answer: (b) Strategic and Technical Advice
8.
What was the responsibility of plan formulation at the district level before NITI Aayog?
(a) State Planning Commission
(b) District Planning Committee
(c) Central Planning Commission
(d) Economic Development Committee
Answer
Answer: (b) District Planning Committee
9.
What is the primary focus of regional planning?
(a) Economic Development in Isolation
(b) Hit-and-Miss Methods
(c) Reducing Regional Imbalance in Development
(d) Sectoral Planning
Answer
Answer: (c) Reducing Regional Imbalance in Development
10.
What was the initial approach to planning in India after Independence?
(a) Decentralized Multi-Level Planning
(b) Centralized Planning
(c) Hit-and-Miss Methods
(d) Sectoral Planning
Answer
Answer: (b) Centralized Planning
1.
What was introduced by the Planning Commission to address regional imbalances in economic development?
(a) Target Area and Target Group Approaches
(b) Command Area Development Programme
(c) Drought Prone Area Development Programme
(d) Desert Development Programme
Answer
Answer: (a) Target Area and Target Group Approaches
2.
What does economic development require besides resources?
(a) Technology
(b) Investment
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Resources Alone
Answer
Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b)
3.
Which of the following is an example of a target group programme?
(a) Command Area Development Programme
(b) Drought Prone Area Development Programme
(c) Small Farmers Development Agency (SFDA)
(d) All of above
Answer
Answer: (d) All of above
4.
What type of areas were special area programmes designed for in the 8th Five Year Plan?
(a) Urban Areas
(b) Coastal Areas
(c) Hill Areas, North-Eastern States, Tribal Areas, and Backward Areas
(d) Industrial Areas
Answer
Answer: (c) Hill Areas, North-Eastern States, Tribal Areas, and Backward Areas
5.
What is the primary focus of the Command Area Development Programme?
(a) Developing Hill Areas
(b) Developing Desert Areas
(c) Developing Drought Prone Areas
(d) Developing Agricultural Areas
Answer
Answer: (d) Developing Agricultural Areas
6.
What agencies are examples of target group programmes?
(a) Command Area Development Programme and Desert Development Programme
(b) Small Farmers Development Agency (SFDA) and Marginal Farmers Development Agency (MFDA)
(c) Hill Area Development Programme and Drought Prone Area Development Programme
(d) Planning Commission and NITI Aayog
Answer
Answer: (b) Small Farmers Development Agency (SFDA) and Marginal Farmers Development Agency (MFDA)
7.
What was the realization that led to the introduction of target area and target group approaches to planning?
(a) Economic Backwardness of Resource-Rich Regions
(b) Lack of Technology in Economic Development
(c) Social Disparities in Economic Development
(d) Planning Experience of One-and-a-Half Decades
Answer
Answer: (a) Economic Backwardness of Resource-Rich Regions
1.
Which areas were covered by the Hill Area Development Programmes during the Fifth Five Year Plan?
(a) Coastal Areas
(b) Hilly Districts of Uttar Pradesh (present Uttarakhand)
(c) Desert Areas
(d) Metropolitan Areas
Answer
Answer: (b) Hilly Districts of Uttar Pradesh (present Uttarakhand), Mikir Hill, North Cachar hills of Assam, Darjeeling district of West Bengal, and Nilgiri district of Tamil Nadu
2.
What recommendation did the National Committee on the Development of Backward Area make in 1981?
(a) Initiating Urban Development Programmes
(b) Treating All Hill Areas Above 600m as Backward Hill Areas
(c) Focusing on Coastal Development
(d) Implementing Industrial Development Programmes
Answer
Answer: (b) Treating All Hill Areas Above 600m as Backward Hill Areas
3.
What was the focus of the detailed plans for the development of hill areas?
(a) Industrialization
(b) Harnessing Indigenous Resources
(c) Coastal Development
(d) Metropolitan Development
Answer
Answer: (b) Harnessing Indigenous Resources
4.
What types of activities were the Hill Area Development Programmes aimed at?
(a) Urban Development
(b) Information Technology
(c) Horticulture, Plantation, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Poultry, Forestry, and Small-Scale and Village Industry
(d) Transportation and Communication
Answer
Answer: (c) Horticulture, Plantation, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Poultry, Forestry, and Small-Scale and Village Industry
5.
According to the National Committee in 1981, which hill areas were to be treated as backward?
(a) All Hill Areas
(b) Only Tribal Sub-Plan Areas
(c) Areas with Height Above 600m
(d) Coastal Hill Areas
Answer
Answer: (c) Areas with Height Above 600m
1.
What was the primary objective of the Drought Prone Area Programme initiated during the Fourth Five Year Plan?
(a) Promoting Industrialization
(b) Providing Employment in Drought-Prone Areas
(c) Creating Basic Rural Infrastructure
(d) Focusing on Educational Development
Answer
Answer: (b) Providing Employment in Drought-Prone Areas
2.
What did the Drought Prone Area Programme initially emphasize during its implementation?
(a) Irrigation Projects
(b) Land Development Programmes
(c) Labour-Intensive Civil Works
(d) Afforestation
Answer
Answer: (c) Labour-Intensive Civil Works
3.
What strategies for the development of drought-prone areas were suggested due to growing population pressure?
(a) Focusing on Irrigation
(b) Utilizing Marginal Lands for Agriculture
(c) Creating Basic Rural Infrastructure
(d) Promoting Industrialization
Answer
Answer: (b) Utilizing Marginal Lands for Agriculture
4.
What did the National Committee on Development of Backward Areas observe about the focus of the Drought Prone Area Programme?
(a) Industrial Development
(b) Development of Basic Rural Infrastructure
(c) Largely Confined to Agriculture and Allied Sectors
(d) Labour-Intensive Civil Works
Answer
Answer: (c) Largely Confined to Agriculture and Allied Sectors
5.
What did the Irrigation Commission introduce as the criterion for demarcating drought-prone areas?
(a) Percentage of Urban Population
(b) Percentage of Irrigated Area (30%)
(c) Percentage of Literacy Rate
(d) Percentage of Industrialization
Answer
Answer: (b) Percentage of Irrigated Area (30%)
6.
Which regions in India are broadly identified as drought-prone areas?
(a) Coastal Areas
(b) Northern Plains
(c) Semi-Arid and Arid Tract of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Western Madhya Pradesh, Marathwada Region of Maharashtra, Rayalseema and Telangana Plateaus of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka Plateau and Highlands and Interior Parts of Tamil Nadu
(d) Urban Areas
Answer
Answer: (c) Semi-Arid and Arid Tract of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Western Madhya Pradesh, Marathwada Region of Maharashtra, Rayalseema and Telangana Plateaus of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka Plateau and Highlands and Interior Parts of Tamil Nadu
7.
What approach is suggested for the development of drought-prone areas at the micro-level?
(a) Industrialization Approach
(b) Labour-Intensive Civil Works
(c) Integrated Watershed Development Approach
(d) Promoting Educational Development
Answer
Answer: (c) Integrated Watershed Development Approach
8.
What is considered a basic consideration in the strategy for the development of drought-prone areas?
(a) Labour-Intensive Civil Works
(b) Restoration of Ecological Balance
(c) Industrial Development
(d) Development of Basic Rural Infrastructure
Answer
Answer: (b) Restoration of Ecological Balance
9.
How many districts prone to drought were identified by the Planning Commission of India in 1967?
(a) 50
(b) 67
(c) 100
(d) 150
Answer
Answer: (b) 67
10.
Which areas in India are largely protected from drought due to the spread of irrigation?
(a) Coastal Areas
(b) Punjab, Haryana, and North-Rajasthan
(c) Northern Plains
(d) Urban Areas
Answer
Answer: (b) Punjab, Haryana, and North-Rajasthan
11.
What were the types of activities later emphasized by the Drought Prone Area Programme?
(a) Labour-Intensive Civil Works
(b) Irrigation Projects
(c) Land Development Programmes
(d) Afforestation, Grassland Development, and Creation of Basic Rural Infrastructure
Answer
Answer: (d) Afforestation, Grassland Development, and Creation of Basic Rural Infrastructure
12.
What was the observation about the Drought Prone Area Programme in terms of ecological balance?
(a) It Largely Ignored Ecological Balance
(b) It Emphasized Urban Development
(c) Major Focus on Restoration of Ecological Balance
(d) It Had No Impact on Ecological Conditions
Answer
Answer: (c) Major Focus on Restoration of Ecological Balance
13.
What percentage of irrigated area was introduced as the criterion for demarcating drought-prone areas by the Irrigation Commission?
(a) 20%
(b) 30%
(c) 40%
(d) 50%
Answer
Answer: (b) 30%
14.
What approach is recommended for the development of drought-prone areas at the micro-level?
(a) Labour-Intensive Civil Works
(b) Industrialization Approach
(c) Integrated Watershed Development Approach
(d) Focusing on Educational Development
Answer
Answer: (c) Integrated Watershed Development Approach
15.
Which regions in India are considered as drought-prone areas?
(a) Coastal Areas
(b) Semi-Arid and Arid Tract of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Western Madhya Pradesh, Marathwada Region of Maharashtra, Rayalseema and Telangana Plateaus of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka Plateau and Highlands and Interior Parts of Tamil Nadu
(c) Northern Plains
(d) All of the Above
Answer
Answer: (b) Semi-Arid and Arid Tract of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Western Madhya Pradesh, Marathwada Region of Maharashtra, Rayalseema and Telangana Plateaus of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka Plateau and Highlands and Interior Parts of Tamil Nadu
1.
Which tehsils comprise the Bharmaur tribal area?
(a) Kangra and Khani
(b) Bharmaur and Holi
(c) Tundah and Kugti
(d) Holi and Khani
Answer
Answer: (b) Bharmaur and Holi
2.
What is the distinct identity of the tribal community in Bharmaur?
(a) Rajputs
(b) Gaddi
(c) Himachalis
(d) Gujjars
Answer
Answer: (b) Gaddi
3.
When was Bharmaur designated as one of the Integrated Tribal Development Projects (ITDP) in Himachal Pradesh?
(a) 1960s
(b) 1970s
(c) 1980s
(d) 1990s
Answer
Answer: (b) 1970s
4.
What were the main priorities of the area development plan under the Fifth Five Year Plan for Bharmaur?
(a) Industrial Development
(b) Education and Healthcare
(c) Transport and Communications, Agriculture and Allied Activities, and Social and Community Services
(d) Urban Development
Answer
Answer: (c) Transport and Communications, Agriculture and Allied Activities, and Social and Community Services
5.
Which river areas are the main beneficiaries of infrastructural development in Bharmaur?
(a) Ganga and Yamuna
(b) Ravi in Holi and Khani
(c) Beas and Satluj
(d) Chenab and Jhelum
Answer
Answer: (b) Ravi in Holi and Khani
6.
What is the total population of Bharmaur sub-division according to the 2011 census?
(a) 10,000
(b) 25,000
(c) 39,113
(d) 50,000
Answer
Answer: (c) 39,113
7.
What significant contribution did the tribal sub-plan make to the Bharmaur region?
(a) Promotion of Urbanization
(b) Development of Industrial Infrastructure
(c) Development of Infrastructure in terms of Schools, Healthcare Facilities, Potable Water, Roads, Communications, and Electricity
(d) Focus on Tourism
Answer
Answer: (c) Development of Infrastructure in terms of Schools, Healthcare Facilities, Potable Water, Roads, Communications, and Electricity
8.
What changes were observed in the literacy rate in the Bharmaur region from 1971 to 2011?
(a) Decrease in Literacy Rate
(b) No Change in Literacy Rate
(c) Tremendous Increase in Literacy Rate
(d) Slight Increase in Literacy Rate
Answer
Answer: (c) Tremendous Increase in Literacy Rate
9.
What was the primary focus of the tribal sub-plan in Bharmaur in terms of development?
(a) Industrial Development
(b) Tourism Promotion
(c) Agriculture and Allied Activities
(d) Urbanization
Answer
Answer: (c) Agriculture and Allied Activities
10.
What has been the trend in the cultivation of pulses and other cash crops in the Bharmaur region?
(a) Decline
(b) No Change
(c) Increase
(d) Complete Shift to Horticulture
Answer
Answer: (c) Increase
11.
What is the present status of transhumance in Bharmaur?
(a) Completely Abandoned
(b) Practiced by All Households
(c) Practiced by About One-Tenth of Total Households
(d) Increasing Trend in Practice
Answer
Answer: (c) Practiced by About One-Tenth of Total Households
12.
What is the major economic activity of the Gaddis in Bharmaur?
(a) Industrial Work
(b) Trading
(c) Agriculture and Allied Activities
(d) Service Sector
Answer
Answer: (c) Agriculture and Allied Activities
13.
What is the mobility pattern of the Gaddis during winter?
(a) No Movement
(b) Migration to Urban Areas
(c) Migration to Kangra and Surrounding Areas for Wage Labour
(d) Complete Relocation to Lower Altitude Areas
Answer
Answer: (c) Migration to Kangra and Surrounding Areas for Wage Labour
14.
What are the changes observed in gender inequality in literacy level in Bharmaur?
(a) Increase in Gender Inequality
(b) No Change in Gender Inequality
(c) Decline in Gender Inequality
(d) Complete Elimination of Gender Inequality
Answer
Answer: (c) Decline in Gender Inequality
15.
What were the historically experienced challenges by the Gaddis in Bharmaur?
(a) Political Isolation and Socio-Economic Deprivation
(b) Lack of Cultural Identity
(c) Industrial Backwardness
(d) Environmental Degradation
Answer
Answer: (a) Political Isolation and Socio-Economic Deprivation
1.
What does the term “development” generally refer to?
(a) Economic growth
(b) Societal changes
(c) Technological progress
(d) Environmental conservation
Answer
Answer: (b) Societal changes
2.
In the post World War II era, what was development synonymous with?
(a) Technological progress
(b) Economic growth
(c) Environmental conservation
(d) Social equality
Answer
Answer: (b) Economic growth
3.
Why did countries with high economic growth still experience rising poverty in the 1970s?
(a) Lack of technological progress
(b) Unequal distribution of wealth
(c) Environmental degradation
(d) Insufficient natural resources
Answer
Answer: (b) Unequal distribution of wealth
4.
What phrases were incorporated in the definition of development in the 1970s?
(a) Growth and environment
(b) Redistribution with growth
(c) Technological advancement
(d) Economic prosperity
Answer
Answer: (b) Redistribution with growth
5.
What issues are included in the concept of development beyond the economic sphere?
(a) Environmental conservation only
(b) Political and civil rights
(c) Technological progress only
(d) Economic growth only
Answer
Answer: (b) Political and civil rights
6.
What does sustainable development aim to achieve?
(a) Economic growth at any cost
(b) Conservation of resources
(c) Technological innovation
(d) Social inequality
Answer
Answer: (b) Conservation of resources
7.
What event raised awareness about environmental issues in the late 1960s?
(a) World War II
(b) Industrial revolution
(c) The Population Bomb
(d) The Limits to Growth
Answer
Answer: (c) The Population Bomb
8.
Who headed the World Commission on Environment and Development?
(a) Ehrlich
(b) Meadows
(c) Gro Harlem Brundtland
(d) United Nations
Answer
Answer: (c) Gro Harlem Brundtland
9.
What is the primary focus of sustainable development?
(a) Economic growth
(b) Conservation of resources
(c) Social inequality
(d) Technological progress
Answer
Answer: (b) Conservation of resources
10.
According to the Brundtland Report, how is sustainable development defined?
(a) Development for the present only
(b) Development without any restrictions
(c) Development that meets present needs without compromising future generations
(d) Development without economic growth
Answer
Answer: (c) Development that meets present needs without compromising future generations
11.
When did the concept of development become dynamic and multi-dimensional?
(a) Pre-World War II era
(b) Post-World War II era
(c) 1970s
(d) 1980s
Answer
Answer: (d) 1980s
12.
What prompted the emergence of the concept of sustainable development?
(a) Economic growth
(b) Environmental issues
(c) Technological progress
(d) Social equality
Answer
Answer: (b) Environmental issues
13.
Which report is also known as the Brundtland Report?
(a) The Limits to Growth
(b) Our Common Future
(c) The Population Bomb
(d) World Commission Report
Answer
Answer: (b) Our Common Future
14.
What aspects does sustainable development take into account?
(a) Economic only
(b) Social and economic
(c) Environmental only
(d) Political and civil
Answer
Answer: (b) Social and economic
15.
Who published ‘The Limits to Growth’ in 1972?
(a) Ehrlich
(b) Meadows
(c) Gro Harlem Brundtland
(d) United Nations
Answer
Answer: (b) Meadows
1.
What was the original name of the Indira Gandhi Canal?
(a) Rajasthan Canal
(b) Ganganagar Canal
(c) Harike Canal
(d) Thar Canal
Answer
Answer: (a) Rajasthan Canal
2.
Who conceived the Indira Gandhi Canal project in 1948?
(a) Harike Sain
(b) Kanwar Sain
(c) Ganganagar Sain
(d) Thar Sain
Answer
Answer: (b) Kanwar Sain
3.
When was the Indira Gandhi Canal project launched?
(a) 31 March, 1948
(b) 31 March, 1958
(c) 31 March, 1968
(d) 31 March, 1978
Answer
Answer: (b) 31 March, 1958
4.
Where does the Indira Gandhi Canal originate?
(a) Ganganagar
(b) Thar Desert
(c) Harike barrage in Punjab
(d) Pakistan border
Answer
Answer: (c) Harike barrage in Punjab
5.
What is the total planned length of the Indira Gandhi Canal system?
(a) 5,000 km
(b) 7,500 km
(c) 9,060 km
(d) 10,500 km
Answer
Answer: (c) 9,060 km
6.
What percentage of the total command area was envisaged to be irrigated by the flow system in the Indira Gandhi Canal?
(a) 50%
(b) 60%
(c) 70%
(d) 80%
Answer
Answer: (c) 70%
7.
In which districts does the command area of Stage-I of the canal system lie?
(a) Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, and Bikaner
(b) Jaisalmer, Barmer, and Jodhpur
(c) Bikaner, Nagaur, and Churu
(d) Hanumangarh, Bikaner, and Jaisalmer
Answer
Answer: (a) Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, and Bikaner
8.
What is the primary method of irrigation in the Stage-II command area?
(a) Flow system
(b) Lift system
(c) Both flow and lift systems
(d) Drip irrigation
Answer
Answer: (b) Lift system
9.
When did the command area of Stage-II begin receiving irrigation?
(a) Early 1960s
(b) Mid-1980s
(c) Late 1990s
(d) Early 2000s
Answer
Answer: (b) Mid-1980s
10.
What transformation did canal irrigation bring about in the agricultural economy?
(a) Decrease in cultivated area
(b) Decrease in intensity of cropping
(c) Increase in cultivated area and intensity of cropping
(d) No impact on agriculture
Answer
Answer: (c) Increase in cultivated area and intensity of cropping
11.
What environmental problems emerged due to intensive irrigation?
(a) Water scarcity
(b) Soil erosion
(c) Waterlogging and soil salinity
(d) Desertification
Answer
Answer: (c) Waterlogging and soil salinity
12.
What was a limiting factor in successful crop growth in the dry land before canal irrigation?
(a) Temperature
(b) Wind erosion
(c) Soil moisture
(d) Siltation
Answer
Answer: (c) Soil moisture
13.
What traditional crops were replaced by intensive irrigation?
(a) Wheat, cotton, groundnut, and rice
(b) Gram, bajra, and jowar
(c) Barley, oats, and rye
(d) Maize, sorghum, and millet
Answer
Answer: (a) Wheat, cotton, groundnut, and rice
14.
What positive impact did canal irrigation have on the environment?
(a) Increase in wind erosion
(b) Decrease in siltation
(c) Rise in temperature
(d) Spread of desertification
Answer
Answer: (b) Decrease in siltation
15.
Who conceived the Indira Gandhi Canal project?
(a) Indira Gandhi
(b) Kanwar Sain
(c) Rajiv Gandhi
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer
Answer: (b) Kanwar Sain
1.
What is the main concern raised by scholars regarding the Indira Gandhi Canal Project?
(a) Lack of economic sustainability
(b) Degradation of physical environment
(c) Inadequate financial support
(d) Overemphasis on agriculture
Answer
Answer: (b) Degradation of physical environment
2.
What is the primary focus of five out of the seven proposed measures for sustainable development?
(a) Economic development
(b) Social sustainability
(c) Restoration of ecological balance
(d) Agricultural intensification
Answer
Answer: (c) Restoration of ecological balance
3.
What does the water management policy for the canal project emphasize in Stage-I?
(a) Protective irrigation
(b) Extensive irrigation of crops
(c) Pasture development
(d) Afforestation
Answer
Answer: (a) Protective irrigation
4.
What crops are encouraged in the cropping pattern to ensure sustainable development?
(a) Water-intensive crops
(b) Citrus fruits
(c) Wheat and rice
(d) Plantation crops
Answer
Answer: (b) Citrus fruits
5.
What measures are proposed to reduce the conveyance loss of water in the canal system?
(a) Waterlogging and soil salinity reclamation
(b) Eco-development through afforestation
(c) Lining of water courses, land development, and warabandi system
(d) Social sustainability through financial support
Answer
Answer: (c) Lining of water courses, land development, and warabandi system
6.
What is necessary for eco-development in the fragile environment of Stage-II?
(a) Intensive irrigation
(b) Pasture development
(c) Afforestation and shelterbelt plantation
(d) Social sustainability
Answer
Answer: (c) Afforestation and shelterbelt plantation
7.
What is emphasized to achieve social sustainability in the region?
(a) Intensive agriculture
(b) Economic background of land allottees
(c) Financial and institutional support for cultivation
(d) Water management policy
Answer
Answer: (c) Financial and institutional support for cultivation
8.
According to the passage, what cannot achieve economic sustainability in the region?
(a) Agricultural and allied activities
(b) Development of animal husbandry
(c) Intensive agriculture alone
(d) Crop diversification
Answer
Answer: (c) Intensive agriculture alone
9.
What is the potential drawback of intensive irrigation mentioned in the passage?
(a) Increase in soil moisture
(b) Decrease in waterlogging
(c) Rise in agricultural and livestock productivity
(d) Waterlogging and soil salinity
Answer
Answer: (d) Waterlogging and soil salinity
10.
What transformation is expected in the economic base for sustainable development?
(a) Decrease in economic activities
(b) Increase in agricultural activities only
(c) Diversification of economic base and establishment of functional linkages
(d) No impact on economic base
Answer
Answer: (c) Diversification of economic base and establishment of functional linkages
