Class 12 Politics of Planned Development Mock Test (CBSE)

Topics in Politics of Planned Development

• Political contestation over development
• Ideas of development
• Planning
• The early initiatives: Five Year Plans
• Key controversies
• Agriculture versus industry
• Public versus private sector
• The outcomes
• Green Revolution

Politics of Planned Development practice questions with answers

1. Q1Multiple choice·1 mark
   The Bombay Plan, drafted in 1944 by a section of big industrialists, proposed that:

   1. (a)The state should take over private industries and run them as public sector units.
   2. (b)Planning should put agriculture and village industries ahead of heavy industry.
   3. (c)The state should take major initiatives in industrial and other economic investments.
   4. (d)Foreign capital should lead industrial growth, with tariffs lowered to draw in investors.
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   1. Correct option: (c) The state should take major initiatives in industrial and other economic investments.+1

   Answer: (c)
2. Q2Multiple choice·1 mark
   Which of the following statements regarding the Green Revolution in India is correct?

   1. (a)It gave its largest gains to small farmers in the dry, rain-fed regions of the country.
   2. (b)It began in the rice areas of eastern India and spread later to Punjab and Haryana.
   3. (c)It raised the output of pulses and oilseeds far more than that of wheat and rice.
   4. (d)It used HYV seeds, fertilisers and irrigation to raise wheat and rice output.
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   1. Correct option: (d) It used HYV seeds, fertilisers and irrigation to raise wheat and rice output.+1

   Answer: (d)

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