Planning One Liner Questions & Answers
| Questions | Answers | |
| 1 | Under the Constitution of India, Economic Planning is a subject – | In the Concurrent List |
| 2 | The Development, Monitoring, and Evaluation Office, which monitors the progress of long-term policies in an attached office under – | NITI Aayog |
| 3 | Which was called as Economic Cabinet of India by Ashok Chandra? | Planning Commission |
| 4 | The National Development Council is mainly concerned with – | Approval of Five-Year Plans |
| 5 | Who is the Chairman of the National Development Council? | Prime Minister of India |
| 6 | The author of the book titled ‘Planning and the Poor’ is – | B.S. Minhas |
| 7 | The National Development Council was constituted on – | 6 August 1952 |
| 8 | Which is the final authority in India to approve Five Year Plans? | National Development Council |
| 9 | In which year was the ‘Planning Commission’ set up in India? | 1950 |
| 10 | Planning commission is constituted in India – | By a resolution of the Cabinet |
| 11 | The Planning Commission of India is – | A constitutional body |
| 12 | NITI Aayog came into existence on – | 1st January, 2015 |
| 13 | The Government of India has established NITI Aayog to replace the – | Planning Commission |
| 14 | In the Government of India’s NITI Aayog, which is an economic policy-making think tank, what is the full form of NITI? |
National Institution for Transforming India
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| 15 | Who was the first Vice-Chairman of the NITI Aayog? | Arvind Panagariya |
| 16 | According to NITI Aayog which State is at the top in the India Innovation Index 2019? | Karnataka |
| 17 | The ex-officio chairman of the Planning Commission is – | Prime Minister of India |
| 18 | ‘India Vision 2020’ is prepared by – | S.P. Gupta Committee |
| 19 | At present, where from the maximum resources mobilized for India’s public expenditure under plans? | From borrowings |
| 20 | Under the Gadgil-Mukherjee Formula, the higher weightage is given to – | Population |
| 21 | ‘National Planning Committee’ was set up by – | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| 22 | The Gandhian Plan was expounded in 1944 by – | Shriman Narayan Agarwal |
| 23 | Who opposed Planned Development in India? | Mahatma Gandhi |
| 24 | Who drafted the ‘Sarvodaya Plan’? | Jai Prakash Narayan |
| 25 | The Rolling Plan’ for backward countries was suggested by – | Myrdal |
| 26 | The ‘Rolling Plan’ concept in National Planning was introduced by – | The Janata Government |
| 27 | In which year ‘Rolling Plan’ was in operation in India? | 1978-79 |
| 28 | The major objective of Indian Five-Year Plans is – |
Self-reliance and reduction of dependence on foreign aid
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| 29 | The period of the 12th Five-Year Plan is – | 2012-2017 |
| 30 | During the 12th Five-Year Plan, the growth rate of agriculture, forestry, and fish farming has been estimated to be – | 4.00% |
| 31 | According to the government estimates during the 12th Five Year Plan, the infrastructure sector will require an investment of – | 1000 billion |
| 32 | The main objective of the 12th Five-Year Plan is – |
Faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth
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| 33 | The author of the book titled ‘Planning and the Poor’ is – | B.S. Minhas |
| 34 | Who authored the book, ‘Planned Economy for India’? | M. Visvesvaraya |
| 35 | According to the Approach Paper of the 11th Five Year Plan, with the achievement of targeted growth rate and population growth at 1.5 percent per annum, the real income of the average Indian would double in – | 10 years |
| 36 | In the 11th Five-Year Plan, which of the following sectors accounts for the maximum combined Central, State, and U.T. expenditure? | Social sector |
| 37 | The rate fixed for industrial development in the Eleventh Plan is – | 10.5 percent |
| 38 | Target for annual growth rate of Gross Domestic Product during the Eleventh Five Year Plan is – | 9.0 percent |
| 39 | Inclusive growth as enunciated in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan does not include one of the following – | Strengthening of capital market |
| 40 | What is the theme of the Eleventh Five Year Plan for the education sector? | Compulsory elementary education |
| 41 | How many IITs (Indian Institute of Technology) will be set up in the Eleventh Five Year Plan? | 8 |
| 42 | The growth rate target of the Tenth Five Year Plan is – | 8 Percent |
| 43 | During the Tenth Five Year Plan, the growth rate was highest in – | Pulses and oilseeds |
| 44 | The growth rate percentage for the 9th Five-Year Plan has been targeted – | 6.50% |
| 45 | In which Five Year Plan, the Economic Development rate was maximum? | Tenth Five-Year Plan |
| 46 | The Plan Holiday refers to the period – | 1966-69 |
| 47 | Twenty Point Economic Programme’ was first launched in the year – | 1975 |
| 48 | Core sector in the planning means – | Selected basic industries |
| 49 | ‘Yojana’ magazine is being published by – | Publications Division |