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Planning (Part – II)

📆 October 16, 2024

Total Questions: 50

21. In which Five Year Plan, Economic Development rate was maximum? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2007]

Correct Answer: (c) Tenth Five Year Plan
Solution:Target and actual annual economic growth rates under difference Five Year Plans are as follows:
Five Year PlanTargetActual
First Plan (1951-56)2.1%3.6%
Second Plan (1956-61)4.5%4.3%
Third Plan (1961-66)5.6%2.8%
Fourth Plan (1969-74)5.7%3.3%
Fifth Plan (1974-79)4.4%4.8%
Sixth Plan (1980-85)5.2%5.7%
Seventh Plan (1985-90)5.0%6.0%
Eighth Plan (1992-97)5.6%6.8%
Ninth Plan (1997-2002)6.5%5.4%
Tenth Plan (2002-07)8.0%7.6%
Eleventh Plan (2007-12)9.0%8.0%
Twelfth Plan (2012-17)8.0%NA

22. The cumulative annual growth rate of Real Gross National Product in India was maximum in: [U.P. Lower Sub. (Spl.) (Pre) 2004]

Correct Answer: (a) Eighth Five Year Plan
Solution:Among the given options, option (a) is the correct answer.

Target and actual annual economic growth rates under difference Five Year Plans are as follows:

Five Year PlanTargetActual
First Plan (1951-56)2.1%3.6%
Second Plan (1956-61)4.5%4.3%
Third Plan (1961-66)5.6%2.8%
Fourth Plan (1969-74)5.7%3.3%
Fifth Plan (1974-79)4.4%4.8%
Sixth Plan (1980-85)5.2%5.7%
Seventh Plan (1985-90)5.0%6.0%
Eighth Plan (1992-97)5.6%6.8%
Ninth Plan (1997-2002)6.5%5.4%
Tenth Plan (2002-07)8.0%7.6%
Eleventh Plan (2007-12)9.0%8.0%
Twelfth Plan (2012-17)8.0%NA

23. During the planning periods, the highest growth rate was achieved during the: [U.P.P.C.S. (Spl.) (Mains) 2008, U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2009]

Correct Answer: (b) Tenth Plan
Solution:Among the given options, option (b) is the correct answer.

Target and actual annual economic growth rates under difference Five Year Plans are as follows:

Five Year PlanTargetActual
First Plan (1951-56)2.1%3.6%
Second Plan (1956-61)4.5%4.3%
Third Plan (1961-66)5.6%2.8%
Fourth Plan (1969-74)5.7%3.3%
Fifth Plan (1974-79)4.4%4.8%
Sixth Plan (1980-85)5.2%5.7%
Seventh Plan (1985-90)5.0%6.0%
Eighth Plan (1992-97)5.6%6.8%
Ninth Plan (1997-2002)6.5%5.4%
Tenth Plan (2002-07)8.0%7.6%
Eleventh Plan (2007-12)9.0%8.0%
Twelfth Plan (2012-17)8.0%NA

24. Which of the following five year plans witnessed the highest growth rate in India? [R.A.S./R.T.S.(Pre) 2013]

Correct Answer: (d) Eleventh Plan
Solution:Among the given options, option (b) is the correct answer.

Target and actual annual economic growth rates under difference Five Year Plans are as follows:

Five Year PlanTargetActual
First Plan (1951-56)2.1%3.6%
Second Plan (1956-61)4.5%4.3%
Third Plan (1961-66)5.6%2.8%
Fourth Plan (1969-74)5.7%3.3%
Fifth Plan (1974-79)4.4%4.8%
Sixth Plan (1980-85)5.2%5.7%
Seventh Plan (1985-90)5.0%6.0%
Eighth Plan (1992-97)5.6%6.8%
Ninth Plan (1997-2002)6.5%5.4%
Tenth Plan (2002-07)8.0%7.6%
Eleventh Plan (2007-12)9.0%8.0%
Twelfth Plan (2012-17)8.0%NA

25. During which Five Year Plan, India has achieved the maximum per-capita growth rate? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2013]

Correct Answer: (a) Eleventh Plan
Solution:During Eleventh Five Year Plan, India has achieved the maximum per-capita GDP growth rate. The Eleventh Five Year Plan envisaged that with a target of 9% GDP growth, per-capita GDP would grow at about 7.6% per year to double in less than ten years.

26. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the code given below the lists: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2005]

List-I (Plans)List-II (Growth Rate in U.P. %)
A. Sixth Plan1.   3.2%
B. Seventh Plan2.   3.9%
C. Eighth Plan3.   2.5%
D. Ninth Plan4.   5.7%

Codes:

OptionABCD
(a)2413
(b)3142
(c)1234
(d)4321
Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:The correct match of List-1 and List-2 is as follows:
PlanGrowth Rate in U.P. (%)
Sixth Plan3.9%
Seventh Plan5.7%
Eighth Plan3.2%
Ninth Plan2.5%

27. Since the start of Planning in India, the total number of years not covered by any Five Year Plan is: [U.P.P.C.S (Pre) 1999]

Correct Answer: (b) 7
Solution:A total of seven years (till 2017) were not covered by any Five Year Plan, since the Planning process began in India in 1951. They are as follows:

1. Three Annual Plans (1966-69) euphemistically described as Plan holiday.

2 Rolling Plan (1978-79)

3. No plan implemented in 1979-80

4. Two Annual Plans (1990-92): The Eighth Plan was postponed by two years because of political uncertainty at the Centre.

It is to be noted that Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017) is considered the last Five Year Plan of India.

28. The Plan Holiday refers to the period: [R.A.S/R.T.S. (Pre) 1994, 1995]

Correct Answer: (b) 1966-69
Solution:Third Five Year Plan ended on 31 March, 1966 and Fourth Five Year Plan was started from 1 April, 1969. During this period i.e. from 1 April, 1966 to 31st March, 1969 (3 years), there was no Five Year Plan. During this period three Annual Plans were introduced instead. Therefore, the period1966-69 euphemistically described as 'Plan Holiday in the history of Indian planning.

29. The period of Plan Holiday in India was: [B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2008]

Correct Answer: (b) 1966-69
Solution:Third Five Year Plan ended on 31 March, 1966 and Fourth Five Year Plan was started from 1 April, 1969. During this period i.e. from 1 April, 1966 to 31st March, 1969 (3 years), there was no Five Year Plan. During this period three Annual Plans were introduced instead. Therefore, the period1966-69 euphemistically described as 'Plan Holiday in the history of Indian planning.

30. Which one of the following decade in Indian Planning deserves to be called 'the decade of jobless growth'? [U.P. R.OJA.R.O. (Pre) 2014]

Correct Answer: (b) 1991-2000
Solution:According to the study conducted by the Planning Commission on employment generation during the 8th Five Year Plan (1992-97), the employment growth rate of organized sector during the first two years of this plan was recorded 0.36 percent as against the targeted 2.6 percent. The annual employment growth rate remained well below the target set for the remaining years of the 8th Plan period as well. The situation remained the same during the 9th Five Year Plan also. It was also concluded from many other studies that there was economic growth in India in the post liberalization period, but there was no increase in employment with it. It was observed that the 1990s practically witnessed jobless growth in the organized manufacturing sector. Employment growth as a whole, had declined to around 1% during 1994. 2000 from a steady growth rate of around 2% during period 1960 to 1990. Thus, the decade of 1991-2000 deserves to be called the 'decade of jobless growth' in India.
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