NATIONAL INCOME QUIZ 6

1. Consider the following statements about the second five -year plan.

• It was drafted under the leadership of KN Raj.
• It proposed that industries like electricity railways steel machineries and communication could be developed in the public sector.
• The drafters found balancing industry and agriculture very difficult.
• The drafters found balancing industry and agriculture really easy.

Which one of the following statements given above is correct?

1. The principal components of Nehru Mahalanobis strategy of economic development were

• Reconstructing economic dependency on metropolitan capitalism into independent economic development.
• Transition from semi – feudal agriculture to capitalist farming.

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1. Consider the following statements.

• Purchasing power parity exchange rates are calculated by comparing the prices of the same basket of goods and services in different countries.
• In terms of PPP dollars Indian is the sixth largest economy in the world.

Which of the statements given above is correct?

1. Multi – dimensional poverty index includes

• Health
• education
• Living standard

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1. consider the following statements

• In any nation human development outcomes are a function of economic growth social policy and poverty reduction measures at the macro – level.
• The expenditure of human development in terms of health and education attainment reduction of income poverty and economic growth is linked in a synergistic manner.
• Investment in health and education can enhance human functioning which can eventually alleviate income poverty by improving employability.
• Resources generated through income poverty reduction and economic growth can be used to enhance human development.

Which of the statements given above are logical and correct?

1. Human poverty index developed by UNDP is based on which of the following deprivations?

• Income deprivation
• Literacy deprivation
• Social services deprivation
• Employment deprivation

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1. Which of the following are associated with planning in India?

• The finance commission  
• The national development council
• The union ministry of rural development
• The union ministry of urban development
• The parliament

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1. With reference to India s five year plans which of the following statements is correct?

• From the second five year plan there was a determined thrust towards substitution

Of basic and capital good industries.

• The fourth five- year plan adopted the objective of correcting the earlier trend of increased concentration of wealth and economic power.
• In the fifth-year plan for the first time the financial sector was included as an integral part of the plan.

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1. Given below are two statements one is labelled as assertion (A) and the other is as reason (R)

Assertion (A) There is a positive relation between human development indexes (HDI) and sustainable development goals (SDG) ranking of Indian states.

Reason (R) The underlying dimension of SDG targets are closely related to education and health aspect.

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1. Consider the following statements.

• The national development council (NDC) was constituted in 1948.
• The national development council (NDC) is an extra – constitutional body.

Which of the statements given above is correct?

1. Consider the following specific stages of demographic transition associated with economic development.

• Low birth rate with low death rate.
• High birth rate with high death rate.
• High birth rate with low death rate.

Select the correct order of the above stages using the codes given below.