Question : Assertion: The Industrial Policy Resolution of 1956 aimed to promote the development of small-scale industries in India.

Reason: The resolution emphasized the role of the public sector in industrial growth.

Option 1: Both the assertion and reason are true, and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
 

Option 2: Both the assertion and reason are true, but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
 

Option 3: The assertion is true, but the reason is false.

Option 4: The assertion is false, but the reason is true.

Question : What is 'target area planning' in the context of planning in India?

Option 1: Focusing on urban development only

Option 2: Concentrating on a specific region for development

Option 3: Planning for nationwide industrial growth

Option 4: Targeting tourist destinations for improvement

Question : India's environmental policies often emphasize:
 

Option 1: The deregulation of environmental protections
 

Option 2: The integration of environmental sustainability with development
 

Option 3: The prioritization of industrial growth over ecological balance

Option 4: The rejection of international environmental conventions

Question : Land reforms in India aimed to address the issue of:  
 

Option 1: Urban housing shortages  
 

Option 2: Industrial pollution  
 

Option 3: Inequitable land distribution  

Option 4: Foreign trade deficits  

Question : Comprehension:

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

India's favourable demographic trends, which have increased the workforce's percentage of the overall population, have paved the way for a significant middle-class expansion. A big population bulge emerging from absolute poverty and set to reach the middle class would generate new dynamics. In India, over 55 per cent of the population is predicted to reach the middle class. In reality, because India's demographics are significantly younger than China and the United States, the country's middle class might be the world's largest (in terms of population) by 2025.

It is no exaggeration to argue that future growth will be reliant on the increasing middle class and that the middle class's development will be reliant on growth. Growth has been fuelled by both private consumption and saving, both of which are fuelled by the middle class. India's private consumption accounts for over 60% of the country's GDP, while private consumption growth has contributed to 70% of the country's growth since 2000.

Despite the fact that China's middle class is now greater than India's, private spending in the former accounts for a lesser share of growth. In contrast to the United States, where domestic savings are dropping and the country borrows excess funds from outside to invest and expand, India's domestic savings and investments are increasing and funding investments. The emergence of the middle class is anticipated to coincide with a transition away from large-scale informality, which now characterises much of the services and industrial sectors, and toward more formal, wage-earning, and medium-scale firms. Technological advancements will spread at a faster rate. Cities will expand as job possibilities concentrate on them. If there is enough movement across states and from rural to urban regions, the population increase will be more evenly distributed.

Question:

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Coincide

Option 1: Differ

Option 2: Agree

Option 3: Confuse

Option 4: Detest

Question : The National Health Accounts (NHA) framework in India aims to:

Option 1: Monitor health expenditure and financial flows in the healthcare sector
    

Option 2: Provide financial assistance for renewable energy projects
   

Option 3: Address gender disparities in health services

Option 4: Promote energy conservation in industrial sectors

Question : At the time of the Independence of India, the Industrial sector was confined to

Option 1: jute and fertilizers

Option 2: sugar and oil

Option 3: cotton textiles and jute

Option 4: cotton textiles and fertilizers

Question : The Index of eight core Indian industries is a production index prepared by CSO and is considered to be the lead indicator of the industrial performance in India. Which of the following industries is not treated as a core industry for calculating this index?

Option 1: Fertilisers

Option 2: Information technology

Option 3: Cement

Option 4: Natural gas

Question : What was a major economic challenge faced by India during the suspension of the Five-year Plans?

Option 1: Hyperinflation

Option 2: Balance of payments crisis

Option 3: Excessive foreign debt

Option 4: Decline in industrial output

Question : Statement 1: Air pollution in India is a major environmental concern and has adverse effects on human health.

Statement 2: Sources of air pollution in India include vehicular emissions, industrial activities, and the burning of solid fuels for cooking and heating.

Option 1: Both statement 1 and statement 2 are true, and statement 2 is the correct explanation of statement 1 .

Option 2: Both statement 1 and statement 2 are true, but statement 2 is not the correct explanation of statement 1 .

Option 3: Statement 1 is true, but statement 2 is false.

Option 4: Statement 1 is false, but statement 2 is true.