Question : The five-year plans in India laid down not only specific objectives to be attained in the five years of a plan but also what was to be achieved over 20 years. This long-term plan is called a __________.
Option 1: perspective plan
Option 2: twenty-year plan
Option 3: two-decade plan
Option 4: perpetual plan
Correct Answer: perspective plan
Solution : The correct answer is the perspective plan.
Five-year plans were the term used in India to refer to plans that lasted five years (a term we stole from the erstwhile Soviet Union, the national planning pioneer). In addition to outlining goals for the first five years of a plan, our plan documents also outline goals for the next twenty years. This long-term plan was known as a "perspective plan".
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Question : From which five-year plan did India start its journey of industrialisation?
Option 1: Third Five-year Plan
Option 2: Second Five-year Plan
Option 3: Fifth Five-year Plan
Option 4: Fourth Five-year Plan
Question : As per the Constitution of India, Panchayats at the intermediate level may not be constituted in a state having a population not exceeding:
Option 1: twenty-five lakh
Option 2: twenty lakh
Option 3: twelve lakh
Option 4: fifteen lakh
Question : Planned economic development in India began in ______ with the inception of the First Five-Year Plan.
Option 1: 1948
Option 2: 1951
Option 3: 1956
Option 4: 1958
Question : For how much time the President's Rule can be extended in India with the approval of Parliament every six months?
Option 1: 6 months
Option 2: 1 year
Option 3: 2 years
Option 4: 3 years
Question : When was the voting age reduced to 18 years in India?
Option 1: 2004
Option 2: 1998
Option 3: 1991
Option 4: 1989
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