CBSE Class 12 Political Science Case Study Questions Politics of Planned Development MCQs

Question. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow:
NITI Aayog or National Institution for Transforming India Aayog is basically a policy think tank of Government of India and State Governments that replaces 65-year old Planning Commission. Union Government of India had announced formation of NITI Aayog on 1st January, 2015. The body is comprised of a CEO and a Vice Chairperson, to be appointed by the Prime Minister, in addition to some full-time members and two part-time members, while four Union Ministers would serve as ex-officio members. Besides, there would be specific regional councils, while experts and specialists from various fields would be called as special invitees nominated by the Prime Ministers. NITI Aayog will serve as a “think tank” of the government as a “directional and policy dynamo” and would provide both to the governments at the centre and in the states with strategic and technical advice on key policy matters including economic issues of national and international importance. NITI Aayog will have regional councils to focus on developmental activities on specific areas and is patterned on the National Reforms Development Commission of China.

Question. The CEO and Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog is appointed by ……………….. .
(a) President of India
(b) Members of Parliament
(c) Prime Minister of India
(d) Home minister of India

Answer: C

Question. How will NITI Aayog serve for India?
(a) Back Bone
(b) Think Tank
(c) Planning Commission
(d) None of the options

Answer: B

Question. Which councils NITI Aayog will have to focus on developmental activities on specific areas and is patterned on the National Reforms Development Commission of China?
(a) National Councils
(b) International Councils
(c) Regional Councils
(d) All the of options

Answer: C

Question. When was NITI Aayog formed?
(a) 3rd January, 2015
(b) 1st January, 2015
(c) 1st January, 2016
(d) 1st December, 2016

Answer: B

Question. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
The Second Five Year Plan stressed on heavy industries. It was drafted by a team of economists and planners under the leadership of P.C. Mahalanobis. If the first plan had preached patience, the second wanted to bring about quick structural transformation by making changes simultaneously in all possible directions. Before this plan was finalized , the Congress party at its session held at Avadi near the then Madras city, passed an important resolution. It declared that ‘Socialist pattern of society’ was its goal. This was reflected in the Second Plan. The government imposed substantial tariffs on imports in order to protect domestic industries. Such protected environment helped both public and private sector industries to grow. As savings and investment were growing in this period, a bulk of these industries like electricity, railways, steel, machineries and communication could be developed in the public sector. Indeed, such a push for industrialisation marked a turning point in India’s development.

Question. What was anticipated from Second Five Year Plan?
(a) Structural transformation
(b) Economic transformation
(c) Infrastructural development
(d) Eradication of poverty

Answer: A

Question. Why did government impose substantial tariffs on imports?
(a) To increase the income from imports
(b) To create employment in import-export sector
(c) To restrict foreign goods
(d) To protect domestic industries

Answer: D

Question. Who drafted the Second Five Year Plan?
(a) Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar
(b) P. C. Mahalanobis
(c) Morarji Desai
(d) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer: B

Question. What goal was declared by the Congress Party at the session held at Avadi?
(a) Religious pattern society
(b) Capitalist pattern society
(c) Socialist pattern society
(d) None of the options

Answer: C

Question. Study the cartoon given below carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Question. Who in the picture is balancing between the public and private sectors?
(a) Nehru
(b) Sardar Patel
(c) K. Kamraj
(d) None of the options

Answer: A

Question. How did the public sector affect the private sector?
(a) The prices in India remained in control
(b) The wealth of public was growing
(c) Public sector paid more tax to government
(d) Private sector was adversely affected

Answer: D

Question. Why has a big tilt towards the public sector been shown in the cartoon?
(a) The numbers of public sector meant to be increased.
(b) over emphasis given to the public sector.
(c) the ruling parties in India believe to give importance of public sector.
(d) All of the above

Answer: C

Question. Which type of economic model was adopted by India?
(a) Capitalist
(b) Socialist
(c) Liberal socialist
(d) Mixed economic principle

Answer: D

Question. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
On the eve of Independence, India had before it, two models of modern development: the liberalcapitalist model as in much of Europe and the US and the socialist model as in the USSR. There were many in India then who were deeply impressed by the Soviet model of development. These included not just the leaders of the Communist Party of India, but also those of the Socialist Party and leaders like Nehru within the Congress. There were very few supporters of the American style capitalist development. As in the USSR, the Planning Commission of India opted for Five Year Plans (FYP). The idea is very simple: The Government of India prepares a document that has a plan for all its income and expenditure for the next five years. Accordingly, the budget of the Central and all the State governments is divided into two parts: ‘non-plan’ budget that is spent on routine items on a yearly basis and ‘plan’ budget that is spent on a five-year basis as per the priorities fixed by the plan. A five-year plan has the advantage of permitting the government to focus on the larger picture and make long-term intervention in the economy . The draft of the First Five Year Plan and then the actual Plan Document, released in December 1951, generated a lot of excitement in the country.

Question. The Budget is divided into which two parts?
(a) Planned and semi planned budget
(b) Planned and non-planned budget
(c) Planned and reserved budget
(d) None of the options

Answer: B

Question. Which two models of modern development did India follow?
(a) Liberal-capitalist and Socialist
(b) Liberal and Capitalist
(c) Socialist and Communist
(d) None of the options

Answer: A

Question. Which model had least supporters in India?
(a) USSR
(b) Liberal
(c) Capitalist
(d) Socialist

Answer: C

Question. When was the draft of first five-year plan was released?
(a) November 1950
(b) December 1950
(c) October 1951
(d) December 1951

Answer: D