Chapter-2-Indian Economy 1950-1990: Case Study Based Questions
Chapter-2-Indian Economy 1950-1990: Case Study Based Questions
(A) India
(B) England
(C) South Africa
(D) All of the above
5. Choose the correct option from the following statement.
Statement-1:- Mahalanobis was educated only from the Presidency College in
Calcutta.
Statement-2:- He was a professor at Cambridge University in England.
Since the beginning of agriculture, people have been working to improving seed quality
and variety. But the term ‘Green Revolution’ was coined in the 1960s after improved
varieties of wheat dramatically increased yields in test plots in northwest Mexico. The
reason why these ‘modern varieties’ produced more than traditional varieties was that
they were more responsive to controlled irrigation and to petrochemical fertilizers. With
a big boost from the international agricultural research centres created by the Rockefeller
and Ford Foundations, the ‘miracle’ seeds quickly spread to Asia, and soon new strains
of rice and corn were developed as well.
By the 1970s the new seeds, accompanied by chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and, for the
most part, irrigation, had replaced the traditional farming practices of millions of farmers
in developing countries. By the 1990s, almost 75% of the area under rice cultivation in
Aisa was growing these new varieties. The same was true for almost half of the wheat
planted in Africa and more than half of that in Latin America and Asia, and more than
50% of the world's corn as well. Overall, a very large percentage of farmers in the
developing world were using Green Revolution seeds, with the greatest use found in
Asia, followed by Latin America.
7. In which other name High Yeilding variety of seeds is known as?
(A) High productive seeds
(B) Green seeds
(C) Power seeds
(D)Miracle seeds
8. Is the statement given below is true or false?
Statement:- Green Revolution was successful only in Mexico.
(A) True
(B) False
9. By the year the new seeds along with Chemical ,fertilisers,pesticides were
brought into use.
(A) 1960’s
(B) 1970’s
(C) 1980’s
(D) 1990’s
The progress of the Indian economy during the first seven plans was impressive Our
industries became more diversified and India became self-sufficient in food production
due to the 'Green Revolution" Land reforms resulted in the abolition of the hated
"Zamindari System' But in the of many industrial sector there was dissatisfaction on
account of the performance of public sector enterprises Indian policies were inward-
oriented and they failed to develop a strong export sector. The need for the reform of
economic policy was widely felt in the context of the changing economic scenario The
New Economic Policy was thereby mitiated in 1991 to make India more efficient global
11. Which of the following was last plan under planning period?
(a) Sixth
(c) Eighth
(b) Seventh
(d) Ninth
6 During the British times, the tillers of the lands were not its owners. So a farmer did
not have actual ownership of the land. The ownership was with the intermediaries, ie
the zumindars, jagidars etc. The farmer would farm the land and pay rent to these
zamindars. This did not motivate the zamindars to invest in the farm or invest in the
agricultural practices They were only focused on collecting their rent. And as you can
imagine, the farm and the farmer both suffered But after independence, government
realised that the agricultural output was not sufficient for the whole country. One way
to boost the produce was to make the tillers of the land its owner. And so efforts were
made to abolish the intermediaries and this was known as the land reforms.
17. One way to boost the produce of agriculture was known as:
(a) Institutional reform
(b) Land reform
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
The target growth rate was 4.4 % and the actual growth rate was 5%. The Minimum Needs
Programme( MNP) was introduced in the first year of the Fifth Five Year Plan(1974 to 1978).
The objective of the programme, is to provide certain basic minimum needs and there by
improve the living standard of the people. It is prepared and launched by D. P. Dhar. The
Indian National Highway System was introduced and many Roads where widened to
accommodate the increasing traffic .Tourism also expanded. The twenty point programme
was launched on 14th January 1982. It was followed from 1974 to 1979.
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35.Which of the following is not a Common goal of Five Year Plan pursued by India ?
(A) GDP growth
(B) Self-sufficiency
(C) Equal distribution of resources
(D) Modernisation
36.Which among the following is not true about the achievement of goals of
planning during the period 1950-1990 ?
(A)Increase in national income
(B) Eradication of poverty
(C) Growth and diversification of industry
(D) Improvement in economic infrastructure
CBQ NO Answer
1 1-D. profit motive
2 2. B. Market economy
3 (B) Second five year plan
4 (C) South Africa
5 (B) Both the statement are wrong
6 (A) Both the statement are correct
7 (D) Miracle seeds
8 (B) False
9 (B) 1970’s
10 (C) Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is wrong
11 B
12 C
13 B
14 D
15 B
16 B
17 C
18 B )1970S
19 B) M.S. Swaminathan
20 A) Norman Borlaug
21 C) Wheat
22 A)Punjab
23 D)All of these
24 B) Private Sector
25 A) 1955
26 B) 3
27 a 1974
28 b.Employment and poverty alleviation
29 c.1975
30 d.0.6%
31 a Mixed economy
32 b.More than 500
33 c.Small scale industries are important for a country in the role in the
industrial and economic development of a country.
34 (d) Objectives of planning
35 (c) Equal distribution of resources
36 (b) Eradication of poverty
37 (a) JawaharLal Nehru
38 (a) Public enterprises