“The foreign policy of a country is the outcome of her economic policy†these remarks were made by:
1.Indira Gandhi
2.Jawaharlal Nehru
3.Morarji Desai
4.Charan Singh
Bandung Conference was held in the year:
1. 1954
2. 1955
3.1956
4.1957
Bangladesh emerged as an independent nation in:
1.January 1972
2. December 1971
3.March 1971
4.November 1971
China made a sudden attack on India in:
1. August 1962
2.September 1962
3.October 1962
4.September 1965
How many plans have been completed so far in India?
1.Twelve
2. Six
3. Eight
4.Four
In 1957, which party formed the government in Kerala?
1.Jan Sangh
2.C.P.I
3.Congress
4.Socialist Party
In India, planning was conceived as the main instrument of:
1. Political development
2.Cultural development
3. Social development
4.Socio-economic development
In which state Nay Nirman Movement was started?
1. Gujarat
2.Punjab
3.Bihar
4. Haryana
In which year All India Kisan Sabha was established?
1. 1930
2. 1936
3.1940
4.1950
In which year first general election was held in India?
1.1947
2. 1952
3. 1955
4. 1960
In which year internal emergency was declared by Smt. Indira Gandhi?
1. 1965
2. 1971
3.1975
4. 1980
Prime Minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru passed away in:
1. January 1964
2. May 1965
3. March 1964
4.May 1964
The Architect of Non-alignment is:
1. Pt. Nehru
2. Indira Gandhi
3.Y. B. Chavan
4. Atal Behari Vajpayee
The Chairman of the National Development Council is:
1.President of India
2.Finance Minister of India
3. Prime Minister of India
4.Chief Minister of U.P.
The Idea of Planning in India was drawn from: (a) The Bombay Plan (b) Experiences of the Soviet bloc countries (c) Gandhian Vision of Society (d) Demand by Peasant Organisation
1.b and d only
2.d and e only
3. a and b only
4. all the above
The Planning Commission in India was set up in:
1.1953
2. 1957
3.1960
4.1950
When Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru passed away, at that time Congress President was?
1. K. Kamraj
2. Lai Bahadur Shastri
3.S.K. Patil
4.Morarji Desai
When was the Socialist Party formed in India?
1. 1948
2. 1952
3.1955
4. 1960
Which of the following ideas did not form part of the early phase of India’s development policy?
1.Planning
2. Liberalisation
3. Cooperative Farming
4.Self-sufficiency
Which of the following statements about the Grand Alliance of 1971 is correct? The Grand Alliance _________
1. was formed by non-Communist non-Congress parties.
2. had a clean political and ideological programme.
3. was formed by all non-Congress parties
4.none of these
Which of these statements about the Bombay Plan is incorrect?
1. It was a blueprint for India’s economic future.
2.It supported state ownership of industry.
3.It was made by some leading industrialists.
4. It supported strongly the idea of plà hning.
Who became the Prime Minister of India after the first general election?
1.Pt. JL. Nehru
2. Sardar Patel
3. Smt. Indira Gandhi
4. Mahatma Gandhi
Who led the Narmada Bachao Andolan?
1.Medha Patkar
2. Rajni Sharma
3. Shabana Azmi
4.Meira Kumar
Who said, “Planning is a way of organizing and utilizing resources to maximum advantage in terms of defined social ends�
1.K.T. Shah
2.Planning commission of India
3.Dr. Rajinder Prashad
4. None of these
Who was the founder of the Congress Socialist Party?
1.C. Natarajan Amadurai
2.K. Kamraj
3.Ram Manohar Lohia
4. S. Nijalingappa