Planning in India & NITI Aayog Questions with Solutions
This topic covers economic planning in India: the Planning Commission and the twelve Five-Year Plans, their models, targets and achievements, the plan holidays, the National Development Council, and NITI Aayog, which replaced the Planning Commission in 2015. Exams test the focus of each plan: the First Plan focused on agriculture, the Second Plan was based on the Mahalanobis model and focused on heavy industry, and the Eleventh Plan aimed at 'faster and more inclusive growth'. Other questions ask who chairs NITI Aayog (the Prime Minister) and when the Planning Commission was set up (1950). Practise the planning in India questions below, written in the style of the general awareness sections of exams such as SSC, banking, railways, CUET GAT, MAH CET and CLAT. Each question comes with a detailed explanation that adds related facts, so every question helps you revise more than one point.
- Q1.
The Second Five-Year Plan of India was based on the:
A. Rao-Manmohan modelB. Gandhian modelC. Mahalanobis modelD. Harrod-Domar modeleasyAsked in Railway +1View solution › - Q2.
The slogan 'Garibi Hatao' (Remove Poverty) was given in 1971 by:
A. Jawaharlal NehruB. Morarji DesaiC. Indira GandhiD. Lal Bahadur ShastrieasyAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q3.
India's First Five-Year Plan mainly focused on the development of:
A. Defence productionB. Services sectorC. Agriculture (primary sector)D. Heavy industrieseasyAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q4.
What is the full form of 'NITI' Aayog?
A. The National Institution for Transforming IndiaB. New Institution for Transforming IndiaC. National Institutions for Technology in IndiaD. New Institution for Technology in IndiaeasyAsked in MAH LLB 3 Year CET 1 April Shift 2 2026View solution › - Q5.
The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) was formed on:
A. 15 March 1950B. 1 January 2015C. 26 January 2014D. 1 April 2016easyAsked in SSCView solution ›