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Five-Year Plan MilestonesRead the answer and worked solution →10 people per town: A shares ₹500 equally; in B, one gets ₹901, nine share ₹99 equally. Which is true?Read the answer and worked solution →Income rises 10%; an unchanged basket costs 20% more. Ability to buy that basket:Read the answer and worked solution →A farmer grows cotton, a mill turns it into cloth and a driver transports the cloth. What is the correct sector order?Read the answer and worked solution →Five family members farm a plot. Two leave; output is unchanged. What does this suggest?Read the answer and worked solution →A government owns a bus service; a privately owned firm owns a factory. Classify them.Read the answer and worked solution →A tailor needs grain; the farmer needs no clothes. How does money help?Read the answer and worked solution →For a ₹10,000 one-year loan, A charges 10% simple interest plus ₹200 fee; B charges 8% plus ₹500 fee. With no other charges, which costs less, and by how much?Read the answer and worked solution →A government spends ₹95 crore and receives ₹70 crore revenue plus ₹5 crore non-debt capital receipts. What fiscal deficit must be financed?Read the answer and worked solution →A streetlight serves people together; excluding non-payers is impractical. Why a public good?Read the answer and worked solution →Wheat ₹400 → flour ₹700 → bread ₹1,000, with no other inputs. Total value added; baker’s value added?Read the answer and worked solution →Everyday economicsRead the answer and worked solution →

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Five-Year Plan Milestones

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Matching pairs
  1. Left
    Launch year of First Plan
    Right
    1951
  2. Left
    Second Five-Year Plan model
    Right
    Mahalanobis model
  3. Left
    Fifth Plan poverty slogan
    Right
    Garibi Hatao
Instructions
Match plan milestones to their key terms

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10 people per town: A shares ₹500 equally; in B, one gets ₹901, nine share ₹99 equally. Which is true?

  1. B mean higher; all in B earn more
  2. A mean higher; all in A earn more
  3. B mean higher; most in A earn more
  4. Equal means
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Correct answer: C. B mean higher; most in A earn more

A’s residents each earn ₹50; B averages ₹100 but nine residents earn ₹11 each, illustrating how averages hide inequality.

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Income rises 10%; an unchanged basket costs 20% more. Ability to buy that basket:

  1. Decreases
  2. Rises 10%
  3. Doubles
  4. Stays unchanged
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Correct answer: A. Decreases

The basket becomes more expensive faster than income rises, so the household can afford less of it.

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