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UPSC CDS Indian Economy — practice questions — page 11

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Special area programmes for hill, north-eastern, tribal and backward areas were designed in which Five Year Plan?Read the answer and worked solution →The Hill Area Development Programme began in which Five Year Plan?Read the answer and worked solution →The 1981 National Committee on Development of Backward Areas defined backward hill areas as those above what height?Read the answer and worked solution →The Drought Prone Area Programme was initiated during which Five Year Plan?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1967 the Planning Commission identified how many drought-prone districts?Read the answer and worked solution →The Irrigation Commission of 1972 used what criterion to demarcate drought-prone areas?Read the answer and worked solution →The Bharmaur tribal area lies in which district of Himachal Pradesh?Read the answer and worked solution →Which tribal community, speaking the Gaddiali dialect, inhabits Bharmaur?Read the answer and worked solution →The tribal sub-plan under which Bharmaur became an Integrated Tribal Development Project was introduced in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Female literacy in Bharmaur rose from 1.88 per cent in 1971 to what level in 2011?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 1968 book by Ehrlich raised fears about environmental limits?Read the answer and worked solution →The World Commission on Environment and Development was headed by which Norwegian Prime Minister?Read the answer and worked solution →The Brundtland Report, titled Our Common Future, was published in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Indira Gandhi Canal was earlier known by which name?Read the answer and worked solution →The Indira Gandhi Canal originates at which barrage in Punjab?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the total planned length of the Indira Gandhi Canal system?Read the answer and worked solution →Intensive canal irrigation in the Indira Gandhi command area has caused which twin environmental problems?Read the answer and worked solution →Warabandi, part of Command Area Development, means what?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the area programmesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the canal districtsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the plan yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the new cropsRead the answer and worked solution →Which Five Year PlanRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Planning bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Over the last two decades, manufacturing's share of India's GDP has stagnated at about:Read the answer and worked solution →Industries clustering in cities to share markets and services enjoy what are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Iron and steel, cement and aluminium are classed by raw material as:Read the answer and worked solution →Industries like iron and steel that supply raw materials for other goods are called:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Special area programmes for hill, north-eastern, tribal and backward areas were designed in which Five Year Plan?

  1. Fourth
  2. Tenth
  3. Eighth
  4. First
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Correct answer: C. Eighth

1. They aimed to build infrastructure. 2. The 8th Plan designed the special area programmes. 3. Hill Area Development began earlier, in the Fifth Plan. _Source: syllabus India People and Economy, Chapter 9, Planning and Sustainable Development in Indian Context._

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The Hill Area Development Programme began in which Five Year Plan?

  1. Second
  2. Eighth
  3. Ninth
  4. Fifth
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Correct answer: D. Fifth

1. It covered 15 districts. 2. These included Uttarakhand hills, Darjeeling and Nilgiri. 3. It started in the Fifth Plan. _Source: syllabus India People and Economy, Chapter 9, Planning and Sustainable Development in Indian Context._

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The 1981 National Committee on Development of Backward Areas defined backward hill areas as those above what height?

  1. 600 m
  2. 1,000 m
  3. 300 m
  4. 2,000 m
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Correct answer: A. 600 m

1. Areas not under tribal sub-plan qualified. 2. The height limit was above 600 m. 3. Plans used horticulture, plantation and forestry. _Source: syllabus India People and Economy, Chapter 9, Planning and Sustainable Development in Indian Context._

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