Planning and Sustainable Development in Indian Context Class 12 MCQs Questions with Answers
Multiple Choice Questions:
Question 1.
Regional planning relates to:
(a) Area differences in the transportation network
(b) DeveLopment of rural areas
(c) Development of various sectors of the economy
(d) Area-specific approach of development
Answer
Answer: (d) Area-specific approach of development
Question 2.
What is the full form of ITDP?
(a) Integrated Transport Development Programme
(b) Integrated Tourism Development Programme
(c) Integrated TraveL Development Programme
(d) Integrated Tribal Development Programme
Answer
Answer: (b) Integrated Tourism Development Programme
Question 3.
By which name was the Indira Gandhi Cana I earlier known as?
(a) Gujarat Canal
(b) Rajasthan Canal
(c) Nehru Canal
(d) Bikaner Canal
Answer
Answer: (b) Rajasthan Canal
Question 4.
What was the period of the First Five Year Plan?
(a) 1951 – 56
(b) 1950 – 55
(c) 1947 – 52
(d) 1960 – 65
Answer
Answer: (a) 1951 – 56
Question 5.
When did NITI Aayog replace the Planning Commission?
(a) 18 March 2001
(b) 1 January 2015
(c) 28 June 2011
(d) 9May 2016
Answer
Answer: (b) 1 January 2015
Question 6.
Under which programme, did the Planning Commission of India (1967) identify 67 districts (entirely or partly) of the country as prone to drought?
(a) Command Area Development Programme
(b) Drought Prone Area Development Programme
(c) Desert Development Programme
(d) Hill Area Development Programme
Answer
Answer: (b) Drought Prone Area Development Programme
Question 7.
Which region is popularly known as the homeland of Gaddis?
(a) Tundah
(b) Kugti
(c) Holi
(d) Bharmaur
Answer
Answer: (d) Bharmaur
Question 8.
Who wrote ‘The Population Bomb’?
(a) Ehrlich
(b) Meadows
(c) Amartya Sen
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Ehrlich
Question 9.
What WCED stands for?
(a) World Commission on Environment and Development
(b) World Centre of Environment and Development
(c) Wildlife Commission on Environment and Development
(d) World Commission for Ecological Development
Answer
Answer: (a) World Commission on Environment and Development
Question 10.
What was the previous name of Indira Gandhi Canal?
(a) Sindh Canal
(b) Punjab CanaL
(c) Rajasthan Canal
(d) Agra Canal
Answer
Answer: (c) Rajasthan Canal
Question 11.
Who conceived the idea of Indira Gandhi Canal?
(a) Sarvinder Singh
(b) Kanwar Sain
(c) Both A and B
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b) Kanwar Sain
Question 12.
Complete the following table by writing the appropriate name In the blank.
Answer
Answer: Regional planning
