Development Experience Of India a Comparison with Neighbors - Online Test
Q1. Who said these lines “these new and revolutionary changes in China and India, even though they differ in content, symbolise the new spirit of Asia and new vitality which is finding expression in the countries in Asia."
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
He said these lines in his speech when India and Pakistan became independent nations in 1947, People's Republic of China was established in 1949. All the three countries had started planning their development strategies in similar ways.
Q2. People’s Republic of China was established in
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
Mao declared the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949.
Q3. _____ announce its five year plan in 1951. While _____ announced its five year plan in 1956.____ announced its five year plan in 1953.
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
Five-Year Plans (FYPs) are centralized and integrated national economic programs. The process began with setting up of Planning Commision in March 1950 in pursuance of declared objectives of the Government to promote a rapid rise in the standard of living of the people by efficient exploitation of the resources of the country, increasing production and offering opportunities to all for employment in the service of the community.
Q4. The policy of Great Leap Forward (GLF) was announced in
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
The GLF campaign intitiated in 1958 aimed at industrialising the country on a massive scale.
Q5. Which policy aimed to combine the establishment of rural communes with a crash programme of village industrialisation?
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
In GLF campaign , people were encouraged to set up industries in their backyards.
Q6. China introduced major reforms in its economy in
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
To improve the various sectors of economy, China introduced reforms in phases in 1978.
Q7. ____ has followed the classical development pattern of gradual shift from agriculture to manufacturing and then to services
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
Although the central administration coordinated the economy and redistributed resources among regions when necessary, in practice most economic activity was very decentralized, and there was relatively little flow of goods and services between areas. About 75 percent of the grain grown in China, for instance, was consumed by the families that produced it.
Q8. In 1965, Mao introduced the _____________ under which students and professionals were sent to work and learn from country side
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
When Russian had conflict with China, it withdrew it's professionals who had earlier been sent to China to help in the industrialization process. Then, Mao introduced GPCR.
Q9. Which of the following policy was followed by Pakistan
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
Import substitution industrialization (ISI) is a trade and economic policy which advocates replacing foreign imports with domestic production. ISI is based on the premise that a country should attempt to reduce its foreign dependency through local production of industrialized products.
Q10. The population of which of the country is small
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
Compared to China and India, Pakistan is having least population. China is having largest population in the world and India occupies the second place.
