MCQ Questions for Class 12 Economics Chapter 2 : Class 12 Chapter 2 “Indian Economy 1950-1990” MCQ Questions for Class 12 Economics with Answers PDF Free Download here according to the latest CBSE syllabus and NCERT curriculum.
MCQ Questions for Class 12 Economics Chapter 2 Indian Economy 1950-1990 with PDF
Here CBSE RBSE and Other State Board NCERT Objective MCQ Questions of Class 12 Economics Chapter 2 “Indian Economy 1950-1990” with Answers Pdf will guide students to do a quick revision for all chapter.
Q1. In which of the following type of economy are resources owned privately and the main objective behind economic activities is profit-making?
(A) Capitalist
(B) Socialist
(C) Mixed
(D) Global
(A) Capitalist
Q2. Which of the following is the main objective of carrying out various economic activities?
(A) Profit
(B) Public welfare
(C) Competition
(D) Equality
(B) Public welfare
Q3. When was the National Development Council (NDC) set up as an adjunct to the Planning Commission?
(A) 1950
(B) 1969
(C) 1952
(D) 1979
(C) 1952
Q4. Which of the following had been responsible for the heavy burden of the deal and its interest?
(A) BOP deficit
(B) BOP surplus
(C) Equilibrium
(D) None of these
(A) BOP deficit
Q5. Agriculture sector contributed _ percent to the GDP in 1990-91.
(A) 24.6
(B) 34.9
(C) 40.5
(D) 59.0
(B) 34.9
Q6. What is needed to provide protection against natural calamities like floods, drought, locusts, thunderstorms, etc.?
(A) Multiple cropping
(B) Green revolution
(C) Crop insurance
(D) HYV
(C) Crop insurance
Q7. Which of the following steps promoted the growth of the economy as a whole by stimulating the development of industrial and tertiary sectors?
(A) Independence
(B) Planning
(C) Colonial rule
(D) Green revolution
(B) Planning
Q8. How many industries have been reserved for the public sector under Industrial Policy Resolution, 1956?
(A) 17
(B) 21
(C) 15
(D) 2
(A) 17
Q9. The percentage of the total population below the poverty line has __ in India since independence.
declined
Q10. _ planning includes all spheres of economic and social activities.
Comprehensive
Q11. __ is the Chairman of the Planning Commission.
Prime Minister
Q12. __ economy is the framework of planning in India.
Mixed
Q13. Full employment and equitable distribution of income and wealth are the _ period objectives of planning in India.
long
Q14. __ combined with social justice is the principal goal of planning in India.
Economic growth
Q15. Modernisation means adoption of new technology and a change in __
social outlook
Q16. Planning in India started with a heavy reliance on the _ sector.
Public
Q17. Land Reforms were introduced to make tillers the owners of the land and bring about _ in agriculture.
equity
Q18. Import Substitution policy was introduced to protect __ from foreign competition.
domestic industries
Q19. In a capitalist economy, production takes place for selling the output in the market with profit as the primary motive.
True
Q20. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru and many other leaders favoured capitalism for independent India.
False
Q21. President is the Chairman of the Planning Commission.
False
Q22. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru is regarded as the architect of Indian planning.
False
