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Class 11 Indian Economy 1950–1990 worksheet
CBSE Social Science. Goals of the five year plans, land reforms, HYV seeds and the Green Revolution, marketable surplus, industrial policy, small-scale industry, tariffs and quotas. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
The Planning Commission of India was set up in:
- 1956
- 1991
- 1947
- 1950
Answer
(d) 1950
- 2.
What is meant by “equity”?
- benefits of growth reaching the poor as well
- a limit on the quantity that can be imported
- a long-term plan of about twenty years
- a tax on imported goods
Answer
(a) benefits of growth reaching the poor as well
- 3.
A farmer harvests 580 quintals of wheat, keeps 140 quintals for the family and 11 quintals as seed. What is the marketable surplus?
- 440 quintals
- 569 quintals
- 429 quintals
- 151 quintals
Answer
(c) 429 quintals
580 − 140 − 11 = 429
Section B · short answer
- 4.
What is a plan?
Answer
A statement of how a nation’s resources should be used, with goals to be reached in a set period.
- 5.
Explain each term: (a) abolition of intermediaries (b) marketable surplus
Answer
(a) making the tillers direct owners of land (b) the part of farm output sold in the market
Section C · long answer
- 6.
Explain the four goals of the five year plans.
Answer
Growth (more output), modernisation (new technology and new social outlook), self-reliance (less dependence on imports) and equity (benefits reaching the poor).
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