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Class 12 Planning and Sustainable Development in Indian Context worksheet

CBSE Social Science. Sectoral and regional planning, hill and drought-prone area programmes, the Bharmaur project, sustainable development and the Indira Gandhi Canal. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.

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Sample questions

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Section A · multiple choice

1.
Planning aimed at developing sectors like agriculture, industry and power is called:
1. target area planning
2. hill area planning
3. regional planning
4. sectoral planning
Answer
(d) sectoral planning
2.
What does the Drought Prone Area Programme aim at?
1. jobs and productive assets in drought-prone areas
2. infrastructure and services in tribal areas such as Bharmaur
3. helping small farmers as a target group
4. using hill resources through horticulture, forestry and small industries
Answer
(a) jobs and productive assets in drought-prone areas
3.
What is meant by “sustainable development”?
1. a canal whose water is lifted to flow against the slope
2. the body that replaced the Planning Commission in 2015
3. developing sectors like agriculture, industry and power
4. meeting present needs without harming future generations
Answer
(d) meeting present needs without harming future generations

Section B · short answer

4.
What is planning?
Answer
Thinking out, formulating and carrying out a set of actions to reach a goal, here economic development.
5.
What does each programme aim at? (a) the Small Farmers Development Agency (b) the Integrated Tribal Development Project
Answer
(a) helping small farmers as a target group (b) infrastructure and services in tribal areas such as Bharmaur

Section C · long answer

6.
Explain the Drought Prone Area Programme and how it helps dryland farming.
Answer
Begun in the Fourth Plan, it moved from labour-intensive works to irrigation, land development, afforestation, pastures and integrated watershed development to restore ecological balance.

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