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             Check out the PSC Memory Codes to simply remember the Five Year Plans in India.The five years plan in India is framed, executed and monitored by the Planning Commission of India. The Planning Commission was set up in March, 1950.The draft of the first five-year plan was published in July 1951 and it was approved in December 1951. With the Prime Minister as the ex official Chairman. The commission has a nominated Deputy Chairman, who has rank of a Cabinet minister.

PSC Memory Codes to Remember Five Year Plans of India

1. First Five Year Plan (1951 -56)

SHORTCUT: ThePICS

T - Transport

P - POWER 

I - INDUSTRY

C - Communication

S - SOCIAL SERVICE

2. Second five year plan (1956 -61)

SHORTCUT : MADRAS

M - Mahalanobis Model 

A - Atomic Energy Commission 

D - Durgapur steel company, Tata Inst of Fundamental Research

R - Rourkela Steel Company, Rapid Industrialisation 

A - Agriculture 

S - Socialistic Pattern of Society

3. Third five year plan (1961-66)

SHORTCUT : SAD

S - Self Reliance 

A - Agriculture 

D - Development of Industry

5. Fifth five year plan (1974-79)

SHORTCUT : POSTMAN

P - Poverty Eradication

S - Self reliance 

T - Twenty Point Programme 

M - Minimum Need Programme

6. Sixth five year Plan (1980-85)

SHORTCUT : MAIL

M - Management

A - Agriculture production

I - Industry production

L - Local Development Schemes

7. Seventh Five year plan (1985-90)

SHORTCUT : EFGH (the alphabets)

E - Employment generation

F - Foodgrain production was doubled 

G - Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (1989)

H - Hindu rate of Growth

8. Eighth Five year plan (1992-97)

SHORTCUT : LPG

L - Liberalisation 

P - Privatisation

G - Globalisation

9. Ninth five year plan (1997-2002)

SHORTCUT : ESPN

E - Employment for Women, SC's and ST's 

S - Seven Basic minimum service

P - Panchayat Raj Institutions, Primary Education, Public Distribution System 

N - Nutrition Security

11. Eleventh five year plan (2007 -2012)

SHORTCUT : TEACHERS

T - Telicomunicatons (2G)

E - Electricity, Environment Science

A - Anemia 

C - Clean water 

H - Health education 

E - Environment Science

R - Rapid growth 

S - Skill Development

                 Plan                            Period

First five year plan                    1951 - 56

Second five year plan               1956 - 62

Third five year plan                  1961 - 66

Fourth five year plan                1969 - 74

Fifth five year plan                   1974 - 78

Sixth five year plan                  1980 - 85

Seventh five year plan              1985 - 90

Eight five year plan                  1992 - 97

Ninth five year plan                  1997 - 2002

Tenth five year plan                  2002 - 2007

Eleventh five year plan             2007 - 2012

Twelfth five year plan               2012 - 2017

1. First five year plan of India started in the year:

Ans-  1951

2. Which five year plan is also called Mahalanobis Plan?

Ans -  Second five year plan

3. Which five year plan was based on Harrold Domar model?

Ans -  First five year plan

4. Which five year plan focussed on rapid industrialization- heavy & basic industries?

Ans -  Second five year plan

5. India's first five Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) were started during:

Ans - First five year plan

6. The 14 major Indian banks were nationalised during which five year plan?

Ans -  Fourth Plan

7. The final Draft of fifth plan was prepared and launched by

Ans -  D.P. Dhar

8. Which Five-Year Plan laid stress on employment, poverty alleviation (Garibi Hatao), and justice?

Ans -  Fifth plan

9. Which five year plan is also known as 'Gadgil Yojana' ?

Ans -  Fourth Plan

10. The plan based on John Sandy and S. Chakravarty model is:

Ans - Third five year plan

11. The period of Rolling plan introduced by Janata Party government was:

Ans -  1978 - 1980

12. The period of Plan Holiday in India was:

Ans -  1966- 1969

13. During which five year plan was the University Grants Commission (UGC) set up to take care of funding and take measures to strengthen the higher education in the country?

Ans -  First plan

14. The Atomic Energy Commission of India was established during the plan:

Ans -  First five year plan

15. The Twenty Point Programme was launched by the Government of India during the fifth plan in the year:

Ans -  1975

16. Which five year plan was in progress during the celebration 50 years of Indian Independence?

Ans -  Ninth Five year plan

17. Green Revolution resulted in advanced agriculture in India during the plan

Ans -  Fourth five year plan

18.The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development(NABARD) was established by recommendation of the Shivaraman Committee during the plan:

Ans- Sixth plan

19. Which five year plan was termed as "India's educational plan" by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh?

Ans -  Eleventh five year plan

20. The concept of planning based on

Ans - Russion model by Joseph Stalin.

21. Who is the ex-officio Chairman of Planning Commission?

Ans - The Prime Minister

22. The Planning Commission was setup on.......... 

Ans - March 15, 1950

23. The period of first five year plan-

Ans - 1951-1956

24. Bhakra Nangal, Hirakud and Damodar vally projects were launched on which five year plan?

Ans - First Five Year Plan

25. What is the period of Second Five year Plan?

Ans - 1956-61

26. In what sector the second Five Year Plan gave Importance?

Ans - Industrial Development

27. Which plan is called Industrial and Transport Plan?

Ans- Second Five Year Plan

28. The Three important steel plants in India that were build during second five year plan were?

Ans - The Durgapur (West Bengal), Bhilai Steel plant and Rourkela (Orissa).

29. The Durgapur Steel plant was built with the help of which country?

Ans - Britain

30. The Bhilai steel plant is built up with the help of which country?

Ans - Russia

31. The Rourkela Steel Plant in Orissa was built up with the help of.........

Ans - Germany

32. Which plan adopted the Socialistic pattern of society at its goal?

Ans - Second Five Year Plan

33. The locomotive factory at Chitharanjan and coach factory at perambur were built during which five year plan?

Ans - Second Five Year Plan

34. The period of Third Five Year Plan?

Ans - 1961-66

35. What are the reasons for the failure of third Five Year Plan?

Ans - The Chinese Aggression on 1962, and the war with Pakistan on 1965

36. What is the reason for declairing a plan holiday during 1966-1969?

Ans - War with Pakistan.

37. The period of fourth Five Year Plan?

Ans - 1969-74

38. What is the objective of fourth five year plan?

Ans - Growth with Stability

39. Nationalisation of Banks (1969) was a major step of which five year plan? 

Ans - Fourth five year plan

40. What is the reason for the failure of fourth Five Year Plan?

Ans - Indo Pak war in 1971

41. The period of fifth five year plan?

Ans - 1974-1979

42. What is the slogan of fifth Five Year Plan?

Ans - ''Garibi Hatao''. (By Indira Gandhi)

43. What is the major achievement of fifth Five Year Plan?

Ans - Self sufficiency in food grains

44. The 20 point programmes were launched on which Five Year Plan and by whom

Ans - 5th Five Year Plan by Indira Gandhi

45. The fifth Five Year Plan was terminated on-

Ans - 1978 (and Launched Rottery Plans)

46. What are the primary objective of sixth Five Year Plan?

Ans - Elimination of unemployment and poverty

47. Annual growth rate achieved by 8th plan?

Ans - 6.8%

48. Who is named as the father of  '' Indian Planning '' ?

Ans - M. Visweswarayya

49. Who wrote the book '' planned Economy of India '' ?

Ans - M. Visweswarayya

50. M. Visweswarayya was honoured by BharatRatna in the year?

Ans - 1955

51. Which Authority gives final approval to plan in India?

Ans - National Development council

52. The National Development Council was set up in which year?

Ans - August 6, 1952

53.. Who is the chairman of National Development Council of India?

Ans - The Prime minister of India

54. Who initiated peoples plan?

Ans - M.N. Roy

55. The first Deputy chairman of planning commission was………..?

Ans - G.L. Mehta

56. Janata Government introduced the concept of …………. plan in 1978?

Ans - Rolling

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