UPSC CDS / IAS Previous Year Questions
Q1. Which of the following are associated with Planning in India?
- The Finance Commission
- The National Development Council
- The Union Ministry of Rural Development
- The Union Ministry of Urban Development
- The Parliament
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
a) 1, 2 and 5 only
b) 1, 3 and 4 only
c) 2 and 5 only
d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Answer: (c) 2 and 5 only
Q2. The highest body which approves the Five-Year Plan in India is the (CDS-I/2003)
a) Planning Commission
b) National Development Council
c) Finance Ministry
d) Union Cabinet
Answer: (b) National Development Council
Q3. Which of the following bodies does not/do not find mention in the Constitution? (IAS/2013)
- National Development Council
- Planning Commission
- Zonal Councils
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3
Q4. Who among the following constitute the National Development Council? (IAS/2013)
- The Prime Minister
- The Chairman, Finance Commission
- Ministers of the Union Cabinet
- Chief Ministers of the States
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
a) 1, 2 and 3 only
b) 1, 3 and 4 only
c) 2 and 4 only
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: (b) 1, 3 and 4 only
Q5. Financial distribution between the Union and the State takes place on the basis of the recommendations of which one of the following? (CDS-I/2008)
a) The National Development Council
b) The Inter-State Council
c) The Planning Commission
d) The Finance Commission
Answer: (d) The Finance Commission
Q6. The Planning Commission of India is (SSC)
a) A constitutional body
b) An independent and autonomous body
c) A statutory body
d) A non-statutory body
Answer: (d) A non-statutory body
Q7. Which of the following is an extra-constitutional and non-statutory body?
a) Finance Commission
b) Planning Commission
c) Union Public Service Commission
d) Election Commission
Answer: (b) Planning Commission
Q8. Consider the following statements (IAS/2004):
- The highest deciding body for planning in India is the Planning Commission of India.
- The Secretary of the Planning Commission of India is also the Secretary of the National Development Council.
- The Constitution includes economic and social planning in the Concurrent List in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3
c) 2 only
d) 3 only
Answer: (b) 2 and 3
Q9. Consider the following statements relating to planning in India (NDA-I/2012):
- In the year 1938, the National Planning Committee was set up in India under the chairmanship of Jawaharlal Nehru.
- The Bombay Plan was prepared by the Indian industrialists.
- Acharya Kripalini prepared the Gandhian Plan.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) 1 and 2 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (c) 1 and 2 only
Q10. ‘National Planning Committee’ was set up by— (MPPSC/2013)
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) A. Dalai
c) Subhash Chandra Bose
d) Lai Bahadur Shastri
Answer: (c) Subhash Chandra Bose
Q11. Which one of the following is not an objective of NITI Aayog? (CDS-I/2021)
a) It provides a critical direction and strategic input for development process.
b) It functions as a ‘think tank’ in providing key elements of policy.
c) It monitors and evaluates the implementation of the programmes.
d) It offers a platform for resolution of inter-state conflicts as ‘provider of first and last resort’.
Answer: (d) It offers a platform for resolution of inter-state conflicts as ‘provider of first and last resort’.
Q12. Which among the following is/are the objective/objectives of the NITI Aayog? (CDS-I/2023)
- Imposing policies on the States/UTs
- Allocation of funds at National and State levels
- Design strategies and long-term policies and programme frameworks
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1, 2 and 3
d) 3 only
Answer: (d) 3 only
Q13. With reference to ‘National Investment and Infrastructure Fund’, which of the following statements is/are correct? (IAS/2017)
- It is an organ of NITI Aayog.
- It has a corpus of Rs. 4,00,000 crore at present.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Q14. What were the main reforms undertaken under the New Economic Policy of the early 1990s? (CAPF/2024)
- Trade liberalization
- Public Sector Disinvestment
- Poverty Alleviation
- Rapid industrialization
Select the answer using the code given below:
a) 1 only
b) 3 and 4
c) 1 and 2
d) 2 and 4
Answer: (c) 1 and 2
Q15. Privatization includes (CAPF/2013)
a) Sale of public enterprises to private sector
b) Disinvestment of public enterprise equity
c) Participation of private sector in management in public sector enterprises
d) All of the above
Answer: (d) All of the above
Q16. Economic liberalisation in India started with (IAS/2000)
a) Substantial changes in industrial licensing policy
b) The convertibility of Indian rupee
c) Doing away with procedural formalities for foreign direct investment
d) Significant reduction in tax rates
Answer: (a) Substantial changes in industrial licensing policy
Q17. Consider the following (IAS/2021):
- Foreign currency convertible bonds
- Foreign institutional investment with certain conditions
- Global depository receipts
- Non-resident external deposits
Which of the above can be included in Foreign Direct Investments?
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 3 only
c) 2 and 4
d) 1 and 4
Answer: (a) 1, 2 and 3
