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Indian Economic Development

Class 11 · Economy

Ch 5 · Rural Development

Real UPSC Prelims questions from 2016–2026, linked to this book. Try each one first, then open the answer. 2026 answers follow UPSC's provisional answer key.

Prelims 2017 · Q33

What is/are the advantage/advantages of implementing the 'National Agriculture Market' scheme?

  1. 1.It is a pan-India electronic trading portal for agricultural commodities.
  2. 2.It provides the farmers access to nationwide market, with prices commensurate with the quality of their produce.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. (a)1 only
  2. (b)2 only
  3. (c)Both 1 and 2
  4. (d)Neither 1 nor 2
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UPSC's answer: (c)

NCERT answers it: Class 11 Indian Economic Development, Ch 5 (Rural Development).

How to solve it with NCERT: Class 11 Indian Economic Development, ch 5, describes e-NAM as a pan-India online portal connecting mandis, which is statement 1. A single national portal is what puts buyers from across the country in front of a farmer, so statement 2 follows. Answer (c).

Hindi version: UPSC's official question paper (2017), question 33 ↗

Prelims 2017 · Q77

Which of the following has/have occurred in India after its liberalization of economic policies in 1991?

  1. 1.Share of agriculture in GDP increased enormously.
  2. 2.Share of India's exports in world trade increased.
  3. 3.FDI inflows increased.
  4. 4.India's foreign exchange reserves increased enormously.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

  1. (a)1 and 4 only
  2. (b)2, 3 and 4 only
  3. (c)2 and 3 only
  4. (d)1, 2, 3 and 4
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UPSC's answer: (b)

NCERT answers it: Class 11 Indian Economic Development, Ch 3 (Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation: An Appraisal); Class 11 Indian Economic Development, Ch 5 (Rural Development).

How to solve it with NCERT: Class 11 Indian Economic Development, ch 3, shows FDI and foreign-exchange reserves rising sharply after 1991 (reserves from about $6 billion to $646 billion), so 3 and 4 are true. Ch 5 says agriculture's share of GDP was declining, so 1 is false. The only option with 4 and without 1 is (b).

Hindi version: UPSC's official question paper (2017), question 77 ↗

Prelims 2020 · Q63

Which of the following factors/policies were affecting the price of rice in India in the recent past?

  1. 1.Minimum Support Price
  2. 2.Government's trading
  3. 3.Government's stockpiling
  4. 4.Consumer subsidies

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. (a)1, 2 and 4 only
  2. (b)1, 3 and 4 only
  3. (c)2 and 3 only
  4. (d)1, 2, 3 and 4
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UPSC's answer: (d)

NCERT answers it: Class 11 Indian Economic Development, Ch 5 (Rural Development).

The one fact NCERT doesn't give: The government also trades in rice: it sells stocks in the open market and controls exports, and both move prices.

Class 11 Indian Economic Development, ch 5, covers MSP, FCI's buffer stocks and subsidised grain through the PDS (statements 1, 3, 4). Answer (d).

Hindi version: UPSC's official question paper (2020), question 63 ↗

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