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A. Tick (3) the right option :

1. India has shown tremendous progress in the field of ______________ .
(a) science (b) technology (c) both of these
2. The ______________ Revolution did not occur in the field of agriculture.

(a) Green (b) White (c) Red
3. A ______________ doctor would not like to practice in rural areas.
(a) government (b) private (c) none of these
4. The chief motive of the private sector is ______________ .

(a) people’s well being (b) profit (c) development
5. The ______________ sector is also called public sector.
(a) private (b) government (c) none of these
6. The long term plans were called ______________ .

(a) Ten-Year Plans (b) Two-Year Plans (c) Five-Year Plans
7. At present, India is at the threshold of becoming an industrially ______________ country.
(a) developed (b) developing (c) none of these
8. The government has started NREP to generate ______________ employment.

(a) urban (b) rural (c) none of these

B. Find out and write the expanded form of the following abbreviations :
1. NREP ________________________ 2. BPL ________________________
3. GDP ________________________ 4. FYP ________________________
5. ISRO ________________________ 6. JRY ________________________

C. Answer in one word or phrase :
1. What should the government look after?

2. What is the primary motive of the private sector?
3. What are the long term plans of the government called?
4. Name any two areas to which the government pays special attention.
5. What are the BPL people?

6. What is NREP?
D. Answer the questions in brief :

1. What are Five-Year Plans?
2. What are the reasons that the public sector starts development in an area?
3. What are the important methods of operation of the government?
4. Why was the government started various employment programmes?

5. Write two points to show the importance of agriculture.
6. What is the impact of the economic presence of the government on the people’s lives?
Economic Presence of the Government
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