CLASS 11 · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · CH 2: INDIAN ECONOMY 1950-1990 (NCERT CLASS 11 — INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT)
Indian Economy 1950-1990 📈
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Key locations covered (12)
- Economic System Choice
- Planning Commission
- First Five-Year Plan (1951-56)
- Second Five-Year Plan (1956-61)
- Industrial Policy Resolution 1956
- License Raj
- Bank Nationalisation
- Green Revolution Phase 2
- Yellow Revolution
- Public Sector Performance
- Growth Performance 1950-90
- Self-Reliance Strategy
Sample questions (12 of 57)
Three economic systems debated post-1947.
Capitalist, Socialist, Mixed
India adopted which system?
Mixed economy (public + private)
Mixed economy approach borrowed from?
Both capitalist (private enterprise) and socialist (public sector) systems
Five Year Plans were inspired by which country's model?
USSR (Soviet Union)
Industrial growth rate during 1950-65.
About 6% pa
Heavy Industry strategy led to which institute setup?
IITs, IIMs, BARC, ISRO etc.
PSE share of organised industry employment (1990).
About 70%
Planning Commission was set up on?
15 March 1950 (executive resolution, not statutory)
Chairperson of Planning Commission was ex-officio?
Prime Minister
Planning Commission was replaced by which body in?
NITI Aayog (1 January 2015)
First Deputy Chairperson of Planning Commission.
Gulzarilal Nanda
Current CEO of NITI Aayog (2026).
B.V.R. Subrahmanyam
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About this topic
This topic is part of the NCERT Class 11 Geography syllabus, drawn from the chapter Ch 2: Indian Economy 1950-1990 (NCERT Class 11 — Indian Economic Development). Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra for history; G.C. Leong, Savindra Singh for geography; the UPSC Civil Services prelims + mains syllabus).
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