Q: The Great Leap Forward (GLF) campaign was launched in China in _____.

Great Leap Forward (GLF) was the campaign launched in China in 1958 to accomplish economic and industrial development at a faster rate. It focussed on widespread industrialization of the economy, encouraging people to set up household industry in their backyard. Hence, B is the correct option.

Question 1

The Government, under UjjwalaYojana, is providing free LPG kitchen gas connections to the families `below the poverty line'. What objective the government is trying to fulfil through the government budget and how? Explain.

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Through Ujjwala Yojana, government is trying to reduce gap between the rich and the poor. Government sells LPG gas at a higher rate to those who can afford it. Revenue so collected is used to provide LPG gas connection free of cost and also at subsidised rates to the families below the poverty line. This reduces disposable income of the rich and increases that of the poor, reducing the gap between the two.

Question 2

Regional and global economic groupings which India is a part of are _____.

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Question 3

Under the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution __________________.

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Option A. Students were sent to understand and work and also to live the culture. So that the old tradition and culture won't die. GPCR's main objective was to save Chinese communism. The Cultural Revolution proceeded in different stages until Mao's demise in 1976.

Question 4

The Great Leap Forward (GLF) campaign was launched in China in _____.

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Great Leap Forward &#10;(GLF) was the campaign &#10;launched in China in &#10;1958 to accomplish &#10;economic and industrial &#10;development at a faster &#10;rate.  It focussed on &#10;widespread &#10;industrialization of the &#10;economy, encouraging &#10;people to set up household industry in &#10;their backyard. Hence, B is the correct option.

Question 5

Which one of the following is an obstacle to economic development?

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Question 6

Choose the correct answer.The year of great depression.

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The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations; in most countries, it started in 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s.

Question 7

Which of the following is not a member of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) ?

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SAARC is the regional organisation of south-east Asian countries consisting of eight member countries, namely, India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives and Afghanistan.

Question 8

Which theory suggests that economic growth will percolate down to all sectors?

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Trikle Down Theory: The position that economic development benefits the &#10;poorest numbers of a society mainly through the effects of increased &#10;national income or demand for labour, rather than through explicit &#10;measures to help them.

Question 9

India and Pakistan became independent nations in ______, Peoples Republic of China was established in _____.

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While India and Pakistan became independent nations in 1947, People&#8217;s Republic of China was established in 1949. All the three nations have started towards their developmental path at the same time.

Question 10

Where is the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?

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