Category: Society and Environment

17) Give most suitable definitions of “environment” and “environmental pollution”. What is a pollutant as defined by the Government of India in its Environmental Protection Act (1986)? Earth is the only planet where other living beings have evolved because of the availability of all the ingredients such as air, water, food, energy, etc., which are…

16) What is Holiday and Rolling Plan? Holiday Plan Since the Third five-year Plan had gone away, the process of planning itself became discredited in the eyes of many people. As a result, there were demands from many different quarters to declare a Plan Holiday . Rolling Plan The new pattern of planning was laid…

15) What is the meaning of “planning by direction” ? The government may also influence the supply and / or demand of various commodities, and thus increase or decrease their production , consumption and price. The first of these methods (issue of orders, imposition of controls, etc.) is known as “ planning by direction” while…

14) What is the range of capital-output ratio for the developing countries? The ratio determines the rate at which the output of a country grows as a result of a given volume of the capital investment. A lower capital-output ratio leads to a comparatively higher rate of the growth of output as a result of…

13) What is the most effective method of population control? The most effective method of population control is the spread of education. To a very large extent, the qualitative aspect of a country’s population is determined bye the level of literacy. The higher the rate of literacy, the higher is the contribution of population to…

12) Define the “rate of population growth” The rate of population growth is given by the difference between the birth rate and death rate of a country. Read In Hindi जनसंख्या वृद्धि की दर किसी देश की जन्म दर और मृत्यु दर के अंतर से दी जाती है।

11) Define Science, Engineering and Technology Science, engineering and technology are the most important factors for changing a traditional society into a modern and developed one. Engineering is the, I applied science and technology is the applied engineering. This clearly shows that social, economic and scientific factors for development are highly interrelated. Technology, arising from…

10) Explain the objectives of planning The objectives of planning, however, are not the same for all countries, nor are they the same for any country at all times. What precisely arc the objectives of planning depend on the stage of economic development of the countryconcerned, the socio-economic conditions prevalent there at the time of…

9) Define planning. What are its characteristics? Definition of planning given by Prof. Dickinson. According to him, “Economic planning is the making of ma) or economic decisions – what and how much is to be produced; how, when and where it is to be produced and to whom it is to be allocated – by the…