SSC CGL Planning in India Mock Test 2026: 50 Important MCQs for Tier 1
Planning in India looks like a chapter full of years, plan numbers and committees. The real confusion starts when students remember the First, Second and Third Plans but mix up the Plan Holiday, Rolling Plan, Eighth Plan, Planning Commission and NITI Aayog.
Planning questions become much easier when you create a timeline instead of trying to remember every plan separately. Start from 1950 when the Planning Commission was created, then connect the First Plan with agriculture, the Second Plan with heavy industry and the Mahalanobis strategy, and the Third Plan with self-reliance.
After the Third Plan, remember one important break: three Annual Plans were used from 1966 to 1969. This period is commonly called the Plan Holiday. Later another gap came in 1990 to 1992 before the Eighth Five Year Plan began.
The last part of the chapter is NITI Aayog. Do not study it as simply a new name for the Planning Commission. Its structure and policy role are different, and cooperative federalism is an important idea connected with it.
Build the sequence before attempting the questions
Six facts worth fixing in your mind
Most planning mistakes happen because similar plan names and dates are remembered without a clear sequence.
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Revise the timeline, not fifty separate facts
If your sequence is clear, most Planning questions become much easier. Make one small timeline and write only one key identity beside every important plan.
Planning in India Mock Test FAQs
This test includes 50 MCQs covering pre-independence planning ideas, Five Year Plans, Planning Commission, Plan Holidays and NITI Aayog.
First, Second, Third, Fifth, Eighth, Eleventh and Twelfth Plans deserve special attention along with the Plan Holiday and Rolling Plan.
NITI Aayog was constituted through a Union Cabinet resolution on 1 January 2015.
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