More Questions on Indian Economy
- Q. The number of finance commissions set up upto now is:
A)14
B)13
C)15
D)16
Answer: 15
- Q. The first wholly Indian Bank was set up in
A)1894
B)1794
C)1896
D)1902
Answer: 1894
- Q. National Income estimates in India is prepared by:
A)Reserve Bank Of India
B)Central Statistical Organisation (CSO)
C)Planning Commission
D)Indian Statistical Institute
Answer: Central Statistical Organisation (CSO)
- Q. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was established on:
A)July 12, 1982
B)July 9, 1988
C)April 12, 1988
D)July 5, 1995
Answer: April 12, 1988
- Q. At present, the number of nationalized banks are:
A)17
B)15
C)19
D)12
Answer: 12
- Q. Fiscal deficit in the Union Budget means
A)net increase in Union Governments borrowings from the Reserve Bank of India
B)the sum of budgetary deficit and net increase in internal and external borrowings
C)the difference between current expenditure and current revenue
D)the sum of monetized deficit and budgetary deficit
Answer: the sum of budgetary deficit and net increase in internal and external borrowings
- Q. In India, rural incomes are generally lower than the urban incomes, which of the following reasons account for this? I=A large number of farmers are illiterate and know little about scientific agricultureII=Prices of primary products are lower than those of manufactured products III=Investment in agriculture has been low when compared to investment in industry
A)I, II
B)I, III
C)I, II, III
D)II, III
Answer: I, II, III
- Q. Project ‘Sankalp’ is associated with the elimination of:
A)AIDS/HIV
B)Polio
C)Both A and B
D)None of the above
Answer: AIDS/HIV
- Q. The co-operative credit societies have a
A)three-tier structure
B)two-tier structure
C)four-tier structure
D)five-tier structure
Answer: three-tier structure
- Q. If all the banks in an economy are nationalized and converted into a monopoly bank, the total deposits
A)will increase
B)will decrease
C)will neither increase nor decrease
D)None of the above
Answer: will neither increase nor decrease
- Q. The total number of national highways in the country is:
A)528
B)328
C)228
D)499
Answer: E
- Q. As per the 2009-10, data the commodity with highest share in total export value was:
A)Engineering goods
B)Petroleum products
C)Gems and Jewellery.
D)Rice
Answer: Gems and Jewellery.
- Q. The budget deficit means
A)difference between revenue receipts and revenue expenditure
B)the excess of total expenditure, including loans, net of lending over revenue receipts
C)difference between all receipts and all the expenditure
D)fiscal deficit less interest payments
Answer: difference between all receipts and all the expenditure
- Q. How many Regional Rural Bank (RRBs) are working in the country till 31st March,2010?
A)81
B)82
C)85
D)93
Answer: 82
- Q. In Global Hunger Index (GHI) India has been ranked at:
A)102nd place among 117 developing countries
B)96th place among 119 developing countries
C)105th place among 117 developing countries
D)109th place among 117 developing countries
Answer: 102nd place among 117 developing countries
- Q. India’s share in textiles trade of the world is:
A)6%
B)4%
C)8%
D)10%
Answer: 6%
- Q. National expenditure includes
A)investment expenditure
B)consumption expenditure
C)government expenditure
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Since 1983, the RBI’s responsibility with respect to regional rural banks was transferred to
A)SBI
B)NABARD
C)ARDC
D)PACs
Answer: NABARD
- Q. The programme which was launched in 1974-75 with the main objectives of improving the utilization of created irrigation potential is:
A)Cordial Area Development
B)Copper Area Development
C)Command Area Development (CAD)
D)Cop Authority Development
Answer: Command Area Development (CAD)
- Q. Regional rural banks I=have limited area of operation II=have free access to liberal refinance facilities from NABARD III=are required to lend only to weaker sections
A)II, III
B)I, III
C)I, II, III
D)I, II
Answer: I, II
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