More Questions on Indian Economy
- Q. One rupee currency note in India bears the signature of-
A)Finance minister of India
B)Governor (RBI)
C)The president of India
D)Finance secretary of Government of India
Answer: Finance secretary of Government of India
- Q. One of the reasons for India’s occupational structure remaining more or less the same over the years has been that
A)productivity in agriculture has been high enough to induce people to stay with agriculture
B)ceiling on land holdings have enabled more people to own land and hence their preference to stay wit
C)investment pattern has been directed towards capital intensive industries
D)people are largely unaware of the significance of transition from agriculture to industry for econom
Answer: investment pattern has been directed towards capital intensive industries
- Q. In India, the second largest provider of employment after agriculture is:
A)Chemical Sector
B)Textile Sector
C)Iron and Steel Sector
D)Telecommunication sector
Answer: Textile Sector
- Q. Income tax in India was introduced by:
A)James Wilson
B)Nicholas Kaldor
C)William Jones
D)Mahavir Tyagi
Answer: James Wilson
- Q. Fiscal deficit in the Union Budget means
A)net increase in Union Governments borrowings from the Reserve Bank of India
B)the difference between current expenditure and current revenue
C)the sum of budgetary deficit and net increase in internal and external borrowings
D)the sum of monetized deficit and budgetary deficit
Answer: the sum of budgetary deficit and net increase in internal and external borrowings
- Q. National food for Work programme aimed at intensifying the generation of supplementary wage employment was launched in:
A)September 2003
B)November 2004
C)October 2004
D)January 2004
Answer: November 2004
- Q. In the World, in the production of cotton, India ranks:
A)First
B)Third
C)Second
D)Fourth
Answer: Second
- Q. Meera Seth committee was associated with:
A)sex discrimination at work place
B)the development of handloom industry.
C)female foeticide
D)banking sector
Answer: the development of handloom industry.
- 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. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was established on:
A)July 12, 1982
B)April 12, 1988
C)July 9, 1988
D)July 5, 1995
Answer: April 12, 1988
- Q. A proportion of the total deposits and reserves of the commercial banks that is to be kept with the Central Bank (RBI) on liquid form as a measure of control of RBI over the Commercial Banks is known as:
A)Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)
B)Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
C)Bank rate
D)Mandatory deposit
Answer: Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
- Q. Asia’s first Export processing Zone (EPZ) was established in:
A)Cochin
B)Kandla
C)Surat
D)Chennai
Answer: Kandla
- Q. Open market operation is a part of:
A)Debit Policy
B)Credit Policy
C)Deposit Policy
D)None of these
Answer: Credit Policy
- Q. In pursuance with the recommendations of Narsimham Committee, the RBI has framed new guidelines
A)to reduce the freedom given to banks to rationalize their existing branch network
B)to govern entry of new private sector banks to make the banking sector more competitive
C)to setup more foreign exchange banks
D)to lend more easily for industrial development
Answer: to govern entry of new private sector banks to make the banking sector more competitive
- Q. Since the inception of the co-operative movement, rural credits has been
A)rationalized
B)cheapened
C)institutionalized
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Devaluation of a currency means
A)reduction in external value/exchange value of currency by the government
B)reduction in currency value due to wear and tear
C)fall in exchange value of a country by market forces
D)all of the above
Answer: reduction in external value/exchange value of currency by the government
- 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. Open market operation is a part of:
A)Debit Policy
B)Deposit Policy
C)Credit Policy
D)None of these
Answer: Credit Policy
- Q. What is the objective of ‘Sangam Yojna 1996’?
A)To make Ganga water pollution free
B)To increase the welfare of the disabled
C)To make Sangam region of Allahabad more attractive for tourists
D)To unite, various groups of Hindus
Answer: To increase the welfare of the disabled
- Q. Gilt-edged market means
A)market of government securities
B)bullion market
C)market of guns
D)market of pure metals
Answer: market of government securities
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