More Questions on Indian Economy
- Q. Income tax in India was introduced by:
A)James Wilson
B)Nicholas Kaldor
C)William Jones
D)Mahavir Tyagi
Answer: James Wilson
- Q. Subsidies mean
A)payment made by business enterprises to factors of production
B)payment by government for purchase of goods and services
C)payment made by companies to shareholders
D)payment made by the government to business enterprises, without buying any goods and services
Answer: payment made by the government to business enterprises, without buying any goods and services
- Q. The current price index (base 1960) is nearly 330. This means that
A)the prices of certain selected items have gone up to 3-3 times
B)all items cost 3-3 times more than what they did in 1960
C)weighted means of prices of certain item has increased 3-3 times
D)gold price has gone up 3-3 times
Answer: weighted means of prices of certain item has increased 3-3 times
- Q. When personal direct taxes are subtracted from personal income the obtained value is called:
A)National Income
B)Gross National Product (GNP)
C)Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
D)Personal Income
Answer: Gross National Product (GNP)
- Q. States earn maximum revenue through
A)custom revenue
B)land revenue
C)commercial taxes
D)excise duties on intoxicants
Answer: commercial taxes
- Q. The first fully Indian Bank is:
A)Central Bank of India
B)Canara Bank
C)Punjab National Bank
D)State Bank of India
Answer: Punjab National Bank
- Q. Government has merged Annapurna Scheme with:
A)Ujjwala
B)National Old Age Pension Scheme
C)IRDP
D)None of these
Answer: National Old Age Pension Scheme
- Q. Navaratna Status is concerned with:
A)Private Sector Companies
B)Public Sector Companies
C)Both A and B
D)None of the above
Answer: Public Sector Companies
- Q. Excise duty is a tax levied on the
A)export of goods
B)production of goods
C)import of goods
D)sale of goods
Answer: production of goods
- Q. The Money Order system in India was introduced in the year :
A)1880
B)1882
C)1999
D)1904
Answer: 1880
- Q. Asia’s first Export processing Zone (EPZ) was established in:
A)Cochin
B)Kandla
C)Surat
D)Chennai
Answer: Kandla
- Q. If an economy is equilibrium at the point where plans to save and to invest are equal, then government expenditure must be
A)equal to government income
B)zero
C)larger than government income
D)negative
Answer: equal to government income
- 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. When personal direct taxes are subtracted from personal income the obtained value is called:
A)National Income
B)Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
C)Gross National Product (GNP)
D)Personal Income
Answer: Gross National Product (GNP)
- Q. In the World, in the production of cotton, India ranks:
A)First
B)Second
C)Third
D)Fourth
Answer: Second
- Q. The condition of indirect taxes in the country’s revenue is approximately
A)75 percent
B)70 percent
C)80 percent
D)86 percent
Answer: 86 percent
- Q. For International money transfer which Indian public sector bank has signed MoU with MoneyGram company of America?
A)Bank of Baroda
B)State Bank of India
C)Punjab National Bank
D)Central Bank of India
Answer: Punjab National Bank
- Q. Gross domestic capital formation is defined as
A)expenditure incurred on physical assets only
B)flow of expenditure devoted to increased or maintaining of the capital stock
C)production exceeding demand
D)net addition to stock after depreciation
Answer: net addition to stock after depreciation
- Q. The total number of national highways in the country is:
A)528
B)328
C)228
D)499
Answer: E
- Q. Who is the author of the book Man and Economics?
A)Robert Mundel
B)Rudi Dornbusch
C)Myron Scholes
D)George Akerlof
Answer: Robert Mundel
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