More Questions on Indian Economy
- Q. On July 12, 1982, the ARDC was merged into
A)NABARD
B)EXIM Bank
C)RBI
D)None of the above
Answer: NABARD
- 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. For International money transfer which Indian public sector bank has signed MoU with MoneyGram company of America?
A)Bank of Baroda
B)Punjab National Bank
C)State Bank of India
D)Central Bank of India
Answer: Punjab National Bank
- 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. 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. Planning commission constituted a high level committee for financial sector reforms in August 2007 under the Chairmanship of:
A)Raghuram G. Rajan
B)Bimal Jalan
C)K.V. Kamath
D)None of these
Answer: Raghuram G. Rajan
- Q. The main rubber producing state in the country is:
A)Tamil Nadu
B)Kerala
C)Karnataka
D)Hyderabad
Answer: Kerala
- Q. The Ministry and programme Implementation – as an independent Ministry came into existence on :
A)January 15, 1998
B)September 15, 1999
C)October 15, 1999
D)June 15, 1999
Answer: October 15, 1999
- 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 ARDC is now a branch of the
A)NABARD
B)IDBI
C)RBI
D)SDBI
Answer: NABARD
- Q. The main rubber producing state in the country is:
A)Tamil Nadu
B)Karnataka
C)Kerala
D)Hyderabad
Answer: Kerala
- Q. National Electricity Policy envisages elimination of power shortage by 2012 through addition of:
A)75000 Megawatt
B)100000 Megawatt.
C)50000 Megawatt
D)125000 Megawatt
Answer: 100000 Megawatt.
- Q. The concept of zero-based budgeting was given by:
A)Peter drucker
B)Jagdish bhagwati
C)Peter A. Payer.
D)None of these
Answer: Peter A. Payer.
- 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. Where was first gold refinery established?
A)Shirpur (Maharashtra)
B)Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
C)Bangalore (Karnataka)
D)Mumbai (Maharashtra)
Answer: Shirpur (Maharashtra)
- Q. At present, the number of nationalized banks are:
A)17
B)15
C)19
D)12
Answer: 12
- Q. Non Tax revenues can be increased by improving the working of the
A)electricity boards
B)commercial irrigation projects
C)State Road Transport Corporations
D)All of the above
Answer: commercial irrigation projects
- Q. Paper currency first started in India in
A)1542
B)1861
C)1601
D)1880
Answer: 1861
- Q. Reserve Bank of India will soon release plastic notes in circulation will be of :
A)Rs 20 notes
B)Rs 50 notes
C)Rs 100 notes
D)Rs 10 notes
Answer: Rs 10 notes
- Q. Since independence, both development and non-development expenditures have increased; the increase in the former being a little more than in the other. Non-development expenditure involves I=interest payments II=subsidies III=defence IV=irrigation
A)I
B)I, II
C)I, II, III
D)II, III, IV
Answer: I, II, III
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