Indian Economy

Q. The number of finance commissions set up upto now is:

A
14
B
15
C
13
D
16

Correct Answer

15

More Questions on Indian Economy

  • Q. Revenue of the state governments are raised from the following sources, except
    A)expenditure tax
    B)entertainment tax
    C)agricultural income tax
    D)land revenue
    Answer: agricultural income tax
  • Q. Asia’s first Export processing Zone (EPZ) was established in:
    A)Cochin
    B)Kandla
    C)Surat
    D)Chennai
    Answer: Kandla
  • Q. As per the targets of 11th Five year Plan (2007-12) Mortality Rate (2012) has been targeted at:
    A)1 per 10000 births
    B)1 per 100 births
    C)1 per 1000 births
    D)1 per 10 births
    Answer: 1 per 1000 births
  • Q. If the fiscal deficit of the Union Government is Rs. 75,000 crores relending to State is Rs. 25,000 crores, interest payments are Rs. 25,000 crores, what is the amount of the primary deficit?
    A)Rs. 25,000 crores
    B)Rs. 1,00,000 crores
    C)Rs. 50,000 crores
    D)Rs. 1,25,000 crores
    Answer: Rs. 50,000 crores
  • Q. Project ‘Sankalp’ is associated with the elimination of:
    A)AIDS/HIV
    B)Both A and B
    C)Polio
    D)None of the above
    Answer: AIDS/HIV
  • Q. In coal production, India ranks in the world:
    A)First
    B)Second
    C)Third
    D)Fourth
    Answer: Second
  • Q. Which state of India ranks first in milk production as per the data of the year 2009-10?
    A)Jharkhand
    B)Uttar Pradesh
    C)Bihar
    D)West Bengal
    Answer: Uttar Pradesh
  • 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. National Electricity Policy envisages elimination of power shortage by 2012 through addition of:
    A)75000 Megawatt
    B)50000 Megawatt
    C)100000 Megawatt.
    D)125000 Megawatt
    Answer: 100000 Megawatt.
  • 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)Bank rate
    C)Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
    D)Mandatory deposit
    Answer: Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
  • Q. In the state of India, the State Financial Corporation have given assistance mainly to develop
    A)cottage industry
    B)agricultural farms
    C)large-scale industries
    D)medium and small-scale industries
    Answer: medium and small-scale industries
  • Q. In November 2007, the finance commission constituted by the president of India was:
    A)Tenth
    B)Thirteenth
    C)Ninth
    D)Eleventh
    Answer: Thirteenth
  • Q. If the RBI adopted an expansionist open market operations policy, this means that it will
    A)sell securities in the open market
    B)offer commercial banks more credit in the open market
    C)buy securities from non-government holders
    D)openly announce to the market that it intends to expand credit
    Answer: offer commercial banks more credit in the open market
  • Q. The currency convertibility concept in its original form originated in
    A)Bretton Woods Agreement
    B)Taylors Agreement
    C)Wells Agreement
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Bretton Woods Agreement
  • 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. During which five Year plan was phase of heavy industrialization initiated?
    A)First five year plan
    B)Second five year plan.
    C)Third five year plan
    D)Fourth five year plan
    Answer: Second five year plan.
  • 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)investment pattern has been directed towards capital intensive industries
    C)ceiling on land holdings have enabled more people to own land and hence their preference to stay wit
    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. If all the banks in an economy are nationalized and converted into a monopoly bank, the total deposits
    A)will increase
    B)will neither increase nor decrease
    C)will decrease
    D)None of the above
    Answer: will neither increase nor decrease
  • Q. Of the gross tax revenue of the Union Government the indirect taxes account for nearly
    A)75 percent
    B)65 percent
    C)70 per cent
    D)60 percent
    Answer: 65 percent
  • Q. The condition of indirect taxes in the country’s revenue is approximately
    A)75 percent
    B)80 percent
    C)70 percent
    D)86 percent
    Answer: 86 percent

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