More Questions on Indian Economy
- Q. With which country did India’s comprehensive Economic partnership Agreement come into effect on August 1, 2011?
A)China
B)Taiwan
C)South Korea
D)Japan
Answer: Japan
- 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 Money Order system in India was introduced in the year :
A)1880
B)1882
C)1999
D)1904
Answer: 1880
- 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. 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)weighted means of prices of certain item has increased 3-3 times
C)all items cost 3-3 times more than what they did in 1960
D)gold price has gone up 3-3 times
Answer: weighted means of prices of certain item has increased 3-3 times
- 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. In India, the state which has the largest forest cover is:
A)Arunachal Pradesh
B)Madhya Pradesh
C)Chattisgarh
D)Odisha
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
- Q. Unit Trust of India (UTI) was bifurcated (into UTI-I and UTI-II) in:
A)the year 2000
B)the year 2003
C)the year 2005
D)the year 2001
Answer: the year 2003
- Q. If the cash reserve ratio is lowered by the RBI, its impact on credit creation will be to
A)decrease it
B)no impact
C)increase it
D)None of the above
Answer: increase it
- Q. Short-term finance is usually for a period ranging up to
A)10 months
B)12 months
C)5 months
D)15 months
Answer: 12 months
- Q. Reserve Bank of India was nationalized in the year
A)1945
B)1949
C)1935
D)1969
Answer: 1949
- Q. Excess of Total Expenditure over total Receipts is :
A)Surplus Budget
B)Deficit Budget
C)Balanced Budget
D)None of the above
Answer: Deficit Budget
- Q. Excise duty is a tax levied on the
A)export of goods
B)import of goods
C)production of goods
D)sale of goods
Answer: production of goods
- Q. Since 1983, the RBI’s responsibility with respect to regional rural banks was transferred to
A)SBI
B)ARDC
C)NABARD
D)PACs
Answer: NABARD
- Q. ICICI is the name of a
A)bureau
B)chemical industry
C)corporation
D)financial institution
Answer: financial institution
- Q. As per the 2009-10, data the commodity with highest share in total export value was:
A)Engineering goods
B)Gems and Jewellery.
C)Petroleum products
D)Rice
Answer: Gems and Jewellery.
- Q. Resurgent India bonds were issued in US dollar, Pound Sterling and
A)Deutsche Mark
B)Japanese Yen
C)Euro
D)French Franc
Answer: Deutsche Mark
- Q. Gross domestic capital formation is defined as
A)expenditure incurred on physical assets only
B)production exceeding demand
C)flow of expenditure devoted to increased or maintaining of the capital stock
D)net addition to stock after depreciation
Answer: net addition to stock after depreciation
- Q. The first wholly Indian Bank was set up in
A)1894
B)1794
C)1896
D)1902
Answer: 1894
- Q. Debenture holders of a company are its
A)creditors
B)debtors
C)shareholders
D)directors
Answer: creditors
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