Q. In India, the second largest provider of employment after agriculture is:

Correct Answer

Textile Sector

More Questions on Indian Economy

  • Q. Development expenditure of the Central government does not include
    A)expenditure on economic services
    B)expenditure on social and community services
    C)defence expenditure
    D)grant to states
    Answer: defence expenditure
  • Q. Ten rupee notes contain the signature of:
    A)Chairman, SBI
    B)Governor, RBI
    C)Finance Secretary, GOI
    D)Finance Minister , GOI
    Answer: Governor, RBI
  • Q. With the objective of opening the insurance sector for private participation the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act (IRDA) was passed in:
    A)the year 1999
    B)the year 1998
    C)the year 2005
    D)the year 1990
    Answer: the year 1999
  • Q. Devaluation of a currency means
    A)reduction in external value/exchange value of currency by the government
    B)fall in exchange value of a country by market forces
    C)reduction in currency value due to wear and tear
    D)all of the above
    Answer: reduction in external value/exchange value of currency by the government
  • Q. National Agricultural Insurance Scheme replacing Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme was introduced in the year
    A)1998
    B)1997
    C)1999
    D)2000
    Answer: 1999
  • 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. 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)larger than government income
    C)zero
    D)negative
    Answer: equal to government income
  • Q. At present, the number of nationalized banks are:
    A)17
    B)19
    C)15
    D)12
    Answer: 12
  • Q. Whose name is associated with formulation of planning strategy in Second five Year plan?
    A)Jawahar Lal Nehru
    B)Mahatma Gandhi
    C)Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
    D)B.R. Shenoy
    Answer: Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
  • 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. Paper currency first started in India in
    A)1542
    B)1861
    C)1601
    D)1880
    Answer: 1861
  • Q. Short-term finance is usually for a period ranging up to
    A)10 months
    B)5 months
    C)12 months
    D)15 months
    Answer: 12 months
  • 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. In India the first bank of limited liability managed by Indian and founded in 1881 was:
    A)Hindustan Commercial Bank
    B)Punjab National Bank
    C)Oudh commercial Bank.
    D)Punjab and Sind Bank
    Answer: Oudh commercial Bank.
  • 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. India’s share in textiles trade of the world is:
    A)6%
    B)8%
    C)4%
    D)10%
    Answer: 6%
  • Q. Deficit financing implies
    A)replacing new currency with worn out currency
    B)public expenditure in excess of public revenue
    C)printing new currency notes
    D)public revenue in excess of public expenditure
    Answer: public expenditure in excess of public revenue
  • Q. In the World, in the production of cotton, India ranks:
    A)First
    B)Second
    C)Third
    D)Fourth
    Answer: Second
  • Q. The Ex-Officio Secretary of National Development Council is:
    A)General Secretary of Lok Sabha
    B)Secretary of Finance Ministry
    C)Secretary of Planning Commission
    D)Vice Chairman of Planning Commission
    Answer: Secretary of Planning Commission
  • Q. The main rubber producing state in the country is:
    A)Tamil Nadu
    B)Karnataka
    C)Kerala
    D)Hyderabad
    Answer: Kerala

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