More Questions on Indian Economy
- Q. In the World, in the production of cotton, India ranks:
A)First
B)Third
C)Second
D)Fourth
Answer: Second
- Q. In which of the following sequences the change in quantity of money leads to change in price level in the Keynesian models?
A)Change in quantity of money - change in employment and output - change in investment - change in the rate of interest - change in price level
B)Change in quantity of money - change in investment - change in employment and output - change in rate of interest - change in price level
C)Change in quantity of money - change in investment - change in rate of interest - change in employment and output - change in price level
D)Change in quantity of money - change in rate of interest - change in investment - change in employment and output - change in price level
Answer: Change in quantity of money - change in rate of interest - change in investment - change in employment and output - change in price level
- Q. ICICI is the name of a
A)bureau
B)corporation
C)chemical industry
D)financial institution
Answer: financial institution
- Q. Deficit financing means that the government borrows money from the
A)local bodies
B)big businessmen
C)RBI
D)IMF
Answer: RBI
- Q. In India, the second largest provider of employment after agriculture is:
A)Chemical Sector
B)Iron and Steel Sector
C)Textile Sector
D)Telecommunication sector
Answer: Textile Sector
- Q. Who gave the call for Evergreen Revolution?
A)Verghese Kurien
B)Tribhuvandas Patel
C)M. S. Swaminathan
D)H. M. Dalaya
Answer: M. S. Swaminathan
- Q. Which of the following is not an undertaking under the administrative control of Ministry of Railways?
A)Konkan Railway Corporation Limited
B)Container Corporation of India Limited
C)Indian Railways Construction Company Limited
D)Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi
Answer: Indian Railways Construction Company Limited
- 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
- Q. The Foreign Exchange Management Act(FEMA) was passed in:
A)the year 2005
B)the year 2000
C)the year 1999
D)the year 2002
Answer: the year 1999
- Q. Deficit financing leads to inflation in general, but it can be checked if
A)only aggregate demand is increased
B)all the expenditure is denoted national debt payment only
C)government expenditure leads to increase in the aggregate supply in ratio of aggregate demand
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- 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. 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. 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. 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 chairman of 13th finance Commission was:
A)K C Neogy
B)Nand Kishore Singh
C)Vijay L. Kelkar.
D)Y V Reddy
Answer: Vijay L. Kelkar.
- Q. Debenture holders of a company are its
A)creditors
B)shareholders
C)debtors
D)directors
Answer: creditors
- Q. Asia’s first Export processing Zone (EPZ) was established in:
A)Cochin
B)Surat
C)Kandla
D)Chennai
Answer: Kandla
- Q. What was the central theme of the Chipko Movement started by Sunderlal Bahuguna in 1973?
A)Conservation of river water
B)Protection of birds
C)Conservation of Forests
D)Protection of cheetals
Answer: Conservation of Forests
- 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. SEBI which was established in April 1988 stands for:
A)Securities and Exchange Board of India
B)Securities and Exchange Bureau of India
C)Share and Exchange Board of India
D)Security and Economic Board of India
Answer: Securities and Exchange Board of India
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