Indian Economy

Q. National Agricultural Insurance Scheme replacing Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme was introduced in the year

A
1998
B
1999
C
1997
D
2000

Correct Answer

1999

More Questions on Indian Economy

  • Q. National Income estimates in India is prepared by:
    A)Reserve Bank Of India
    B)Central Statistical Organisation (CSO)
    C)Planning Commission
    D)Indian Statistical Institute
    Answer: Central Statistical Organisation (CSO)
  • Q. In the state of India, the State Financial Corporation have given assistance mainly to develop
    A)cottage industry
    B)large-scale industries
    C)agricultural farms
    D)medium and small-scale industries
    Answer: medium and small-scale industries
  • Q. Regional rural banks I=have limited area of operation II=have free access to liberal refinance facilities from NABARD III=are required to lend only to weaker sections
    A)II, III
    B)I, II, III
    C)I, III
    D)I, II
    Answer: I, II
  • 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. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was established on:
    A)July 12, 1982
    B)July 9, 1988
    C)April 12, 1988
    D)July 5, 1995
    Answer: April 12, 1988
  • Q. Unit Trust of India (UTI) was bifurcated (into UTI-I and UTI-II) in:
    A)the year 2000
    B)the year 2005
    C)the year 2003
    D)the year 2001
    Answer: the year 2003
  • Q. Which of the following items would not appear in a company’s balance sheet?
    A)Total issued capital
    B)Value of stocks of raw materials held
    C)Revenue from sales of the company's products
    D)Cash held at the bank
    Answer: Revenue from sales of the company's products
  • 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 2005
    C)the year 1998
    D)the year 1990
    Answer: the year 1999
  • Q. In India, inflation measured by the
    A)Consumers Price Index for urban non-manual workers
    B)Consumers Price Index for agricultural workers
    C)Wholesale Price Index number
    D)National Income Deflation
    Answer: Wholesale Price Index number
  • 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. 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 rate of interest - change in employment and output - change in price level
    C)Change in quantity of money - change in investment - change in employment and output - change in rate of interest - 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. National Income estimates in India is prepared by:
    A)Reserve Bank Of India
    B)Planning Commission
    C)Central Statistical Organisation (CSO)
    D)Indian Statistical Institute
    Answer: Central Statistical Organisation (CSO)
  • 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)ceiling on land holdings have enabled more people to own land and hence their preference to stay wit
    C)investment pattern has been directed towards capital intensive industries
    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. Rice, Millet (Jawar-Bajra ), Maize and cotton is the group which belongs to:
    A)Kharif crop
    B)Rabi crop
    C)Both A and B
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Kharif crop
  • 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. The number of finance commissions set up upto now is:
    A)14
    B)15
    C)13
    D)16
    Answer: 15
  • Q. At present, the number of nationalized banks are:
    A)17
    B)19
    C)15
    D)12
    Answer: 12
  • 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 total number of national highways in the country is:
    A)528
    B)228
    C)328
    D)499
    Answer: E
  • 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

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