More Questions on Indian Economy
- Q. In Global Hunger Index (GHI) India has been ranked at:
 A)102nd place among 117 developing countries
 B)96th place among 119 developing countries
 C)105th place among 117 developing countries
 D)109th place among 117 developing countries
 Answer: 102nd place among 117 developing countries
 
- Q. Notes on which denomination has the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi printed on them?
 A)500 rupee
 B)1000 rupee
 C)100 rupee
 D)All of the above
 Answer: All of the above
 
- Q. Paper currency first started in India in
 A)1542
 B)1861
 C)1601
 D)1880
 Answer: 1861
 
- Q. Redistribution polices geared to reduce economic inequalities include
 A)land reforms
 B)rural development policies
 C)progressive tax policies
 D)All the above
 Answer: All the above
 
- Q. On which one of the following is the benefits received principle of taxation to achieve optimality bases?
 A)Total benefit received
 B)Marginal benefit received
 C)Average benefit received
 D)Ability to pay for the benefit
 Answer: Ability to pay for the benefit
 
- 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. In the second nationalization of commercial banks, ___ banks were nationalized.
 A)5
 B)4
 C)6
 D)8
 Answer: 6
 
- Q. How many Regional Rural Bank (RRBs) are working in the country till 31st March,2010?
 A)81
 B)82
 C)85
 D)93
 Answer: 82
 
- 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)all items cost 3-3 times more than what they did in 1960
 C)weighted means of prices of certain item has increased 3-3 times
 D)gold price has gone up 3-3 times
 Answer: weighted means of prices of certain item has increased 3-3 times
 
- Q. The association of the rupee with pound sterling as the intervention currency was broken in
 A)1991
 B)1992
 C)1990
 D)1993
 Answer: 1992
 
- Q. Reserve Bank of India was nationalized in the year
 A)1945
 B)1935
 C)1949
 D)1969
 Answer: 1949
 
- Q. Subsidies mean
 A)payment made by business enterprises to factors of production
 B)payment made by companies to shareholders
 C)payment by government for purchase of goods and services
 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. The annual yield from which of the following Union Government taxes is the highest?
 A)Corporation tax and income tax
 B)Custom duties
 C)Inheritance tax, wealth tax, interest tax and gift tax
 D)Excise duties
 Answer: Excise duties
 
- Q. Devaluation of currency leads to
 A)increase in domestic prices
 B)no impact on domestic prices
 C)fall in domestic prices
 D)erratic fluctuations in domestic prices
 Answer: increase in domestic prices
 
- 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. If all the banks in an economy are nationalized and converted into a monopoly bank, the total deposits
 A)will increase
 B)will decrease
 C)will neither increase nor decrease
 D)None of the above
 Answer: will neither increase nor decrease
 
- 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. In India the first bank of limited liability managed by Indian and founded in 1881 was:
 A)Hindustan Commercial Bank
 B)Oudh commercial Bank.
 C)Punjab National Bank
 D)Punjab and Sind Bank
 Answer: Oudh commercial Bank.
 
- Q. The main rubber producing state in the country is:
 A)Tamil Nadu
 B)Kerala
 C)Karnataka
 D)Hyderabad
 Answer: Kerala
 
- 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
 
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