More Questions on Indian Economy
- Q. Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established in:
A)1904
B)1968
C)1964
D)1970
Answer: 1964
- Q. The co-operative credit societies have a
A)three-tier structure
B)two-tier structure
C)four-tier structure
D)five-tier structure
Answer: three-tier structure
- Q. The currency convertibility concept in its original form originated in
A)Bretton Woods Agreement
B)Taylors Agreement
C)Wells Agreement
D)None of the above
Answer: Bretton Woods Agreement
- Q. In India, the first bank of limited liability managed by Indians and founded in 1881 was
A)Oudh Commercial Bank
B)Punjab National Bank
C)Hindustan Commercial Bank
D)Punjab and Sind Bank
Answer: Oudh Commercial Bank
- 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. The annual yield from which of the following Union Government taxes is the highest?
A)Corporation tax and income tax
B)Inheritance tax, wealth tax, interest tax and gift tax
C)Custom duties
D)Excise duties
Answer: Excise duties
- Q. Inflation is measured in India on the basis of which ‘Index’?
A)Consumer Price Index for urban workers
B)Consumer Price Index for agricultural workers
C)Wholesale Price Index
D)National income deflation
Answer: Wholesale Price Index
- Q. The currency convertibility concept in its original form originated in
A)Bretton Woods Agreement
B)Wells Agreement
C)Taylors Agreement
D)None of the above
Answer: Bretton Woods Agreement
- Q. In the second nationalization of commercial banks, ___ banks were nationalized.
A)5
B)6
C)4
D)8
Answer: 6
- Q. Indian state with highest road length is:
A)Uttar Pradesh
B)Maharashtra
C)Rajasthan
D)Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Maharashtra
- Q. In the World, in the production of cotton, India ranks:
A)First
B)Second
C)Third
D)Fourth
Answer: Second
- 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. National expenditure includes
A)investment expenditure
B)consumption expenditure
C)government expenditure
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. The Indian state which was the first to release state level Human Development Report in 1995 was:
A)Maharashtra
B)Madhya Pradesh
C)Kerala
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
- 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. As per the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) Economic Outlook 2011-12, Indian economy is expected to expand by:
A)8.0% in 2011-12
B)8.2% in 2011-12
C)8.5% in 2011-12
D)7.8% in 2011-12
Answer: 8.0% in 2011-12
- Q. The concept of zero-based budgeting was given by:
A)Peter drucker
B)Peter A. Payer.
C)Jagdish bhagwati
D)None of these
Answer: Peter A. Payer.
- Q. The first fully Indian Bank is:
A)Central Bank of India
B)Punjab National Bank
C)Canara Bank
D)State Bank of India
Answer: Punjab National Bank
- Q. Revenue of the state governments are raised from the following sources, except
A)expenditure tax
B)entertainment tax
C)agricultural income tax
D)land revenue
Answer: agricultural income tax
- Q. Where was first gold refinery established?
A)Shirpur (Maharashtra)
B)Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
C)Bangalore (Karnataka)
D)Mumbai (Maharashtra)
Answer: Shirpur (Maharashtra)
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