Q. Deficit financing leads to inflation in general, but it can be checked if

Correct Answer

All of the above

More Questions on Indian Economy

  • Q. A proportion of the total deposits and reserves of the commercial banks that is to be kept with the Central Bank (RBI) on liquid form as a measure of control of RBI over the Commercial Banks is known as:
    A)Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)
    B)Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
    C)Bank rate
    D)Mandatory deposit
    Answer: Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
  • 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. In India, inflation measured by the
    A)Consumers Price Index for urban non-manual workers
    B)Wholesale Price Index number
    C)Consumers Price Index for agricultural workers
    D)National Income Deflation
    Answer: Wholesale Price Index number
  • 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. Since 1983, the RBI’s responsibility with respect to regional rural banks was transferred to
    A)SBI
    B)ARDC
    C)NABARD
    D)PACs
    Answer: NABARD
  • Q. In India the term Black Revolution is associated with:
    A)Nurturing the Black Soil
    B)Self-dependence in the production of petroleum crude oil
    C)Self-dependence in the production of coal
    D)Self-dependence in the production of balck corp
    Answer: Self-dependence in the production of petroleum crude oil
  • 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. Devaluation of a currency means
    A)reduction in external value/exchange value of currency by the government
    B)reduction in currency value due to wear and tear
    C)fall in exchange value of a country by market forces
    D)all of the above
    Answer: reduction in external value/exchange value of currency by the government
  • Q. If the RBI adopted an expansionist open market operations policy, this means that it will
    A)sell securities in the open market
    B)offer commercial banks more credit in the open market
    C)buy securities from non-government holders
    D)openly announce to the market that it intends to expand credit
    Answer: offer commercial banks more credit in the open market
  • Q. National Electricity Policy envisages elimination of power shortage by 2012 through addition of:
    A)75000 Megawatt
    B)100000 Megawatt.
    C)50000 Megawatt
    D)125000 Megawatt
    Answer: 100000 Megawatt.
  • Q. Subsidies mean
    A)payment made by business enterprises to factors of production
    B)payment by government for purchase of goods and services
    C)payment made by companies to shareholders
    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. Development expenditure of the Central government does not include
    A)expenditure on economic services
    B)defence expenditure
    C)expenditure on social and community services
    D)grant to states
    Answer: defence expenditure
  • 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. Reserve Bank of India was nationalized in the year
    A)1945
    B)1935
    C)1949
    D)1969
    Answer: 1949
  • Q. Income tax in India was introduced by:
    A)James Wilson
    B)Nicholas Kaldor
    C)William Jones
    D)Mahavir Tyagi
    Answer: James Wilson
  • Q. Paper currency first started in India in
    A)1542
    B)1601
    C)1861
    D)1880
    Answer: 1861
  • Q. What was the central theme of the Chipko Movement started by Sunderlal Bahuguna in 1973?
    A)Conservation of river water
    B)Conservation of Forests
    C)Protection of birds
    D)Protection of cheetals
    Answer: Conservation of Forests
  • Q. In India, rural incomes are generally lower than the urban incomes, which of the following reasons account for this? I=A large number of farmers are illiterate and know little about scientific agricultureII=Prices of primary products are lower than those of manufactured products III=Investment in agriculture has been low when compared to investment in industry
    A)I, II
    B)I, II, III
    C)I, III
    D)II, III
    Answer: I, II, III
  • Q. The central co-operative banks are in direct touch with
    A)state co-operative banks
    B)farmers
    C)land development banks
    D)central government
    Answer: state co-operative banks
  • Q. Rice, Millet (Jawar-Bajra ), Maize and cotton is the group which belongs to:
    A)Kharif crop
    B)Both A and B
    C)Rabi crop
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Kharif crop

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