Q. Fiscal deficit in the Union Budget means

Correct Answer

the sum of budgetary deficit and net increase in internal and external borrowings

More Questions on Indian Economy

  • 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. As per the 2009-10, data the commodity with highest share in total export value was:
    A)Engineering goods
    B)Petroleum products
    C)Gems and Jewellery.
    D)Rice
    Answer: Gems and Jewellery.
  • Q. Notes on which denomination has the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi printed on them?
    A)500 rupee
    B)100 rupee
    C)1000 rupee
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • 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. Gilt-edged market means
    A)market of government securities
    B)bullion market
    C)market of guns
    D)market of pure metals
    Answer: market of government securities
  • 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. Green Banking channel has been launched by:
    A)State Bank of India
    B)Punjab National Bank
    C)Reserve Bank of India
    D)Bank of Baroda
    Answer: State Bank of India
  • Q. The programme which was launched in 1974-75 with the main objectives of improving the utilization of created irrigation potential is:
    A)Cordial Area Development
    B)Command Area Development (CAD)
    C)Copper Area Development
    D)Cop Authority Development
    Answer: Command Area Development (CAD)
  • Q. The programme which was launched in 1974-75 with the main objectives of improving the utilization of created irrigation potential is:
    A)Cordial Area Development
    B)Copper Area Development
    C)Command Area Development (CAD)
    D)Cop Authority Development
    Answer: Command Area Development (CAD)
  • Q. As per the 2009-10, data the commodity with highest share in total export value was:
    A)Engineering goods
    B)Gems and Jewellery.
    C)Petroleum products
    D)Rice
    Answer: Gems and Jewellery.
  • Q. If utensils worth Rs 1000 are produced with copper worth Rs 500, wages paid are Rs 100, other material purchased is worth Rs 100 and depreciation of machinery is zero, then what is the value added in process?
    A)Rs 500
    B)Rs 1000
    C)Rs 400
    D)Rs 300
    Answer: Rs 300
  • Q. Reserve Bank of India was nationalized in the year
    A)1945
    B)1949
    C)1935
    D)1969
    Answer: 1949
  • Q. Devaluation of a currency means
    A)reduction in external value/exchange value of currency by the government
    B)fall in exchange value of a country by market forces
    C)reduction in currency value due to wear and tear
    D)all of the above
    Answer: reduction in external value/exchange value of currency by the government
  • Q. How many banks were nationalized in 1969?
    A)14
    B)15
    C)16
    D)20
    Answer: 14
  • Q. Our financial system has provided for the transfer of resources from the centre to the states; the important means of resource transfers are
    A)grant-in-aids
    B)tax sharing
    C)loans
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • 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. 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. 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. 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. National food for Work programme aimed at intensifying the generation of supplementary wage employment was launched in:
    A)September 2003
    B)November 2004
    C)October 2004
    D)January 2004
    Answer: November 2004

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