More Questions on Indian Economy
- Q. The first wholly Indian Bank was set up in
A)1894
B)1794
C)1896
D)1902
Answer: 1894
- Q. Excise duty is a tax levied on the
A)export of goods
B)production of goods
C)import of goods
D)sale of goods
Answer: production of goods
- 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. Excise duty is a tax levied on the
A)export of goods
B)import of goods
C)production of goods
D)sale of goods
Answer: production of goods
- Q. Monopolies and restrictive Trade practices (MRTP) act was passed in:
A)1969
B)1970
C)1971
D)1968
Answer: 1969
- Q. Where was first gold refinery established?
A)Shirpur (Maharashtra)
B)Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
C)Bangalore (Karnataka)
D)Mumbai (Maharashtra)
Answer: Shirpur (Maharashtra)
- 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. In India, the state which has the largest forest cover is:
A)Arunachal Pradesh
B)Chattisgarh
C)Madhya Pradesh
D)Odisha
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
- 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. In India Yellow revolution is associated with:
A)production of oil seeds.
B)production of tea
C)production of flower
D)production of paddy
Answer: production of oil seeds.
- Q. Indian state with highest road length is:
A)Uttar Pradesh
B)Maharashtra
C)Rajasthan
D)Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Maharashtra
- 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)investment pattern has been directed towards capital intensive industries
C)ceiling on land holdings have enabled more people to own land and hence their preference to stay wit
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. Which of the following is the most appropriate cause of export surplus?
A)Country's stringent import policy
B)Country's exports promotion value
C)Developments in national and international markets
D)None of the above
Answer: Developments in national and international markets
- Q. As per the targets of 11th Five year Plan (2007-12) Mortality Rate (2012) has been targeted at:
A)1 per 10000 births
B)1 per 1000 births
C)1 per 100 births
D)1 per 10 births
Answer: 1 per 1000 births
- Q. India changed over to the decimal system of coinage in
A)April 1957
B)April 1958
C)April 1995
D)April 1959
Answer: April 1957
- 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 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. In the second nationalization of commercial banks, ___ banks were nationalized.
A)5
B)4
C)6
D)8
Answer: 6
- Q. Government has merged Annapurna Scheme with:
A)Ujjwala
B)National Old Age Pension Scheme
C)IRDP
D)None of these
Answer: National Old Age Pension Scheme
- Q. Which of the following is not viewed as a national debt?
A)Life Insurance Policies
B)National Saving Certificate
C)Provident Fund
D)Long-term Government Bonds
Answer: National Saving Certificate
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