More Questions on Indian Economy
- Q. India’s share in textiles trade of the world is:
A)6%
B)8%
C)4%
D)10%
Answer: 6%
- 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. 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. 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. The Money Order system in India was introduced in the year :
A)1880
B)1882
C)1999
D)1904
Answer: 1880
- Q. In the World, in the production of cotton, India ranks:
A)First
B)Third
C)Second
D)Fourth
Answer: Second
- 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. If the RBI adopted an expansionist open market operations policy, this means that it will
A)sell securities in the open market
B)buy securities from non-government holders
C)offer commercial banks more credit in the open market
D)openly announce to the market that it intends to expand credit
Answer: offer commercial banks more credit in the open market
- Q. The Foreign Exchange Management Act(FEMA) was passed in:
A)the year 2005
B)the year 1999
C)the year 2000
D)the year 2002
Answer: the year 1999
- Q. Short-term finance is usually for a period ranging up to
A)10 months
B)5 months
C)12 months
D)15 months
Answer: 12 months
- Q. Short-term finance is usually for a period ranging up to
A)10 months
B)12 months
C)5 months
D)15 months
Answer: 12 months
- Q. The total number of national highways in the country is:
A)528
B)228
C)328
D)499
Answer: E
- 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. In the world in terms of Railway Network system India ranks:
A)first
B)second
C)fourth
D)third
Answer: fourth
- Q. Who gave the call for Evergreen Revolution?
A)Verghese Kurien
B)M. S. Swaminathan
C)Tribhuvandas Patel
D)H. M. Dalaya
Answer: M. S. Swaminathan
- Q. The Ministry and programme Implementation – as an independent Ministry came into existence on :
A)January 15, 1998
B)October 15, 1999
C)September 15, 1999
D)June 15, 1999
Answer: October 15, 1999
- Q. Which of the following is the first Indian private company to sign an accord with Government of Myanmar for oil exploration in two offshore blocks in that country?
A)Essar Oil
B)Reliance Energy
C)GAIL
D)ONGC
Answer: Essar Oil
- Q. Meera Seth committee was associated with:
A)sex discrimination at work place
B)the development of handloom industry.
C)female foeticide
D)banking sector
Answer: the development of handloom industry.
- Q. The concept of zero-based budgeting was given by:
A)Peter drucker
B)Jagdish bhagwati
C)Peter A. Payer.
D)None of these
Answer: Peter A. Payer.
- 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.
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