More Questions on Indian Economy
- Q. Foreign Direct Investment ceiling in the telecom sector have been raised from 74 percent to
A)83 percent
B)80 percent
C)90 percent
D)100 percent
Answer: 100 percent
- 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. 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 100 births
C)1 per 1000 births
D)1 per 10 births
Answer: 1 per 1000 births
- 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. The budget deficit means
A)difference between revenue receipts and revenue expenditure
B)difference between all receipts and all the expenditure
C)the excess of total expenditure, including loans, net of lending over revenue receipts
D)fiscal deficit less interest payments
Answer: difference between all receipts and all the expenditure
- Q. National Rural Health mission was launched in:
A)August 2005
B)October 2005
C)April 2005
D)July 2005
Answer: April 2005
- 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 Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) came into existence in
A)1986
B)1987
C)1984
D)1989
Answer: 1987
- Q. The budget deficit means
A)difference between revenue receipts and revenue expenditure
B)the excess of total expenditure, including loans, net of lending over revenue receipts
C)difference between all receipts and all the expenditure
D)fiscal deficit less interest payments
Answer: difference between all receipts and all the expenditure
- 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 average rate of domestic savings (gross) for the Indian economy is currently estimated to be in the range of
A)20 to 25 percent
B)15 to 20 percent
C)25 to 30 percent
D)30 to 35 percent
Answer: 20 to 25 percent
- Q. States earn maximum revenue through
A)custom revenue
B)commercial taxes
C)land revenue
D)excise duties on intoxicants
Answer: commercial taxes
- 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. SEBI which was established in April 1988 stands for:
A)Securities and Exchange Board of India
B)Share and Exchange Board of India
C)Securities and Exchange Bureau of India
D)Security and Economic Board of India
Answer: Securities and Exchange Board of India
- Q. The total number of national highways in the country is:
A)528
B)228
C)328
D)499
Answer: E
- 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. Which of the following is not an undertaking under the administrative control of Ministry of Railways?
A)Konkan Railway Corporation Limited
B)Indian Railways Construction Company Limited
C)Container Corporation of India Limited
D)Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi
Answer: Indian Railways Construction Company Limited
- 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)GAIL
C)Reliance Energy
D)ONGC
Answer: Essar Oil
- 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)zero
C)larger than government income
D)negative
Answer: equal to government income
- 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
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