More Questions on Indian Economy
- Q. Excess of Total Expenditure over total Receipts is :
A)Surplus Budget
B)Balanced Budget
C)Deficit Budget
D)None of the above
Answer: Deficit Budget
- Q. The current price index (base 1960) is nearly 330. This means that
A)the prices of certain selected items have gone up to 3-3 times
B)weighted means of prices of certain item has increased 3-3 times
C)all items cost 3-3 times more than what they did in 1960
D)gold price has gone up 3-3 times
Answer: weighted means of prices of certain item has increased 3-3 times
- Q. Earn While you Learn scheme has been launched by:
A)Ministry of Youth
B)Both A and B
C)Ministry of Tourism
D)None of these
Answer: Ministry of Tourism
- 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. The Mid Day Meal scheme was launched on
A)August 15, 1992
B)August 15, 1995
C)August 15, 2000
D)August 15, 2001
Answer: August 15, 1995
- Q. The first multi–purpose river valley project of independent India is:
A)Damodar
B)Hirakud
C)Bhakra-Nangal
D)Nagarjunasagar
Answer: Damodar
- Q. India’s share in textiles trade of the world is:
A)6%
B)8%
C)4%
D)10%
Answer: 6%
- Q. The number of finance commissions set up upto now is:
A)14
B)15
C)13
D)16
Answer: 15
- Q. The annual yield from which of the following Union Government taxes is the highest?
A)Corporation tax and income tax
B)Inheritance tax, wealth tax, interest tax and gift tax
C)Custom duties
D)Excise duties
Answer: Excise duties
- Q. In Global Hunger Index (GHI) India has been ranked at:
A)102nd place among 117 developing countries
B)105th place among 117 developing countries
C)96th place among 119 developing countries
D)109th place among 117 developing countries
Answer: 102nd place among 117 developing countries
- Q. The share of road transport in total transportation of the country is:
A)70%
B)75%
C)60%
D)80%
Answer: 80%
- Q. Deficit financing means that the government borrows money from the
A)local bodies
B)big businessmen
C)RBI
D)IMF
Answer: RBI
- Q. Unit Trust of India (UTI) was bifurcated (into UTI-I and UTI-II) in:
A)the year 2000
B)the year 2005
C)the year 2003
D)the year 2001
Answer: the year 2003
- Q. The Twenty Point programme (TPP) conceived with the objective of improving quality of life of people was first initiated in:
A)1986
B)1982
C)2006
D)1975
Answer: 1975
- 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. 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. Who is responsible for establishing and maintaining astound and efficient accounting and financial reporting system in India?
A)NITI Ayog
B)RBI
C)The Comptroller General of Accounts
D)None of these
Answer: The Comptroller General of Accounts
- 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
- Q. Fiscal deficit in the Union Budget means
A)net increase in Union Governments borrowings from the Reserve Bank of India
B)the difference between current expenditure and current revenue
C)the sum of budgetary deficit and net increase in internal and external borrowings
D)the sum of monetized deficit and budgetary deficit
Answer: the sum of budgetary deficit and net increase in internal and external borrowings
- Q. The Indian state which was the first to release state level Human Development Report in 1995 was:
A)Maharashtra
B)Madhya Pradesh
C)Kerala
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
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