More Questions on Indian Economy
- Q. In November 2007, the finance commission constituted by the president of India was:
A)Tenth
B)Thirteenth
C)Ninth
D)Eleventh
Answer: Thirteenth
- Q. Paper currency first started in India in
A)1542
B)1601
C)1861
D)1880
Answer: 1861
- Q. During which five Year plan was phase of heavy industrialization initiated?
A)First five year plan
B)Second five year plan.
C)Third five year plan
D)Fourth five year plan
Answer: Second five year plan.
- 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. Debenture holders of a company are its
A)creditors
B)shareholders
C)debtors
D)directors
Answer: creditors
- Q. Redistribution polices geared to reduce economic inequalities include
A)land reforms
B)progressive tax policies
C)rural development policies
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Whose name is associated with formulation of planning strategy in Second five Year plan?
A)Jawahar Lal Nehru
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
D)B.R. Shenoy
Answer: Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
- Q. The national food for work programme was launched in:
A)April 2003
B)November 2004
C)May 2002
D)April 2000
Answer: November 2004
- 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. Debenture holders of a company are its
A)creditors
B)debtors
C)shareholders
D)directors
Answer: creditors
- Q. Which of the following is not a part of machinery that settles industrial disputes?
A)Works Committee
B)Wage Court
C)Conciliation officers
D)Board of Conciliation
Answer: Wage Court
- 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. In India Yellow revolution is associated with:
A)production of oil seeds.
B)production of flower
C)production of tea
D)production of paddy
Answer: production of oil seeds.
- Q. Meera Seth committee was related to:
A)sex discrimination at work place
B)Development of Handlooms
C)female foeticide
D)Banking sector
Answer: Development of Handlooms
- Q. The concept of zero-based budgeting was given by:
A)Peter drucker
B)Peter A. Payer.
C)Jagdish bhagwati
D)None of these
Answer: Peter A. Payer.
- 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. The banks are required to maintain a certain ratio between their cash in the hand and total assets. This is called
A)Statutory Liquid Ratio (SLR)
B)Central Bank Reserve (CBR)
C)Statutory Bank Ratio (SBR)
D)Central Liquid Reserve (CLR)
Answer: Statutory Liquid Ratio (SLR)
- Q. Monopolies and restrictive Trade practices (MRTP) act was passed in:
A)1969
B)1970
C)1971
D)1968
Answer: 1969
- Q. The national food for work programme was launched in:
A)April 2003
B)May 2002
C)November 2004
D)April 2000
Answer: November 2004
- 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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