More Questions on Indian Economy
- Q. Fiscal deficit in the Union Budget means
A)net increase in Union Governments borrowings from the Reserve Bank of India
B)the sum of budgetary deficit and net increase in internal and external borrowings
C)the difference between current expenditure and current revenue
D)the sum of monetized deficit and budgetary deficit
Answer: the sum of budgetary deficit and net increase in internal and external borrowings
- 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. Depreciation means
A)closure of a plant due to labour trouble
B)loss of equipment over time due to wear and tear
C)closure of a plant due to lock out
D)destruction of a plant in a fire accident
Answer: loss of equipment over time due to wear and tear
- Q. On which one of the following is the benefits received principle of taxation to achieve optimality bases?
A)Total benefit received
B)Marginal benefit received
C)Average benefit received
D)Ability to pay for the benefit
Answer: Ability to pay for the benefit
- Q. National food for Work programme aimed at intensifying the generation of supplementary wage employment was launched in:
A)September 2003
B)October 2004
C)November 2004
D)January 2004
Answer: November 2004
- 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. Which of the following is not an undertaking under the administrative control of Ministry of Railways?
A)Konkan Railway Corporation Limited
B)Container Corporation of India Limited
C)Indian Railways Construction Company Limited
D)Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi
Answer: Indian Railways Construction Company Limited
- Q. A proportion of the total deposits and reserves of the commercial banks that is to be kept with the Central Bank (RBI) on liquid form as a measure of control of RBI over the Commercial Banks is known as:
A)Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)
B)Bank rate
C)Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
D)Mandatory deposit
Answer: Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
- 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. Since 1983, the RBI’s responsibility with respect to regional rural banks was transferred to
A)SBI
B)NABARD
C)ARDC
D)PACs
Answer: NABARD
- Q. The condition of indirect taxes in the country’s revenue is approximately
A)75 percent
B)70 percent
C)80 percent
D)86 percent
Answer: 86 percent
- Q. Our financial system has provided for the transfer of resources from the centre to the states; the important means of resource transfers are
A)grant-in-aids
B)loans
C)tax sharing
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- 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)ceiling on land holdings have enabled more people to own land and hence their preference to stay wit
C)investment pattern has been directed towards capital intensive industries
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. With the objective of opening the insurance sector for private participation the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act (IRDA) was passed in:
A)the year 1999
B)the year 1998
C)the year 2005
D)the year 1990
Answer: the year 1999
- Q. What is the objective of ‘Sangam Yojna 1996’?
A)To make Ganga water pollution free
B)To increase the welfare of the disabled
C)To make Sangam region of Allahabad more attractive for tourists
D)To unite, various groups of Hindus
Answer: To increase the welfare of the disabled
- 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. Since the inception of the co-operative movement, rural credits has been
A)rationalized
B)institutionalized
C)cheapened
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Since the inception of the co-operative movement, rural credits has been
A)rationalized
B)cheapened
C)institutionalized
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. SEBI which was established in April 1988 stands for:
A)Securities and Exchange Board of India
B)Securities and Exchange Bureau of India
C)Share and Exchange Board of India
D)Security and Economic Board of India
Answer: Securities and Exchange Board of India
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