More Questions on Indian Economy
- Q. In India, the first bank of limited liability managed by Indians and founded in 1881 was
A)Oudh Commercial Bank
B)Punjab National Bank
C)Hindustan Commercial Bank
D)Punjab and Sind Bank
Answer: Oudh Commercial Bank
- Q. If the cash reserve ratio is lowered by the RBI, its impact on credit creation will be to
A)decrease it
B)increase it
C)no impact
D)None of the above
Answer: increase it
- Q. Who is responsible for establishing and maintaining astound and efficient accounting and financial reporting system in India?
A)NITI Ayog
B)The Comptroller General of Accounts
C)RBI
D)None of these
Answer: The Comptroller General of Accounts
- Q. Since independence, both development and non-development expenditures have increased; the increase in the former being a little more than in the other. Non-development expenditure involves I=interest payments II=subsidies III=defence IV=irrigation
A)I
B)I, II, III
C)I, II
D)II, III, IV
Answer: I, II, III
- Q. Paper currency first started in India in
A)1542
B)1601
C)1861
D)1880
Answer: 1861
- Q. Ten rupee notes contain the signature of:
A)Chairman, SBI
B)Finance Secretary, GOI
C)Governor, RBI
D)Finance Minister , GOI
Answer: Governor, RBI
- Q. Reserve Bank of India was nationalized in the year
A)1945
B)1949
C)1935
D)1969
Answer: 1949
- 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. 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 chairman of 13th finance Commission was:
A)K C Neogy
B)Vijay L. Kelkar.
C)Nand Kishore Singh
D)Y V Reddy
Answer: Vijay L. Kelkar.
- Q. The association of the rupee with pound sterling as the intervention currency was broken in
A)1991
B)1992
C)1990
D)1993
Answer: 1992
- Q. Development expenditure of the Central government does not include
A)expenditure on economic services
B)expenditure on social and community services
C)defence expenditure
D)grant to states
Answer: defence expenditure
- Q. Planning commission constituted a high level committee for financial sector reforms in August 2007 under the Chairmanship of:
A)Raghuram G. Rajan
B)Bimal Jalan
C)K.V. Kamath
D)None of these
Answer: Raghuram G. Rajan
- Q. The currency convertibility concept in its original form originated in
A)Bretton Woods Agreement
B)Wells Agreement
C)Taylors Agreement
D)None of the above
Answer: Bretton Woods Agreement
- Q. If the fiscal deficit of the Union Government is Rs. 75,000 crores relending to State is Rs. 25,000 crores, interest payments are Rs. 25,000 crores, what is the amount of the primary deficit?
A)Rs. 25,000 crores
B)Rs. 50,000 crores
C)Rs. 1,00,000 crores
D)Rs. 1,25,000 crores
Answer: Rs. 50,000 crores
- Q. The share of road transport in total transportation of the country is:
A)70%
B)75%
C)60%
D)80%
Answer: 80%
- Q. The ARDC is now a branch of the
A)NABARD
B)RBI
C)IDBI
D)SDBI
Answer: NABARD
- Q. Of the gross tax revenue of the Union Government the indirect taxes account for nearly
A)75 percent
B)70 per cent
C)65 percent
D)60 percent
Answer: 65 percent
- Q. At present, the number of nationalized banks are:
A)17
B)15
C)19
D)12
Answer: 12
- Q. In India, inflation measured by the
A)Consumers Price Index for urban non-manual workers
B)Consumers Price Index for agricultural workers
C)Wholesale Price Index number
D)National Income Deflation
Answer: Wholesale Price Index number
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