More Questions on Indian Economy
- Q. Where was first gold refinery established?
A)Shirpur (Maharashtra)
B)Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
C)Bangalore (Karnataka)
D)Mumbai (Maharashtra)
Answer: Shirpur (Maharashtra)
- 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, III
C)I, II, III
D)II, III
Answer: I, II, III
- Q. The condition of indirect taxes in the country’s revenue is approximately
A)75 percent
B)80 percent
C)70 percent
D)86 percent
Answer: 86 percent
- Q. In pursuance with the recommendations of Narsimham Committee, the RBI has framed new guidelines
A)to reduce the freedom given to banks to rationalize their existing branch network
B)to govern entry of new private sector banks to make the banking sector more competitive
C)to setup more foreign exchange banks
D)to lend more easily for industrial development
Answer: to govern entry of new private sector banks to make the banking sector more competitive
- Q. The annual yield from which of the following Union Government taxes is the highest?
A)Corporation tax and income tax
B)Custom duties
C)Inheritance tax, wealth tax, interest tax and gift tax
D)Excise duties
Answer: Excise duties
- Q. The concept of zero-based budgeting was given by:
A)Peter drucker
B)Jagdish bhagwati
C)Peter A. Payer.
D)None of these
Answer: Peter A. Payer.
- Q. Which company has started a rural marketing network called e-Chaupals?
A)Dabur
B)ITC
C)Procor and Gamble
D)Hindustan liver
Answer: ITC
- 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. Regional rural banks I=have limited area of operation II=have free access to liberal refinance facilities from NABARD III=are required to lend only to weaker sections
A)II, III
B)I, III
C)I, II, III
D)I, II
Answer: I, II
- 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 2005
C)the year 1998
D)the year 1990
Answer: the year 1999
- Q. Which of the following is not a part of machinery that settles industrial disputes?
A)Works Committee
B)Conciliation officers
C)Wage Court
D)Board of Conciliation
Answer: Wage Court
- Q. The first multi–purpose river valley project of independent India is:
A)Damodar
B)Hirakud
C)Bhakra-Nangal
D)Nagarjunasagar
Answer: Damodar
- 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. Finance Commission is constituted after every:
A)5 years
B)6 years
C)3 years
D)4 years
Answer: 5 years
- Q. The number of finance commissions set up upto now is:
A)14
B)15
C)13
D)16
Answer: 15
- Q. In which of the following sequences the change in quantity of money leads to change in price level in the Keynesian models?
A)Change in quantity of money - change in employment and output - change in investment - change in the rate of interest - change in price level
B)Change in quantity of money - change in investment - change in rate of interest - change in employment and output - change in price level
C)Change in quantity of money - change in investment - change in employment and output - change in rate of interest - change in price level
D)Change in quantity of money - change in rate of interest - change in investment - change in employment and output - change in price level
Answer: Change in quantity of money - change in rate of interest - change in investment - change in employment and output - change in price level
- 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. 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
C)I, II, III
D)II, III, IV
Answer: I, II, III
- 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)investment pattern has been directed towards capital intensive industries
C)ceiling on land holdings have enabled more people to own land and hence their preference to stay wit
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 Rural Health mission was launched in:
A)August 2005
B)April 2005
C)October 2005
D)July 2005
Answer: April 2005
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