Q. Planning commission constituted a high level committee for financial sector reforms in August 2007 under the Chairmanship of:

Correct Answer

Raghuram G. Rajan

More Questions on Indian Economy

  • Q. The currency convertibility concept in its original form originated in
    A)Bretton Woods Agreement
    B)Taylors Agreement
    C)Wells Agreement
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Bretton Woods Agreement
  • 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. India’s share in textiles trade of the world is:
    A)6%
    B)4%
    C)8%
    D)10%
    Answer: 6%
  • Q. Deficit financing leads to inflation in general, but it can be checked if
    A)only aggregate demand is increased
    B)government expenditure leads to increase in the aggregate supply in ratio of aggregate demand
    C)all the expenditure is denoted national debt payment only
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • 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. 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. 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)tax sharing
    C)loans
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • 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. As per the targets of 11th Five year Plan (2007-12) Mortality Rate (2012) has been targeted at:
    A)1 per 10000 births
    B)1 per 1000 births
    C)1 per 100 births
    D)1 per 10 births
    Answer: 1 per 1000 births
  • Q. Meera Seth committee was related to:
    A)sex discrimination at work place
    B)female foeticide
    C)Development of Handlooms
    D)Banking sector
    Answer: Development of Handlooms
  • 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. In India the first bank of limited liability managed by Indian and founded in 1881 was:
    A)Hindustan Commercial Bank
    B)Oudh commercial Bank.
    C)Punjab National Bank
    D)Punjab and Sind Bank
    Answer: Oudh commercial Bank.
  • Q. In the last one decade, which one among the following sectors has attracted the highest foreign direct investment inflows into India?
    A)Services sector
    B)Food processing
    C)Chemicals other than fertilizers
    D)Telecommunication
    Answer: Telecommunication
  • Q. The Foreign Exchange Management Act(FEMA) was passed in:
    A)the year 2005
    B)the year 2000
    C)the year 1999
    D)the year 2002
    Answer: the year 1999
  • Q. On July 12, 1982, the ARDC was merged into
    A)NABARD
    B)EXIM Bank
    C)RBI
    D)None of the above
    Answer: NABARD
  • Q. National Rural Health mission was launched in:
    A)August 2005
    B)April 2005
    C)October 2005
    D)July 2005
    Answer: April 2005
  • 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. During which five Year plan was phase of heavy industrialization initiated?
    A)First five year plan
    B)Third five year plan
    C)Second five year plan.
    D)Fourth five year plan
    Answer: Second five year plan.
  • Q. Which state of India ranks first in milk production as per the data of the year 2009-10?
    A)Jharkhand
    B)Uttar Pradesh
    C)Bihar
    D)West Bengal
    Answer: Uttar Pradesh
  • Q. Project ‘Sankalp’ is associated with the elimination of:
    A)AIDS/HIV
    B)Polio
    C)Both A and B
    D)None of the above
    Answer: AIDS/HIV

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