Indian Economy

Q. The first fully Indian Bank is:

A
Central Bank of India
B
Canara Bank
C
Punjab National Bank
D
State Bank of India

Correct Answer

Punjab National Bank

More Questions on Indian Economy

  • Q. Which of the following is the most appropriate cause of export surplus?
    A)Country's stringent import policy
    B)Developments in national and international markets
    C)Country's exports promotion value
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Developments in national and international markets
  • 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)Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
    C)Bank rate
    D)Mandatory deposit
    Answer: Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
  • Q. Devaluation of a currency means
    A)reduction in external value/exchange value of currency by the government
    B)reduction in currency value due to wear and tear
    C)fall in exchange value of a country by market forces
    D)all of the above
    Answer: reduction in external value/exchange value of currency by the government
  • Q. Paper currency first started in India in
    A)1542
    B)1861
    C)1601
    D)1880
    Answer: 1861
  • 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)Statutory Bank Ratio (SBR)
    C)Central Bank Reserve (CBR)
    D)Central Liquid Reserve (CLR)
    Answer: Statutory Liquid Ratio (SLR)
  • Q. Foreign Direct Investment ceiling in the telecom sector have been raised from 74 percent to
    A)83 percent
    B)80 percent
    C)90 percent
    D)100 percent
    Answer: 100 percent
  • Q. Resurgent India bonds were issued in US dollar, Pound Sterling and
    A)Deutsche Mark
    B)Euro
    C)Japanese Yen
    D)French Franc
    Answer: Deutsche Mark
  • Q. National Electricity Policy envisages elimination of power shortage by 2012 through addition of:
    A)75000 Megawatt
    B)50000 Megawatt
    C)100000 Megawatt.
    D)125000 Megawatt
    Answer: 100000 Megawatt.
  • Q. Earn While you Learn scheme has been launched by:
    A)Ministry of Youth
    B)Ministry of Tourism
    C)Both A and B
    D)None of these
    Answer: Ministry of Tourism
  • Q. The Twenty Point programme (TPP) conceived with the objective of improving quality of life of people was first initiated in:
    A)1986
    B)2006
    C)1982
    D)1975
    Answer: 1975
  • 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. The Indian state which was the first to release state level Human Development Report in 1995 was:
    A)Maharashtra
    B)Kerala
    C)Madhya Pradesh
    D)Tamil Nadu
    Answer: Madhya Pradesh
  • Q. In the second nationalization of commercial banks, ___ banks were nationalized.
    A)5
    B)4
    C)6
    D)8
    Answer: 6
  • 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. Unit Trust of India (UTI) was bifurcated (into UTI-I and UTI-II) in:
    A)the year 2000
    B)the year 2003
    C)the year 2005
    D)the year 2001
    Answer: the year 2003
  • Q. What was the central theme of the Chipko Movement started by Sunderlal Bahuguna in 1973?
    A)Conservation of river water
    B)Protection of birds
    C)Conservation of Forests
    D)Protection of cheetals
    Answer: Conservation of Forests
  • Q. How many banks were nationalized in 1969?
    A)14
    B)15
    C)16
    D)20
    Answer: 14
  • 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. 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. The first wholly Indian Bank was set up in
    A)1894
    B)1896
    C)1794
    D)1902
    Answer: 1894

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