More Questions on Indian Economy
- Q. Subsidies mean
A)payment made by business enterprises to factors of production
B)payment made by companies to shareholders
C)payment by government for purchase of goods and services
D)payment made by the government to business enterprises, without buying any goods and services
Answer: payment made by the government to business enterprises, without buying any goods and services
- 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. In India, the first bank of limited liability managed by Indians and founded in 1881 was
A)Oudh Commercial Bank
B)Hindustan Commercial Bank
C)Punjab National Bank
D)Punjab and Sind Bank
Answer: Oudh Commercial Bank
- 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. Since 1983, the RBI’s responsibility with respect to regional rural banks was transferred to
A)SBI
B)ARDC
C)NABARD
D)PACs
Answer: NABARD
- 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. ICICI is the name of a
A)bureau
B)corporation
C)chemical industry
D)financial institution
Answer: financial institution
- Q. Navaratna Status is concerned with:
A)Private Sector Companies
B)Public Sector Companies
C)Both A and B
D)None of the above
Answer: Public Sector Companies
- Q. India’s share in textiles trade of the world is:
A)6%
B)8%
C)4%
D)10%
Answer: 6%
- 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. 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. 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. The largest producer of Coffee in the country is:
A)Tamil Nadu
B)Andhra Pradesh
C)Kerala
D)Karnataka
Answer: Karnataka
- Q. Unit Trust of India (UTI) was established in:
A)1904
B)1964
C)1968
D)1970
Answer: 1964
- Q. India changed over to the decimal system of coinage in
A)April 1957
B)April 1958
C)April 1995
D)April 1959
Answer: April 1957
- Q. The first Apparel Park in India has been established in:
A)Tirupur (Tamil Nadu)
B)Both A and B
C)Punalur (Kerala)
D)None of the above
Answer: Tirupur (Tamil Nadu)
- Q. At present, the number of nationalized banks are:
A)17
B)19
C)15
D)12
Answer: 12
- 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. 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. The programme which was launched in 1974-75 with the main objectives of improving the utilization of created irrigation potential is:
A)Cordial Area Development
B)Command Area Development (CAD)
C)Copper Area Development
D)Cop Authority Development
Answer: Command Area Development (CAD)
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