More Questions on Indian Economy
- Q. The first multi–purpose river valley project of independent India is:
A)Damodar
B)Bhakra-Nangal
C)Hirakud
D)Nagarjunasagar
Answer: Damodar
- Q. The central co-operative banks are in direct touch with
A)state co-operative banks
B)land development banks
C)farmers
D)central government
Answer: state co-operative banks
- Q. The budget deficit means
A)difference between revenue receipts and revenue expenditure
B)difference between all receipts and all the expenditure
C)the excess of total expenditure, including loans, net of lending over revenue receipts
D)fiscal deficit less interest payments
Answer: difference between all receipts and all the expenditure
- Q. If the RBI adopted an expansionist open market operations policy, this means that it will
A)sell securities in the open market
B)offer commercial banks more credit in the open market
C)buy securities from non-government holders
D)openly announce to the market that it intends to expand credit
Answer: offer commercial banks more credit in the open market
- Q. At present, the number of nationalized banks are:
A)17
B)15
C)19
D)12
Answer: 12
- Q. The number of finance commissions set up upto now is:
A)14
B)13
C)15
D)16
Answer: 15
- 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. Income tax in India was introduced by:
A)James Wilson
B)William Jones
C)Nicholas Kaldor
D)Mahavir Tyagi
Answer: James Wilson
- Q. Indian state with highest road length is:
A)Uttar Pradesh
B)Rajasthan
C)Maharashtra
D)Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Maharashtra
- 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. The first wholly Indian Bank was set up in
A)1894
B)1794
C)1896
D)1902
Answer: 1894
- Q. National food for Work programme aimed at intensifying the generation of supplementary wage employment was launched in:
A)September 2003
B)November 2004
C)October 2004
D)January 2004
Answer: November 2004
- Q. In the state of India, the State Financial Corporation have given assistance mainly to develop
A)cottage industry
B)large-scale industries
C)agricultural farms
D)medium and small-scale industries
Answer: medium and small-scale industries
- Q. As per the 2009-10, data the commodity with highest share in total export value was:
A)Engineering goods
B)Petroleum products
C)Gems and Jewellery.
D)Rice
Answer: Gems and Jewellery.
- 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)loans
C)tax sharing
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. What is the objective of ‘Sangam Yojna 1996’?
A)To make Ganga water pollution free
B)To make Sangam region of Allahabad more attractive for tourists
C)To increase the welfare of the disabled
D)To unite, various groups of Hindus
Answer: To increase the welfare of the disabled
- Q. In India, the second largest provider of employment after agriculture is:
A)Chemical Sector
B)Textile Sector
C)Iron and Steel Sector
D)Telecommunication sector
Answer: Textile Sector
- Q. In India Yellow revolution is associated with:
A)production of oil seeds.
B)production of flower
C)production of tea
D)production of paddy
Answer: production of oil seeds.
- Q. National expenditure includes
A)investment expenditure
B)government expenditure
C)consumption expenditure
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. SEBI which was established in April 1988 stands for:
A)Securities and Exchange Board of India
B)Share and Exchange Board of India
C)Securities and Exchange Bureau of India
D)Security and Economic Board of India
Answer: Securities and Exchange Board of India
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