Indian Economy

Q. Which of the following is not viewed as a national debt?

A
Life Insurance Policies
B
Provident Fund
C
National Saving Certificate
D
Long-term Government Bonds

Correct Answer

National Saving Certificate

More Questions on Indian Economy

  • Q. National Agricultural Insurance Scheme replacing Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme was introduced in the year
    A)1998
    B)1997
    C)1999
    D)2000
    Answer: 1999
  • Q. States earn maximum revenue through
    A)custom revenue
    B)land revenue
    C)commercial taxes
    D)excise duties on intoxicants
    Answer: commercial taxes
  • Q. If all the banks in an economy are nationalized and converted into a monopoly bank, the total deposits
    A)will increase
    B)will neither increase nor decrease
    C)will decrease
    D)None of the above
    Answer: will neither increase nor decrease
  • 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 1998
    C)the year 2005
    D)the year 1990
    Answer: the year 1999
  • 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. The Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) came into existence in
    A)1986
    B)1987
    C)1984
    D)1989
    Answer: 1987
  • Q. In the state of India, the State Financial Corporation have given assistance mainly to develop
    A)cottage industry
    B)agricultural farms
    C)large-scale industries
    D)medium and small-scale industries
    Answer: medium and small-scale industries
  • Q. The central banking functions in India are performed by the I=Central Bank of India II=Reserve Bank of India III=State Bank of India IV=Punjab National Bank
    A)II
    B)I, II
    C)I
    D)II, III
    Answer: II
  • 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. Inflation is measured in India on the basis of which ‘Index’?
    A)Consumer Price Index for urban workers
    B)Consumer Price Index for agricultural workers
    C)Wholesale Price Index
    D)National income deflation
    Answer: Wholesale Price Index
  • 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. Notes on which denomination has the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi printed on them?
    A)500 rupee
    B)1000 rupee
    C)100 rupee
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • 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)Central Bank Reserve (CBR)
    C)Statutory Bank Ratio (SBR)
    D)Central Liquid Reserve (CLR)
    Answer: Statutory Liquid Ratio (SLR)
  • Q. Government has merged Annapurna Scheme with:
    A)Ujjwala
    B)National Old Age Pension Scheme
    C)IRDP
    D)None of these
    Answer: National Old Age Pension Scheme
  • 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. The number of finance commissions set up upto now is:
    A)14
    B)15
    C)13
    D)16
    Answer: 15
  • 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. Which of the following is not an undertaking under the administrative control of Ministry of Railways?
    A)Konkan Railway Corporation Limited
    B)Container Corporation of India Limited
    C)Indian Railways Construction Company Limited
    D)Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi
    Answer: Indian Railways Construction Company Limited
  • Q. The share of road transport in total transportation of the country is:
    A)70%
    B)60%
    C)75%
    D)80%
    Answer: 80%
  • Q. If an economy is equilibrium at the point where plans to save and to invest are equal, then government expenditure must be
    A)equal to government income
    B)larger than government income
    C)zero
    D)negative
    Answer: equal to government income

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