More Questions on Indian Economy
- Q. In which of the following sequences the change in quantity of money leads to change in price level in the Keynesian models?
A)Change in quantity of money - change in employment and output - change in investment - change in the rate of interest - change in price level
B)Change in quantity of money - change in investment - change in employment and output - change in rate of interest - change in price level
C)Change in quantity of money - change in investment - change in rate of interest - change in employment and output - change in price level
D)Change in quantity of money - change in rate of interest - change in investment - change in employment and output - change in price level
Answer: Change in quantity of money - change in rate of interest - change in investment - change in employment and output - change in price level
- Q. Paper currency first started in India in
A)1542
B)1861
C)1601
D)1880
Answer: 1861
- Q. The share of road transport in total transportation of the country is:
A)70%
B)75%
C)60%
D)80%
Answer: 80%
- Q. The first wholly Indian Bank was set up in
A)1894
B)1896
C)1794
D)1902
Answer: 1894
- Q. The Ex-Officio Secretary of National Development Council is:
A)General Secretary of Lok Sabha
B)Secretary of Finance Ministry
C)Secretary of Planning Commission
D)Vice Chairman of Planning Commission
Answer: Secretary of Planning Commission
- Q. In India the term Black Revolution is associated with:
A)Nurturing the Black Soil
B)Self-dependence in the production of coal
C)Self-dependence in the production of petroleum crude oil
D)Self-dependence in the production of balck corp
Answer: Self-dependence in the production of petroleum crude oil
- Q. The association of the rupee with pound sterling as the intervention currency was broken in
A)1991
B)1990
C)1992
D)1993
Answer: 1992
- Q. Revenue of the state governments are raised from the following sources, except
A)expenditure tax
B)agricultural income tax
C)entertainment tax
D)land revenue
Answer: agricultural income tax
- Q. The number of finance commissions set up upto now is:
A)14
B)15
C)13
D)16
Answer: 15
- Q. Depreciation means
A)closure of a plant due to labour trouble
B)closure of a plant due to lock out
C)loss of equipment over time due to wear and tear
D)destruction of a plant in a fire accident
Answer: loss of equipment over time due to wear and tear
- Q. At present, the number of nationalized banks are:
A)17
B)19
C)15
D)12
Answer: 12
- 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. 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. 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. 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. In pursuance with the recommendations of Narsimham Committee, the RBI has framed new guidelines
A)to reduce the freedom given to banks to rationalize their existing branch network
B)to setup more foreign exchange banks
C)to govern entry of new private sector banks to make the banking sector more competitive
D)to lend more easily for industrial development
Answer: to govern entry of new private sector banks to make the banking sector more competitive
- Q. For International money transfer which Indian public sector bank has signed MoU with MoneyGram company of America?
A)Bank of Baroda
B)Punjab National Bank
C)State Bank of India
D)Central Bank of India
Answer: Punjab National Bank
- Q. Regional rural banks I=have limited area of operation II=have free access to liberal refinance facilities from NABARD III=are required to lend only to weaker sections
A)II, III
B)I, III
C)I, II, III
D)I, II
Answer: I, II
- Q. Which of the following is the first Indian private company to sign an accord with Government of Myanmar for oil exploration in two offshore blocks in that country?
A)Essar Oil
B)Reliance Energy
C)GAIL
D)ONGC
Answer: Essar Oil
- Q. Monopolies and restrictive Trade practices (MRTP) act was passed in:
A)1969
B)1970
C)1971
D)1968
Answer: 1969
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