More Questions on Indian Economy
- Q. Since independence, both development and non-development expenditures have increased; the increase in the former being a little more than in the other. Non-development expenditure involves I=interest payments II=subsidies III=defence IV=irrigation
A)I
B)I, II, III
C)I, II
D)II, III, IV
Answer: I, II, III
- Q. Indian state with highest road length is:
A)Uttar Pradesh
B)Rajasthan
C)Maharashtra
D)Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Maharashtra
- 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)zero
C)larger than government income
D)negative
Answer: equal to government income
- Q. The Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) came into existence in
A)1986
B)1987
C)1984
D)1989
Answer: 1987
- Q. Which of the following is not viewed as a national debt?
A)Life Insurance Policies
B)National Saving Certificate
C)Provident Fund
D)Long-term Government Bonds
Answer: National Saving Certificate
- 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. Deficit financing means that the government borrows money from the
A)local bodies
B)big businessmen
C)RBI
D)IMF
Answer: RBI
- Q. The Foreign Exchange Management Act(FEMA) was passed in:
A)the year 2005
B)the year 1999
C)the year 2000
D)the year 2002
Answer: the year 1999
- Q. The first wholly Indian Bank was set up in
A)1894
B)1896
C)1794
D)1902
Answer: 1894
- Q. In the second nationalization of commercial banks, ___ banks were nationalized.
A)5
B)6
C)4
D)8
Answer: 6
- Q. Devaluation of currency leads to
A)increase in domestic prices
B)fall in domestic prices
C)no impact on domestic prices
D)erratic fluctuations in domestic prices
Answer: increase in domestic prices
- 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. As per the 2009-10, data the commodity with highest share in total export value was:
A)Engineering goods
B)Gems and Jewellery.
C)Petroleum products
D)Rice
Answer: Gems and Jewellery.
- 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. 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. 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 co-operative credit societies have a
A)three-tier structure
B)four-tier structure
C)two-tier structure
D)five-tier structure
Answer: three-tier structure
- Q. The chairman of 13th finance Commission was:
A)K C Neogy
B)Nand Kishore Singh
C)Vijay L. Kelkar.
D)Y V Reddy
Answer: Vijay L. Kelkar.
- Q. The first wholly Indian Bank was set up in
A)1894
B)1794
C)1896
D)1902
Answer: 1894
- Q. The central co-operative banks are in direct touch with
A)state co-operative banks
B)farmers
C)land development banks
D)central government
Answer: state co-operative banks
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