More Questions on Indian Economy
- 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, II, III
C)I, III
D)I, II
Answer: I, II
- 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)ceiling on land holdings have enabled more people to own land and hence their preference to stay wit
C)investment pattern has been directed towards capital intensive industries
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. The total number of national highways in the country is:
A)528
B)228
C)328
D)499
Answer: E
- 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. In India, the state which has the largest forest cover is:
A)Arunachal Pradesh
B)Chattisgarh
C)Madhya Pradesh
D)Odisha
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
- Q. The annual yield from which of the following Union Government taxes is the highest?
A)Corporation tax and income tax
B)Inheritance tax, wealth tax, interest tax and gift tax
C)Custom duties
D)Excise duties
Answer: Excise duties
- Q. In April 1980 how many banks were nationalized?
A)eight banks
B)five banks
C)six banks
D)nine banks
Answer: six banks
- 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. States earn maximum revenue through
A)custom revenue
B)commercial taxes
C)land revenue
D)excise duties on intoxicants
Answer: commercial taxes
- Q. In India, inflation measured by the
A)Consumers Price Index for urban non-manual workers
B)Wholesale Price Index number
C)Consumers Price Index for agricultural workers
D)National Income Deflation
Answer: Wholesale Price Index number
- 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. Unit Trust of India (UTI) was bifurcated (into UTI-I and UTI-II) in:
A)the year 2000
B)the year 2005
C)the year 2003
D)the year 2001
Answer: the year 2003
- Q. As per the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) Economic Outlook 2011-12, Indian economy is expected to expand by:
A)8.0% in 2011-12
B)8.2% in 2011-12
C)8.5% in 2011-12
D)7.8% in 2011-12
Answer: 8.0% in 2011-12
- Q. Deficit financing means that the government borrows money from the
A)local bodies
B)RBI
C)big businessmen
D)IMF
Answer: RBI
- Q. The share of road transport in total transportation of the country is:
A)70%
B)75%
C)60%
D)80%
Answer: 80%
- 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. In India the term Black Revolution is associated with:
A)Nurturing the Black Soil
B)Self-dependence in the production of petroleum crude oil
C)Self-dependence in the production of coal
D)Self-dependence in the production of balck corp
Answer: Self-dependence in the production of petroleum crude oil
- Q. Revenue of the state governments are raised from the following sources, except
A)expenditure tax
B)entertainment tax
C)agricultural income tax
D)land revenue
Answer: agricultural income tax
- Q. In India the first bank of limited liability managed by Indian and founded in 1881 was:
A)Hindustan Commercial Bank
B)Oudh commercial Bank.
C)Punjab National Bank
D)Punjab and Sind Bank
Answer: Oudh commercial Bank.
- Q. Project ‘Sankalp’ is associated with the elimination of:
A)AIDS/HIV
B)Polio
C)Both A and B
D)None of the above
Answer: AIDS/HIV
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