More Questions on Indian Economy
- Q. In India, inflation measured by the
A)Consumers Price Index for urban non-manual workers
B)Consumers Price Index for agricultural workers
C)Wholesale Price Index number
D)National Income Deflation
Answer: Wholesale Price Index number
- 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. 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. 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. The main rubber producing state in the country is:
A)Tamil Nadu
B)Kerala
C)Karnataka
D)Hyderabad
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Planning commission constituted a high level committee for financial sector reforms in August 2007 under the Chairmanship of:
A)Raghuram G. Rajan
B)Bimal Jalan
C)K.V. Kamath
D)None of these
Answer: Raghuram G. Rajan
- Q. With which country did India’s comprehensive Economic partnership Agreement come into effect on August 1, 2011?
A)China
B)Taiwan
C)South Korea
D)Japan
Answer: Japan
- Q. The budget deficit means
A)difference between revenue receipts and revenue expenditure
B)the excess of total expenditure, including loans, net of lending over revenue receipts
C)difference between all receipts and all the expenditure
D)fiscal deficit less interest payments
Answer: difference between all receipts and all the expenditure
- Q. The average rate of domestic savings (gross) for the Indian economy is currently estimated to be in the range of
A)20 to 25 percent
B)15 to 20 percent
C)25 to 30 percent
D)30 to 35 percent
Answer: 20 to 25 percent
- 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. The national food for work programme was launched in:
A)April 2003
B)May 2002
C)November 2004
D)April 2000
Answer: November 2004
- Q. Planning commission constituted a high level committee for financial sector reforms in August 2007 under the Chairmanship of:
A)Raghuram G. Rajan
B)K.V. Kamath
C)Bimal Jalan
D)None of these
Answer: Raghuram G. Rajan
- Q. In India, the first bank of limited liability managed by Indians and founded in 1881 was
A)Oudh Commercial Bank
B)Punjab National Bank
C)Hindustan Commercial Bank
D)Punjab and Sind Bank
Answer: Oudh Commercial Bank
- Q. Devaluation of a currency means
A)reduction in external value/exchange value of currency by the government
B)reduction in currency value due to wear and tear
C)fall in exchange value of a country by market forces
D)all of the above
Answer: reduction in external value/exchange value of currency by the government
- Q. Which of the following is not a part of machinery that settles industrial disputes?
A)Works Committee
B)Wage Court
C)Conciliation officers
D)Board of Conciliation
Answer: Wage Court
- Q. The concept of zero-based budgeting was given by:
A)Peter drucker
B)Peter A. Payer.
C)Jagdish bhagwati
D)None of these
Answer: Peter A. Payer.
- 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. The current price index (base 1960) is nearly 330. This means that
A)the prices of certain selected items have gone up to 3-3 times
B)weighted means of prices of certain item has increased 3-3 times
C)all items cost 3-3 times more than what they did in 1960
D)gold price has gone up 3-3 times
Answer: weighted means of prices of certain item has increased 3-3 times
- Q. Deficit financing means that the government borrows money from the
A)local bodies
B)RBI
C)big businessmen
D)IMF
Answer: RBI
- Q. In India, which one among the following formulates the fiscal policy?
A)Ministry of Finance
B)Planning Commission
C)Finance Commission
D)The Reserve Bank of India
Answer: Ministry of Finance
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