More Questions on Indian Economy
- 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. In coal production, India ranks in the world:
A)First
B)Third
C)Second
D)Fourth
Answer: Second
- Q. Non Tax revenues can be increased by improving the working of the
A)electricity boards
B)State Road Transport Corporations
C)commercial irrigation projects
D)All of the above
Answer: commercial irrigation projects
- Q. The Money Order system in India was introduced in the year :
A)1880
B)1882
C)1999
D)1904
Answer: 1880
- Q. States earn maximum revenue through
A)custom revenue
B)commercial taxes
C)land revenue
D)excise duties on intoxicants
Answer: commercial taxes
- Q. Indian state with highest road length is:
A)Uttar Pradesh
B)Rajasthan
C)Maharashtra
D)Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Maharashtra
- Q. Gross domestic capital formation is defined as
A)expenditure incurred on physical assets only
B)production exceeding demand
C)flow of expenditure devoted to increased or maintaining of the capital stock
D)net addition to stock after depreciation
Answer: net addition to stock after depreciation
- Q. The Ex-Officio Secretary of National Development Council is:
A)General Secretary of Lok Sabha
B)Secretary of Planning Commission
C)Secretary of Finance Ministry
D)Vice Chairman of Planning Commission
Answer: Secretary of Planning Commission
- Q. In the second nationalization of commercial banks, ___ banks were nationalized.
A)5
B)4
C)6
D)8
Answer: 6
- Q. The largest producer of Coffee in the country is:
A)Tamil Nadu
B)Andhra Pradesh
C)Kerala
D)Karnataka
Answer: Karnataka
- Q. How many Regional Rural Bank (RRBs) are working in the country till 31st March,2010?
A)81
B)82
C)85
D)93
Answer: 82
- Q. As per the targets of 11th Five year Plan (2007-12) Mortality Rate (2012) has been targeted at:
A)1 per 10000 births
B)1 per 1000 births
C)1 per 100 births
D)1 per 10 births
Answer: 1 per 1000 births
- Q. The number of finance commissions set up upto now is:
A)14
B)13
C)15
D)16
Answer: 15
- Q. Of the gross tax revenue of the Union Government the indirect taxes account for nearly
A)75 percent
B)65 percent
C)70 per cent
D)60 percent
Answer: 65 percent
- Q. In India Yellow revolution is associated with:
A)production of oil seeds.
B)production of flower
C)production of tea
D)production of paddy
Answer: production of oil seeds.
- Q. States earn maximum revenue through
A)custom revenue
B)land revenue
C)commercial taxes
D)excise duties on intoxicants
Answer: commercial taxes
- 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. Our financial system has provided for the transfer of resources from the centre to the states; the important means of resource transfers are
A)grant-in-aids
B)tax sharing
C)loans
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Who is responsible for establishing and maintaining astound and efficient accounting and financial reporting system in India?
A)NITI Ayog
B)The Comptroller General of Accounts
C)RBI
D)None of these
Answer: The Comptroller General of Accounts
- Q. Foreign Direct Investment ceiling in the telecom sector have been raised from 74 percent to
A)83 percent
B)90 percent
C)80 percent
D)100 percent
Answer: 100 percent
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