Q.1:- Which one is not a component to construct Human Development Index in India under UNDP (United Nation Development Programme) ?
- Real GDP per capita in US Dollar
- Literacy Rate
- Life Expectancy at Birth
- Infant Mortality Rate
Q.2:- Scheme of Mid-Day Meal is not connected with ?
- Educational Advancement
- Social Equity
- Right to Food
- Child Nutrition
Q.3:- Among the following, who are eligible to benefit from Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) ?
- Adult members of only the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Households
- Adult members of Below Poverty Line (BPL) Households
- Adult members of households of all Backward Communities
- Adult members of any households
Q.4:- For reducing birth rate in India Amartya Sen has emphasised ?
- The need for improving female literacy
- The need for reducing mortality mortality
- The need for increasing per capita income
- The need for increasing the growth rate of Gross Domestic Product
Q.5:- The commission in India dealing with minimum support price, procurement price etc. in connection with agricultural goods is the ?
- Planning Commission
- Agriculture Costs and Price Commission
- Agriculture Price Commission
- National Marketing Commission
Q.6:- ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana’ has been launched for ?
- Providing Housing Loan to poor people at cheaper interest rates
- Promoting Women’s Self Help Groups in backward areas
- Promoting Financial Inclusion in the country
- Providing Financial Help to the Marginalised Communities
Q.7:- A labour intensive industry is one that ?
- Requires hard manual labour
- Pay adequate wages to the labour
- Employs more hands
- Provides facilities to labour
Q.8:- Which of the following is a Navaratna PSE ? (SSC Mat. 2008)
- Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd.
- Container Corporation of India Ltd.
- MMTC Ltd.
- Engineers India Ltd.
Q.9:- The licensing policy for the industries drew strength from ?
- Industrial Policy Resolution 1948
- Industrial Policy Resolution 1956
- Congress Party Resolution of Establishing Socialistic Pattern of Society
- Industrial Act, 1951
Q.10:- When the prices of commodities, goods and services start declining consistently, the phenomenon is known as ?
- Discount Yield
- Deflation
- Negative Growth
- Market Capitalism
- None of these
Q.11:- Which is the first Indian Company to be listed on NASDAQ ?
- Reliance
- TCS
- HCL
- Infosys
Q.12:- Which of the following terms is not a financial term ?
- Investment
- Core Banking Solution
- RTGS
- El Nino Effect
- All are financial terms
Q.13:- Many a time we see a term in newspaper IPO. What is the full form of the same ?
- Initial Public Offer
- Indian Public Offer
- Institutional Purchase Offer
- Industrial Purchase Offer
- India Purchase Offer
Q.14:- Which of the following organisations is known as the market regulator in India ?
- SEBI
- IBA
- AMFI
- NSDL
Q.15:- Which from the following is not true when the interest rate in the economy goes up ?
- Saving increases
- Lending decreases
- Cost of production increases
- Return on capital increases
Q.16:- The relationship between the value of money and the price level in an economy is ?
- Direct
- Inverse
- Proportional
- Stable
Q.17:- Many times we read in financial newspaper FII. What is the full form of FII ?
- Final Investment in India
- Foreign Investment in India
- Formal Investment in India
- Fair Institutional Investment
- Foreign Institutional Investment
Q.18:- Production function explains the relationship between :
- Initial inputs and ultimate output
- Inputs and ultimate consumption
- Output and consumption
- Output and exports
Q.19:- A fall in demand or rise in supply of a commodity ?
- Increases the price of that commodity
- Decreases the price of that commodity
- Neutralises the changes in the price
- Determines that price elasticity
Q.20:- Bank Rate is the rate ?
- At which banks lend money to the depositors
- At which Reserve Bank of India lends money to commercial Banks
- The rate at which banks lend to the Industrial Financial Institutions
- None of the above
Q.21:- The term Plastic Money applies to ?
- Bank draft made of plastic coated paper
- Currency notes impregnated with plastic thread
- Currency notes printed on plastic coated paper
- Credit cards mainly issued by the banks
Q.22:- An increase in CRR by the Reserve Bank of India results in ? [UP PCS (Pre) 2010]
- Decrease in debt of the government
- Reduction in liquidity in the economy
- Attracting more FDI in the country
- More flow of credit to desired sectors
Q.23:- Many times we read in newspapers that the RBI has revised certain rates / ratios under LAF. What is the full form of LAF ?
- Liquidity Adjustment Facility
- Legal Adjustment Facility
- Long Term Achievement Facility
- Legal Adjustment Formality
- None of these
Q.24:- The interest rate at which the Reserve Bank of India lends to commercial banks in the short term to maintain liquidity is known as ?
- Interest Rate
- Repo Rate
- Bank Rate
- Reverse Repo Rate
Q.25:- Fiscal Policy is related to ?
- Money supply in the economy
- Regulation of the banking system
- Planning for economic development
- Government’s Revenue and Expenditure