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251.

What was the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for India in 2016-17 Financial Year?

A. 0.061
B. 0.071
C. 0.081
D. 0.067
Answer» C. 0.081
252.

What is true about economic resources?

A. Economic resources are limited.
B. Economic resources are always controlled by the government.
C. Economic resources include only money.
D. Economic resources exist only at the individual level.
Answer» B. Economic resources are always controlled by the government.
253.

What situation would result if Government expenditure exceeds the Government revenue on Current Account?

A. Deficit budgeting
B. Zero­based budgeting
C. Performance­based budgeting
D. Surplus budgeting
Answer» B. Zero­based budgeting
254.

What was one outcome of laissez faire economic policies?

A. Poverty traps that cannot be escaped through free choice
B. Monopoly power that emerges naturally in the market and allows businesses to exploit consumers
C. Businesses pay workers low
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
255.

What is the total population of India in crores according to 2001 Census

A. 68
B. 84
C. 94
D. 102.7
Answer» E.
256.

What is the total population of India according to 2001 Census

A. 1,02,71,01,012
B. 1,02,87,37,436
C. 10,12,52,751
D. None of these
Answer» C. 10,12,52,751
257.

What is the slowdown in the rate of increase of prices of goods & services in National GDP over time called?

A. Deflation
B. Disinflation
C. Inflation
D. Reflation
Answer» C. Inflation
258.

What is the rank of Bihar in view of population in India

A. 4th
B. 3rd
C. 5th
D. 11th
Answer» C. 5th
259.

What is the rank of India in World Economic Forum’s Global Human Capital Index (GHCI) 2017 ?

A. 103
B. 104
C. 105
D. 106
Answer» B. 104
260.

What is the percentage of India's population to the world population

A. 0.06
B. 0.26
C. 0.16
D. 0.36
Answer» D. 0.36
261.

What is the name of the group of agriculture exporting countries formed in 1986, that has put agriculture on the multi lateral trade agenda at the WTO?

A. The Cairns Group
B. ASEAN
C. SCANA
D. NAFTA
Answer» D. NAFTA
262.

What is the India’s GDP growth predict for Financial Year 2017-18, according to the Economic Survey of India (ESI) 2016-17 ?

A. 6.25 % to 7.5%
B. 6.55 % to 7.25%
C. 6.55 % to 7.5%
D. 6.75 % to 7.5%
Answer» E.
263.

What is the longest irrigation canal India called

A. Yamuna Canal
B. Sirhind canal
C. Indira Gandhi canal
D. Upper Bari Doab Canal
Answer» D. Upper Bari Doab Canal
264.

What is the highest percentage slab for GST in India?

A. 0.2
B. 0.32
C. 0.25
D. 0.28
Answer» E.
265.

What is the GDP growth rate for India in 2019-20 projected by the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?_x005F_x000D_

A. 0.065
B. 0.075
C. 0.06
D. 0.055
Answer» C. 0.06
266.

What is the full form of GST?

A. Good and Services Tax
B. Goods Sales Tax
C. Grand Sales Tax
D. General Sales Tax
Answer» B. Goods Sales Tax
267.

What is the Color of Rs.50 bank notes in Mahatma Gandhi (New) series introduced recently ?

A. Magenta
B. Stone Grey
C. Fluorescent Blue
D. Ray blue
Answer» D. Ray blue
268.

What is Rank of India in World business optimism ranking?

A. 4th
B. 6th
C. 5th
D. 7th
Answer» E.
269.

What is poverty gap?_x005F_x000D_

A. the difference between poverty line and actual income level of all those living below that line
B. gap between developed and developing nations
C. gap between the rich and the poor
D. gap between infrastructural facilities in developed and developing nations_x005F_x000D_
Answer» B. gap between developed and developing nations
270.

What is CPC  ?

A. Central Person scheme
B. Central Pay commission
C. Central Paid determination
D. Central Pay scheme
Answer» C. Central Paid determination
271.

What is income available with a person after deducting for taxes called?

A. Disposable Income
B. Cash Income
C. Salary
D. General Income
Answer» B. Cash Income
272.

What is an octroi ?

A. Tax
B. Tax collection centre
C. Tax processing centre
D. Tax information centre
Answer» B. Tax collection centre
273.

What is a bank rate?

A. Rate at which Central bank of a country advances loans to other banks in the country
B. Rate at which banks advance loans to the customers
C. Rate at which banks lend among themselves
D. Rate at which banks lend to money lenders
Answer» B. Rate at which banks advance loans to the customers
274.

What information does a supply schedule provide_x005F_x000D_

A. It shows the supply for a product at various prices
B. It shows the supply for different products at different prices
C. It shows the supply for a product at a single price point
D. None of the above
Answer» B. It shows the supply for different products at different prices
275.

What happens to demand when price increases?

A. increases
B. decreases
C. remains same
D. Can't be determined
Answer» C. remains same
276.

What does the APR on a credit card determine?

A. fee paid by bank for deposits
B. fee paid for borrowing money
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Both A & B
277.

What does the term 'Call Money' refer to?

A. A loan made for a very short period of a few days or aweek
B. Student loans to help cover the cost of highereducation
C. Loans to allow consumers to buy homes they can'tpay for upfront
D. Personal loans for any personal expenses which don'thave a designated purpose
Answer» B. Student loans to help cover the cost of highereducation
278.

What does indifference curve represent?

A. Levels of Income and Capital
B. Satisfaction derived from two goods
C. Income from two businesses
D. Relationship between expenditure and savings
Answer» C. Income from two businesses
279.

What does cyclical unemployment mean?_x005F_x000D_

A. Unemployment during recessionary phase of trade cycle
B. Disguised unemployment
C. Seasonal unemployment
D. Voluntary unemployment
Answer» B. Disguised unemployment
280.

What does 'C' stands for 'CAGR', a business specific term for the geometric progression ratio that provides a constant rate over the specific time period?

A. Control
B. Compound
C. Credit
D. Call
Answer» C. Credit
281.

What denotes offering several products for sale as one combined product?

A. Advertisement
B. Product mix
C. Product bundling
D. Differentiation
Answer» D. Differentiation
282.

Visible and invisible items of debit and credit are the part of___________._x005F_x000D_

A. import-export policy
B. balance of payment
C. balance of trade
D. annual budget
Answer» C. balance of trade
283.

Urbanization and unsustainable development in India raised several environmental concerns but NOT one among the following.

A. Deforestation
B. Soil degradation
C. Depletion of natural resources
D. Erratic monsoon
Answer» E.
284.

Unemployment would cause an economy to

A. produce outside its production possibilities frontier
B. produce inside it's production possibilities frontier
C. produce on it's production possibilites frontier
D. All of the above
Answer» C. produce on it's production possibilites frontier
285.

Unemployment that arises when there is a general downturn in business activity is known as

A. Structural unemployment
B. Frictional unemployment
C. Cyclical unemployment
D. Disguised unemployment
Answer» D. Disguised unemployment
286.

Unemployment resulting from industrial reorganization, typically due to technological change, rather than fluctuations in supply or demand is called

A. Structural unemployment
B. Frictional unemployment
C. Seasonal unemployment
D. Cyclical unemployment
Answer» B. Frictional unemployment
287.

Unemployment is an example of which of the following?

A. interest risk
B. inflation risk
C. personal risk
D. income risk
Answer» E.
288.

Under which plan did the Government Introduce an agricultural strategy which gave rise to Green Rrevolution

A. Second five year plan
B. Third five year plan
C. Fourth five year plan
D. Sixth five year plan
Answer» C. Fourth five year plan
289.

Under the minimum reserve system, the Reserve Bank of India as the sole authority of note issuse is required to maintain  assets worth not less than:

A. 85 crore of rupees
B. 115 crore of rupees
C. 200 crore of rupees
D. 210 crore of rupees
Answer» C. 200 crore of rupees
290.

Under GST regime, in ‘Composition Scheme’, taxpayers have to fill returns ______.

A. Monthly
B. Half-yearly
C. Quarterly
D. Bi-Monthly
Answer» D. Bi-Monthly
291.

Trickle down theory ignores the impact of economic growth on

A. Investment
B. Savings
C. Income distribution
D. consumption
Answer» D. consumption
292.

Transport comes under which sector of economic growth?

A. Secondary sector
B. Primary sector
C. Tertiary sector
D. Quaternary sector
Answer» D. Quaternary sector
293.

TRAI, the name which we read very often in the newspapers, is a regulatory body associated with which of the following sectors

A. Transport
B. Travel and Tourism
C. Technical Education
D. Telecom
Answer» E.
294.

Trade blocs help countries by

A. competition
B. economic integration
C. Increase in trade
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
295.

Total Output is a synonym for

A. aggregate demand
B. gross domestic product
C. aggregate supply
D. equilibrium
Answer» D. equilibrium
296.

To the economist, total cost includes

A. neither implicit nor explicit costs.
B. implicit, but not explicit, costs.
C. explicit, but not implicit, cost.
D. explicit and implicit costs.
Answer» E.
297.

Time period of Annual Plans was ___________.

A. 1990-1992
B. 1987-1990
C. 1992-1994
D. No option is correct
Answer» B. 1987-1990
298.

Through specialization and international trade, a nation

A. will attain some combination of goods lying inside its production possibilities curve
B. will shift its production possibilities curve towards left
C. can attain some combination of goods lying outside its production possibilities curve
D. will shift its production possibilities curve towards right
Answer» D. will shift its production possibilities curve towards right
299.

This tax is entirely borne by the entity it is levied upon and cannot be passed.

A. Direct tax
B. Indirect tax
C. Straight tax
D. Advance tax
Answer» B. Indirect tax
300.

The World's largest railway platform is at

A. Talchar
B. New York
C. Kharagpur
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these