Economics Questions For Competitive Exams

1) The first official attempt to calculate national income in India was made by _____?
Ans: Prof. Mahalanobis

2) Which village in Uttar Pradesh was adopted by Sonia Gandhi as a part of Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana?
Ans: Udwa 

3) The Indian rupee is the only legal tender in India, and is also accepted as legal tender in the neighbouring Nepal and ______, both of which peg their currency to that of the Indian rupee.
Ans: Bhutan  

4) What is a voluntary labeling scheme for easily identifying environment friendly products that was launched in 1991, even before the 1992 Rio Summit?
Ans: Eco - mark

5) Which body was established on 12th July 1982 by a special act by the Parliament with the purpose to uplift rural India by increasing the credit flow for elevation of agriculture & rural non farm sector?
Ans: NABARD

6) Which Five Year Plan was marred by inflation, armed conflicts and droughts, resulting in the introduction of plan holiday (1966-1969) to absorb the shock dealt to the economy and thus make way for further planning?
Ans: Third Plan

7) Under Article _____ of the Indian Constitution, Finance Commission has been asked to define the financial relations between the centre and; the state?
Ans: Article 280

8) Recommendations of which committee recently provided useful suggestions for the future road- map of food policy?
Ans: Shards Kumar Committee

9) The Swachh Bharat Mission launched in October 2014, aims at attaining an Open Defecation Free India by _____?
Ans: 2019 October 2

10) Which body formulates, implements, and monitors the monetary policy as well as ensures an adequate flow of credit to productive sectors?
Ans: Reserve Bank of India

11) Which term is used for the money value of all goods and services produced in a country during a year?
Ans: National Income

12) A saving instrument launched by the Government for individual savers, where in invested money doubled during the maturity period is?
Ans: Kisan Vikas Patra

13) The concept of a special category state was first introduced in _____ year when the Fifth Finance Commission sought to provide certain disadvantaged states with preferential treatment in the form of central assistance and tax breaks.
Ans: 1969

14) India was one of the first in Asia to recognise the effectiveness of the Export Processing Zone model in promoting exports, with Asia's first EPZ set up in ______ in 1965?
Ans: Kandla (Gujarat)

15) The first country introduced Carbon tax is _____?
Ans: New Zealand

16) Which authority recommends the principles governing the grants - in - aid of the revenues of the states out of the Consolidated Fund of India?
Ans: Finance Commission

17) The' PAN' in PAN card issued by the Income Tax Department stands for?
Ans: Permanent Account Number

18) Which scheme is a centrally sponsored scheme launched in 2000 for 10 Million poorest families which is an important milestone in providing food grains?
Ans: Antyodaya Anna Yojana

19) During which Five - Year Plan did India lay down the objective of the need to ensure environmental sustainability of the development strategy?  Ans: 9th Five Year Plan

20) The Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) was established in _____ year by the government of India?
Ans: 1964

21) The Government of India issued an ordinance and nationalised how many largest commercial banks with effect from the midnight of July 19, 1969?
Ans: 14 banks

22) Which formula was evolved in 1969 for determining the allocation of central assistance for state plans in India and was adopted for distribution of plan assistance during Fourth and Fifth Five Year Plans?
Ans: Gadgil formula

23) The 2011 Census is the ______Census?
Ans: 15th

24) The concept of rolling plan was put forward by _____in his book 'Asian Drama'?
Ans: Gunner Myrdal

25) Who coined the term 'Hindu rate of growth' for Indian economy?
Ans: Raj Krishna

26) Multi - purpose river valley projects are the New temples of modern India'. Who said this?
Ans: Jawaharlal Nehru

27) The Antyodaya programme was started first of all in the state of ______?
Ans: Rajastan

28) India became a member of the International Monetary Fund in _____ year?
Ans: 1947

29) Who gave the definition 'Economics is the Science of Wealth'?
Ans: Adam Smith

30) First anytime milk ATM established at _____.
Ans: Anand (Gujarat)

31) Who is the father of Co- operation in India?
Ans: Frederic Nicholson

32) The first attempt to initiate economic planning in India was made by Visvesvarayya through his book _____?
Ans: Planned Economy for India

33) National Stock Exchange (NSE) was established in the year _____ in Mumbai.
Ans: 1992

34) IRDP (Integrated Rural Development Programme) was launched in ______ year, for providing self employment and the economic and social improvement for the poor.
Ans: 1978

35) Lakadawala Commission Was related with _____?
Ans: Poverty Line

36) The 'Growth with Social Justice and Equality' was the main focus of ______ plan?
Ans: Ninth Plan

37) Who is the chairman of the 14th Finance Commission?
Ans: Y.V. Reddy

38) Wall Street is the headquarters of ______ Stock Exchange?
Ans: New York

39) The first Keratite to become ' the member of finance commission was _____?
Ans: V.P Menon

40) National Stock Exchange (NSE) was established in the year _____ in Mumbai?
Ans: 1992

41) Which Five Year Plan marked the beginning of economic liberalisation? Ans: 6th

42) _____ plan is associated with Indira Gandhi's slogan ' Garibi Hatao'.
Ans: Fifth

43) The first Finance Commission was appointed in _____year, under the chairmanship of K.C. Neogy.
Ans: 1961

44) The first Asian country to I introduce VAT (Value Added 1 Tax) was ______? 
Ans: South Korea

45) ICDS (Integrated Child Development Service) launched on 2nd October ______?
Ans: 1975 

46) 'Pure Banking, Nothing Else' is the slogan of _____ bank?
Ans: SBI

47) The headquarters of LIC located in _____city?
Ans: Mumbai

48) Which body in India is entrusted with regulating the business in stock exchanges and any other securities markets; registering and regulating the working of stock brokers, sub brokers etc? 
Ans: SEBI

49) The principal source of States own tax revenues is _____ which accounts for about 60 per cent of the total.
Ans: Sales Tax

50) The term ______ means' of the best quality, because the Government securities do not suffer from risk of default and are highly liquid (as they can be easily sold in the market at their current price).
Ans: Gilt edged 

Post a Comment

0 Comments