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ECONOMICS QUESTION PAPER
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1 Generally an economy considered under developed if
a) The standard of living of people Is low and productivity is also considerable low.
b) Agriculture is the main occupation of the people and productivity in agriculture is quite low.
c) The production techniques are backward
d) All of the above
2 Which of the following statements is correct?
a) Agriculture occupies 10 per cent population of India.
b) Nearly 5 per cent population of India is below the poverty line
c) The production techniques are backward.
d) None of the above.
3 Which of the statements is correct?
a) The tertiary sector contributes the maximum to the GDP.
b) India is basically a socialist economy.
c) The distribution of income and wealth is quite equitable.
d) None of the above.
4 ………………………… is the apex bank for agriculture credit in India.
a) RBI
b) SIDBI
c) NABARD
d) ICICI
5 The share of agriculture in India’s national has……………. Over the years.
a) Remained constant
b) Decreased
c) Increased
d) First decreased and then increased.
6 The green revolution is also known as
a) Wheat revolution.
b) Rice revolution.
c) Maize revolution.
d) Forest revolution.
7 The area under irrigation has……………. Over the years in India.
a) Remained constant
b) Decreased
c) Increased
d) First decreased and then increased.
8 Which of the following statements is correct?
a) Under zamindari system, farmers directly paid land revenue to the state.
b) At present, income tax revenues from the agriculture sector are negligible.
c) Commercial banks are providing loans to the agriculture sector at zero interest rate.
d) None of the above.
9 Which of the following is incorrect?
a) Special schemes have been started to promote export of agro-products.
b) India has been a big importer of food grains especially since 1990s.
c) High yielding verities programme has resulted in improvement in production and productivity of food grains in India.
d) None of the above.
10 Abolition of intermediaries and tenancy reforms are both parts of
a) Industrial reforms in India.
b) External sector reforms in India.
c) Land reforms in India.
d) Banking reforms in India.
11 Agriculture sector faces the problem of
a) Slow and uneven growth.
b) Inadequate and incomplete land reforms.
c) Inadequate finance.
d) All of the above.
12 In absolute terms, the number of people engaged activities over the planning period has
a) Remained constant.
b) Increased
c) Decreased
d) First increased and then decreased.
13 Which of the following has been specially established to meet the requirements of credit of the farmers and villagers?
a) ICICI bank.
b) Regional rural bank.
c) State bank of India.
d) EXIM bank.
14 Which of the following statement is incorrect?
a) About 80 per cent of agriculture area has irrigation facilities.
b) About 60 per cent area is rain fed in India.
c) Productivity per worker in agriculture is much lower than that in industry.
d) Cropping pattern is quite skewed in India.
15 Mahalanobis model stressed upon the establishment of
a) Consumer goods industries.
b) Export oriented industries.
c) Agro-based industries.
d) Capital and basis goods industries.