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1. Which one is the king of the exchange rate?
Fixed Exchange Rate
Flexible Exchange Rate
Both (a) and (b)
None of the above
2. Which of the following is true?
Fixed exchange rate is determined by the government
Flexible exchange rate is determined by market forces (demand and supply of foreign exchange)
Both (a) and (b)
None of the above
3. Which one is a kind of fixed exchange rate?
Gold Standard System of Exchange Rate
Bretton Woods System of Exchange Rate
Both (a) and (b)
None of the above
4. Which one is a merit of the fixed exchange rate?
Promotes Foreign Trade
Induces Foreign Capital
Increases Capital Formation
All the above
5. Which one is a demerit of the fixed exchange rate?
Ignores National Interests
Restricted Movement of Capital
Sudden Fluctuations in Exchange Rates
All the above
6. Which one is a merit of the flexible exchange rate?
Simple System
Continuous Adjustments
Improves Balance of Payments
All the above
7. Which one is a demerit of the flexible exchange rate?
Bad Results of Low Rate
Uncertainty
Instability in Foreign Exchange
All the above
8. Which one is a source of the demand for foreign exchange?
Imports of Goods and Services from Abroad
Investment in Foreign Nations
Gift Scheme to Foreign Nations
All the above
9. Foreign exchange is determined by:
Demand for foreign currency
Supply of foreign currency
Demand and supply in the foreign exchange market
None of the above
10. The forms of foreign exchange market is/are:
Spot market
Forward market
Both (a) and (b)
None of these
11. The foreign exchange rate is determined by:
Government
Bargaining
World Bank
Demand and Supply forces
12. By exchange rate we mean:
How much local currency we have to pay for a foreign currency
How much of a foreign currency we have to pay for another foreign currency
The rate at which foreign currency is bought and sold
All of these
13. Balance of Trade =?
Export of Visible Items – Imports of Visible Items
Export of both Visible and Invisible Items – Import of both Visible and Invisible Items
Import of Visible Items – Export of Visible Items
None of the above
14. Which items are included in the Balance of Payments?
Visible Items
Invisible Items
Capital Transfers
All the above
15. Which one is the visible item of Balance of Payments?
Machine
Cloth
Cement
All of these
16. Which one is the invisible item of Balance of Payment?
Banking
Shipping
Communication
All of these
17. Which one is the feature of Balance of Payment?
Systematic Accounts
Fixed Time Period
Comprehensiveness
All the above
18. Which account is included in the composition of the Balance of Payments?
Current Account
Capital Account
Both (a) and (b)
None of the above
19. Which one is the item of the Current Account?
Import of Visible Items
Expenses of Tourists
Exports of Visible Items
All the above
20. Which one is the item of Capital Account?
Government Transaction
Priva Transactions
Foreign Direct Investment
All the above
21. The component(s) of Balance of Payment is/are:
Current Account
Capital Account
Both (a) and (b)
None of these
22. Which items are included in the balance of trade?
Invisible Item
Capital Transfer
Visible Item
All of these
23. Balance of Trade means:
Capital Transaction
Import and export of goods
Total debit and credit
All the above
24. The reason for the imbalance in the balance of payment is:
Natural Reasons
Economic Reasons
Political Reasons
All of these
25. Structure of balance of payment includes which account:
Current account
Capital account
Both (a) and (b)
None of these.
26. Measures to improve the adverse balance of payment includes:
Currency devaluation
Import substitution
Exchange control
All of the above
27. Foreign Exchange Rate is determined by:
Demand for foreign currency
Supply of foreign currency
Demand and supply in the foreign exchange market
None of these
28. Types of Foreign Exchange Market are:
Spot market
Forward market
Both (a) and (b)
None of these
29. In how many sectors is the occupational structure of India is divided?
One
Two
Three
Four
30. What is another name for the service sector?
Tertiary
Primary
Secondary
Agriculture
31. What was the nature of the Indian economy on the eve of independence?
Stagnant
Backward
Underdeveloped
All of these
32. What was the life expectancy at birth in India on the eve of Independence?
44 years
50 years
60 years
All of these
33. What was the growth rate of per capita income in India on the eve of Independence?
0.9%
0.5%
1.2%
3%
34. Which of the following activities is included in the primary sector?
Agriculture
Services
Industries
All of these
35. In which of the following sectors is manufacturing activity included?
Primary
Tertiary
Secondary
All of these
36. Where was the first iron and steel company established?
Kolkata
Jamshedpur
Patna
Ranchi
37. What is the tax or duty on imports called?
Tariff
Quota
Export
None of these
38. Which of the following was the major occupation on the eve of independence?
Industry
Services
Agriculture
None of these
39. In which of the following type of economy are resources owned privately and the main objective behind economic activities is profit-making?
Capitalist
Socialist
Mixed
Global
40. Which of the following is the main objective of carrying out various economic activities?
Profit
Public welfare
Competition
Equality
41. When was the National Development Council (NDC) set up as an adjunct to the Planning Commission?
1950
1969
1952
1979
42. Which of the following had been responsible for the heavy burden of the deal and its interest?
BOP deficit
BOP surplus
Equilibrium
None of these
43. Agriculture sector contributed _______ percent to the GDP in 1990-91.
24.6
34.9
40.5
59.0
44. What is needed to provide protection against natural calamities like floods, drought, locusts, thunderstorms, etc.?
Multiple cropping
Green revolution
Crop insurance
HYV
45. Which of the following steps promoted the growth of the economy as a whole by stimulating the development of industrial and tertiary sectors?
Independence
Planning
Colonial rule
Green revolution
46. How many industries have been reserved for the public sector under Industrial Policy Resolution, 1956?
17
21
15
2
47. In which year did India adopt the economic reforms?
1991
1993
1998
2001
48. Why there was a need for economic reforms in India?
Due to fiscal deficit
Due to adverse BOP
Rise in prices
All of the above
49. When did the Gulf Crisis take place?
1985
1990-91
1995
1975
50. How much loan was provided by World Bank and IMF during the nineties to bail India out of the crisis?
$10 million
$10 billion
$7 billion
$20 billion
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