Assertion(A): Ceiling on foreign exchange for a host of current account transaction heads was lowered in the year 2000.
Reason(R): There was a fall in foreign currency assets also.
Assertion(A): Ceiling on foreign exchange for a host of current account transaction heads was lowered in the year 2000.
Reason(R): There was a fall in foreign currency assets also.
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I(Term): A. Fiscal deficit, B. Budget deficit, C. Revenue deficit, D. Primary deficit.
List-II(Explanation): 1. Excess of Total Expenditure over Total Receipts, 2. Excess of Revenue Expenditure over revenue receipts, 3. Excess of Total Expenditure over Total Receipts less borrowings, 4. Excess of Total Expenditure over Total Receipts less Payments borrowings and Interest
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Consider the following taxes:
1. Corporation tax
2. Customs duty
3. Wealth tax
4. Excise duty
Which of these is/are indirect taxes?
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Consider the following statements regarding Reserve Bank of India:
1. It is a banker to the Central Government
2. It formulates and administers monetary policy
3. It acts as an agent of the Government in respect of India’s membership of IMF
4. It handles the borrowing programme of Government
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Consider the following:
1. Market borrowing
2. Treasury bills
3. Special securities issued to RBI
Which of these is/are components(s) of internal debt?
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With reference to Power Sector in India, consider the following statements:
1. Rural electrification has been treated as a Basic Minimum Service under the Prime Minister’s Gramodaya Yojana.
2. 100 percent Foreign Direct Investment in power is allowed without upper limit.
3. The Union Ministry of Power has signed a Memoranda of Understanding with 14 States.
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Consider the following factors regarding an industry:
1. Capital investment
2. Business turnover
3. Labour force
4. Power consumption
Which of these determine the nature and size of the industry?
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The prices at which the government purchases food grains for maintaining the public distribution system and for building up buffer-stock is known as:
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The annual agricultural production of a product for the period 1991–92 to 1998–99 is shown in the figure given below. Which one of the following is the product in question? (Production ranges from ~72 to ~86 million tonnes)
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The term National Income represents:
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The most appropriate measure of economic growth is its:
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Assertion (A): India’s software exports increased at an average growth rate of 50% since 1995-96.
Reason (R): Indian software companies were cost-effective and maintained international quality.
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Consider the following states: 1. Gujarat 2. Karnataka 3. Maharashtra 4. Tamil Nadu The descending order of these states with reference to their level of Per Capita Net State Domestic Product is:
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