NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Economics MCQs (Practice_Test 18 of 122)
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- The percentage of land surface occupied by forests in India is about
- 20
- 10
- 30
- 35
- The Gross Domestic Savings of India (as per cent of GDP at current market prices) for the year 1996 − 97 was about
- 20
- 26
- 29
- 30
- Which one of the following indicates the average annual growth rate (per cent) of Gross Domestic Product of India during the period of the Eight five-year Plan?
- 6.8
- 7.5
- 7.8
- 7.2
- According to the Planning commission՚s estimates, the percentage of people below the poverty line in India in 1993 − 94 was
- 31
- 36
- 42
- 48
- According to estimates of the Planning Commission, the life expectancy of an Indian at birth in 1996 was.
- 52.4
- 55.4
- 62.4
- 68.4
- The principle of indicative planning was adopted for the first time in the
- Fifth Five-Year Plan
- Sixth five-year Plan
- Seventh five-Year Plan
- Eight five-Year Plan
- Which one of the following growth models was the basis of the planning strategy during the Second and Third Five-year Plans of India?
- harrod-Domar Growth Model
- The Mahalanobis Two-Sector Model
- Alon manne & Ashok Rudra՚s 30-sector Consistency Model
- Kaldor՚s Model of Growth
- Which one of the following causes accounts most for the enormous growth of central public expenditure during the last 20 years?
- rise in rate inflation
- Rise in salaries of Central Government employees
- interest payments on central loans
- Rise in defence expenditure
- Which one of the following was primary cause for the attainment of the foodgrains production target under the first Five year Plan in India?
- spurt in fertiliser consumption
- Good monsoons
- Creation of irrigation potential
- Community development projects
- The essence of the policy of liberlisations is its reliance on the market mechanism, yet the strategy of economic planning cannot be discarded because:
- the market mechanism cannot ensure equilibrium of demand and supply in the short-run which economic planning can
- in several socio-economic spheres the market is non existent.
- in several socio-economic spheres the market is not effective.
- Of these statements
- 1 and 2 are correct
- 2 and 3 are correct
- 1 and 3 are correct
- 1,2 and 3 are correct
- The annual exponential growth rate of population (percent) in India over the period 1981 − 91 was
- barely keeping pace with the rate of increase in population.
- far below that of population growth
- much faster than the rate of population growth
- Stagant when compared to the growth of population
- The trends in agricultural production in India during the Plan era show that the rate of increase is
- barely keeping pace with the rate of increase in population
- far below that of population growth
- much faster than the rate of population growth
- stagnant when compared to the growth of population
- Which one of the following factors played the most crucial role in achieving a breakthrough in Indian agriculture since the mid-1960՚s?
- use of chemical fertilizers
- the High-Yielding Varieties Programme.
- Extension of irrigation facilities.
- Farm mechanization
- Which one of the following measures of land reforms, has by now, been almost fully implemented in India?
- Tenancy reform
- Ceiling on land holdings
- Abolition of intermediaries
- Consolidation of holdings
- Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
- Match Item 1: Regional Rural Banks
- Match Item 2: Sponsored by Commercial Banks
- Match Item 1: Lead Banks
- Match Item 2: Sponsored by the R. B. I.
- Match Item 1: NABARD
- Match Item 2: Sponsored by the World Bank
- Match Item 1: Apex Co-operative Bank
- Match Item 2: Sponsored by the Asian Development Bank