NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Economics MCQs (Practice_Test 35 of 122)
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- Recent estimates have indicated that Indian agriculture as been somewhat stagnant in the first half of the 90՚s, the main reason being
- that there has been not further scope for extensive cultivation.
- the inelastic nature of agricultural product prices
- degradation of land due to over utilization of complementary resources
- fewer breakthroughs in technological innovation in the field of agriculture.
- Which of the following component (s) form (s) part of the new agricultural strategy in India?
- package of new inputs
- Greater cropping intensity
- Emphasis on land reforms
- Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
- Codes:
- 1 alone
- 1 and 2
- 2 and 3
- 1 and 3
- Proportion of net area irrigated to net sown area is nearly less than 30% in many states in India while it is nearly 93% in Punjab because of
- inadequate efforts by the concerned states to harness the irrigation potential
- inadequate exploitation of ground water potential
- uneconomic nature of exploitation of ground water and surface water potential
- inadequate finances
- Consider the following factors:
- Mounting over dues with the societies
- Misutilisation of loans by the beneficiaries
- Inadequate grants from the government
- Rising establishment costs of the societies
- Those considered responsible for the poor performance of cooperatives in the rural sector of the economy would include
- 1,2 and 4
- 2,3 and 4
- 1,2 and 3
- 1,3 and 4
- Match List I (Programme) with List II (Employment generation) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Economics MCQs (Practice_Test 35 of 122) List-I List-II - PMRY
- EAS
- NRY
- JRY
- Urban areas through micro-enterprises
- Rural areas
- Urban areas
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 1
- 2
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 2
- At present, the share of agriculture in the total GDP of India is nearly
- 50%
- 40%
- 30%
- 20%
- Which of the following factors are largely responsible for industrial sickness in India?
- Faulty planning
- Mismanagement
- Inadequate equity capital
- Outdated technology.
- Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
- Codes:
- 1,2 and 3
- 2,3 and 4
- 1,2 and 4
- 1,3 and 4
- Consider the following financial institutions:
- IFCI
- UTI
- GIC
- ICICI
- The correct chronological order in which they came into existence is
- 1,4, 3,2
- 4,1, 2,3
- 4,1, 3,2
- 1,4, 2,3
- The base year of the sensitive index of Bombay Stock exchange is
- 1985 − 86
- 1980 − 81
- 1978 − 79
- 1970 − 71
- an employment situation where the marginal productivity of agricultural labour is zero is known as
- structural unem0ployment
- seasonal unemployment
- cyclical unemployment
- disguised unemployment
- Consider the following sources of data:
- Bureau of Statistics and Economics of states
- Decennial census
- National Sample survey Reports
- Employment exchanges
- The main sources of data on unemployment in India would include
- 1,2, 3 and 4
- 1 and 4
- 2 and 3
- 1,3 and 4
- Which of the following reasons would account for India՚s less than 1% share in the two trade in agricultural commodities?
- High domestic demand for agricultural commodities
- Poor quality of the agriculture commodities in relation what is sought in international markets
- Low marketable surplus
- High perishability of agricultural commodities
- Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
- 1,2 and 3
- 1 and 2
- 1,3 and 4
- 2 and 4
- Consider the following statement: Exports of India
- are confined only to a few items.
- are spread over several commodity groups.
- have shown structural changes in their composition in recent years.
- Of these statements
- 1 and 3 are correct
- 1 alone is correct
- 2 alone is correct
- 2 and 3 are correct
- consider the following economic events in India:
- Green revolution
- announcement of socialistic pattern of society as a goal of economic planning.
- First devaluation of India rupee
- Indian Census Act
- The correct chronological sequence of these events is
- 3,4, 2,1
- 4,3, 2,1
- 4,3, 1,2
- 3,4, 1,2
- Which of the following would facilitate combating inflation in India?
- Better capacity utilisation
- education in budgetary deficit
- Increase in exports
- More efficient public distribution system
- Select the correct answer using the cods given below:
- Codes:
- 1,2, 3 and 4
- 2 and 3
- 1,2 and 4
- 1 and 4