Indian single commodity carried by the Indian Railway is
Coal
Wheat
Iron
Cotton
The main reason for low growth rate in India, in spite of high rate of savings and capital formation is
High birth rate
Low level of foreign aid
Low capital/output ratio
High capital/output ratio
The main source of agricultural finance include
The money lender
Credit co-operatives
Regional rural banks
All of the above
The main source of irrigation in the country is
Canals
Tanks
Wells
Rivers
The most important source of energy in India is
Fire wood and charcoal
Electricity
Petroleum
Atomic energy
The most important competitor to the Indian jute industry is
China
Bangladesh
Nepal
Japan
The number of major international airports in the country is
2
6
12
25
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I,II
I,III
I,IV
II,IV
The outlay for the power sector I the tenth plan is
Rs.1,43,399 crore
Rs.3,76,874 crore
Rs.2,12,844 crore
Rs.7,68,799 crore
The petro-chemicals, because of their superior properties, are substituting the traditional raw material in the form of
Glass
Metals
Wood
All of the above
The plantation sector employs approximately
2.5 million workers
2.0 million workers
1.6 million workers
0.8 million workers
The largest single cottage industry of Manipur is
Handloom weaving
Sericulture
Leather goods
Bamboo and cane industry
The predominant activity in the agricultural sector at the end of British rule was
Industry
Services
Both (1) and (2)
None of the above
The main argument advanced in favour of small scale and cottage industries in India is that
These generate a large volume of employment
These require comparatively small capital investment
These advance the goal of equitable distribution of income
Cost of production is low
The main crop season are
Kharif and rabi
Kharif and summer
Kharif, rabi and summer
Rabi and summer
The main element of All-India Rural Credit Survey include
State partnership in the co-operative movement at different levels
Full co-ordination between credit and other economic activities
Development of warehousing
All of the above
The main elements of the New Economic Policy are
Restoration of competition
Dismantling of industrial licensing
Re-orientation system of fiscal policy
All of the above
The main features of tenancy reform may be said to be
Reduction of rent
Security of tenure
Compensation for permanent improvements
All of the above
The main features of co-operative joint farming may be said to be
Pooling of land by members, but retaining individual ownership
Operating the pooled land as a single unit for cultivation
Payment to members for the work done on the farm
All of the above
The main objective of providing a ‘support price’, to wheat is to
Check fall in price beyond a certain limit
Protect the interest of the consumer
Make procurement from whole-salers easy
None of the above
The principle mode of transportation of goods freight in the country is
By air
By rail
By road
By inland waterways
The privatization process did not include the following
Limiting the scope of the public sector
More reliance on foreign trade earnings
Transfer of management of public sector undertakings to the private sector
Denationalization
The Rangarajan Committee on disinvestment of shares in public sector units did not suggest that
The percentage of equity to be disinvested should be 49 percent in reserved industries and 74 percent in other cases
A year wise targets of disinvestment should be maintained
A scheme of preferential offer of shares to workers and employers in PSEs may be devised
10 per cent of the proceeds of disinvestment may be sent apart by the government for leading to PSEs on concessional terms
The rate of growth of the tertiary sector has been
Higher than the overall rate of growth of the net domestic product
Lower than the overall rate of growth of the net domestic product
Same as the overall rate of growth of the net domestic product
Fluctuating when compared to growth of net domestic growth
The reason why the earnings of land are not entirely economic rent is hat
Land can be employed in several uses
The elasticity of supply of land is zero
Other factors of production must be combined with land to secure any output from it
None of the above
The riverine port handling diversified commodities in India is
Paradip
Kandla
Mangalore
Kolkata
The secondary sector of the Indian economy does not include
Manufacturing
Consumption
Mining and quarrying
Electricity, gas and water supply
Which of the following is non-economic cause of property?
Low level of national income
Low productivity in agriculture
Rapid rise in population
Mass illiteracy
The Small Farmers Development Agency, (SFDA) has been merged with
MFAL
DPAP
TRYSEM
IRDP
The small scale industries are mostly financed by
Shares
Foreign loans
Bank loans
Money lenders
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I, IV
II, III
II, IV
I, III
The State Trading Corporation (STC) as an institution to help foreign trade,, was set up in the year
1950
1951
1955
1956
The steel plant at Durgapur has been set up with assistance from
USA
USSR
UK
Germany
The target for power generation during 2005-06 has been fixed at (billion units)
251.3
271.3
621.5
366.3
The total employment in textile sector is estimated at
8 million
35 million
13 million
20 million
The Trade Unions Act was passed in
1922
1923
1925
1926
The use of plastics, a petro-chemical base product, in various sectors is bringing about revolutionary changes. Which of the following statements in regard to benefits from its use is not correct?
Improved income of farmers by the methods of drip-irrigation , mulching, green houses and so on
Reduction of seepage losses and economy in scarce water resources
Synthetic detergents produced from the material are a good substitute raw material for oil-based soaps
All of the above
The wind power potential in the country is estimated to be of the order of
15,000 MW
25,000 MW
35,000 MW
45,000 MW
To produce more output per unit of land, a cultivator will
Resort to dry farming
Use land intensively
Use land extensively
Both (2) and (3)
To which sector is maximum weight age assigned in the index of industrial production?
Mining and quarrying
Manufacturing
Electricity
All are equal
Total known reserves of all types of coals in Gondwana and tertiary coalfields in the country is estimated to be around
248 billion tonnes
192 billion tonnes
252 billion tonnes
254 billion tonnes
Tourism industry in India is quite small compared to many other countries in terms of India’s potential and size. Which one of the following statements is correct in this regard?
Distances in India are too far apart and its luxury hotels are too expensive for Western tourists
For most of the months India is too hot for Western tourists to feel comfortable
Most of the picturesque resorts in India such as in the North-East and Kashmir are, for all practical purposes, out of bounds
In India, the infrastructure required for attracting tourists is inadequate
Which of the following statements about the Indian railways is correct?
It is the largest rail system in the world under a single management
It is the second largest rail system in Asia
It is the third largest rail system in World
It is the second largest rail system in World under a single management
Transport creates
Form utility
Place utility
Money utility
Ownership utility
What is the average fertilizer consumption in India?
76.4 kg/ha
89.9 kg/ha
114.2 kg/ha
154.0 kg/ha
What is the number of passengers carried annually by the Indian Railways?
35,000 million
5,600 million
5,112 million
13,000 million
What is the number of tyre producing units in India?
12
32
47
68
What percentage of total track kilometer of Indian Railways is electrified?
80 per cent
56 per cent
39 per cent
27 per cent
What was the Export-Import (Exim) bank of India established?
1932
1980
1975
1956
When was the Indian council of Agricultural Research set up?
1919
1929
1938
1945