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Indian Economy Test 25
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Negative marks are -0.33 per wrong answer
Right answer is 1 mark
No time limit but finish in 30 mins
Solution can be found at below chapters:
Test series is based on following chapters.
Indian Economy Chapter 18: MICROECONOMICS
Indian Economy Chapter 19: INDIAN BUDGET 2017
Q1: Monopsony
Monopoly of the buyer but multiple sellers present.
Entry closed for other buyers
Seen where government wants to make a defense related purchase and multiple sellers are bidding for it.
all
Q2: Buyer is price maker under which market:
perfectly competition
monopsony
both
monopoly
Q3: Seller is price maker in which market goals
monopsony
monopoly.
oligopoly
b and c
Q4:Economic cost is the summation of
explicit cost
implicit cost
normal profit
all
Q5: Which is true ?
Economic cost is accounting cost plus opportunity cost.
Explicit cost is needed for hiring or purchasing, implicit cost is incurred from own land or capital
normal profit is seen in monopolistic competition / perfect competition whereas abnormal profit is seen in monopsony, monopoly and oligopoly.
all
Q6: Which are true ?
Social cost is economic cost plus external cost
External cost is externalities like damage to environment done by the venture.
both
none
Q7:Which is true ?
Total cost is sum of total fixed costs and total variable costs.
Fixed costs are taxes, rents, license fee, depreciation
Variable costs are salary of casual workers, raw materials etc.
all
Q8:Which is true ?
Primary wants are food, shelter, clothing and secondary wants are comfort and luxury.
Consumption - Using goods and services to satisfy wants..
both
none
Q9:Which is true ?
Utility - Satisfying power of a good or service. Marginal utility is the maximum price a consumer is willing to pay.
Production - Making goods or services that have utility. Marginal price of production is minimum profit a producer expects.
Demand - Willingness to buy a good at a certain price at a certain time.
all
Q10:Agenda for 2017 - 18 is
Transform India
Inclusive development
Faster, sustainalbe, inclusive growth
Transform, Energize and Clean India
Q11: Features of the budget 2017-2018 are
No distinction between plan and non plan expenditure.
Advancing in Budget date of presentation by 1 month to ensure departments get to spend from start of financial year.
Merger of railways and General budget.
all
Q12: Dairying projects sanctioned in budget are
Pashudhan Sanjivani
‘Nakul Swasthya Patra
E-Pashudhan Haat
all
Q13: Schemes of budget 2017-18 include
RAPID (Revenue, Accountability, Probity, Information and Digitisation)
E-Assessment of tax to be the focus with minimum inconvenience to taxpayers.
both
none
Q14:TRANSPARENCY IN ELECTORAL FUNDING is done by
All parties can accept cash donation of Rs. 2000 maximum and above this donations shall be in digital mode or cheque/DD.
Political parties must file returns if they wish to avail of tax exemption.
Electoral bonds can be issued by RBI
all
Q15: Steps taken in budget 2017 include
Foreign Investment Promotion Board to be abolished in 2017 - 18 and further liberalisation of FDI policy is under consideration
Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh will be created with a corpus of Rs. 1 lakh crores over a period of 5 years
both
none
Q16: Coach Mitra is
to register all coach related complaints and requirements to be launched
coach cleaning service
wheelchair service
none
Q17: SANKALP
Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion
Software Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion
Skill Acquisition and traditional Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion
e-literacy
Q18: Infrastructure tag given to Low cost housing means
Real estate developers can get access to low cost, long term funding
shall ensure that the price of construction also comes down.
both
none
Q19: Negatives of budget 2017 are
The twin balance sheet problem of banks and corporates wasn’t considered in the budget.
The budget did not allocate finances for recapitalizing banks.
both
none
Q20: When a government can’t meet its expenditure from its income it has to borrow and this borrowing is the ?
financial deficit.
primary deficit
budget deficit
fiscal deficit
Q21:Public Sector Asset Rehabilitation Agency is an
PSU bank
asset reconstruction company
housing scheme
all
Q22: Reasons why we need a PARA:
Asset reconstruction companies are too small to solve large cases.
Bankruptcy code isn’t yet fully in place.
Since large borrowers have many lenders there is a coordination problem between them and a centralized agency needed.
all
Q23: How a PARA would help:
The agency would buy the bad loans from the banks and then work to resolve them
PARA shall allocate the responsibility for the losses and take action.
Bad loan problem shall be solved as effectively as possible.
all
Q24: Contract farming” law ?
shall allow farmers to enter into long term contracts for production and marketing
integrate farmers better with the market
both
none
Q25: e-National Agriculture Market is
a spot exchange market
commodities can be sold by farmers to buyers from around the country
both
none
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