Indian Economy MCQ Practice Set – Series 4


11)The percentage of urban population to total population in India is:

a) 20.28

b) 22.52

c) 25.72

d) 27.80

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Option – d)


12)What is the total population of India according to 2001 Census?

a) 1,02,87,37,436

b) 1,02,71,01,021

c) 10,12,52,751

d) None of these

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Option – a)


13) Which of the following is an indirect tax?

(a) Corporation Tax

(b) Excise Duty

(c) Wealth Tax

(d) Capital Gains Tax

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Option – b)


14) India’s oldest iron and steel plant is :

(a) TISCO at Jamshedpur

(b) TISCO at Burnpur

(c) Durgapur Iron and Steel Plant

(d) Rourkela Iron and Steel Plant

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Option – a)


15) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(a) Hindalco Industries – Novelis

(b) Tata Steel – Corus Group

(c) Jet Airways – Air Sahara

(d) Kingfisher Airlines – MDLR Airlines

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Option – d)


16) Human Development Index comprises literacy rates, life expectancey at birth and:

(a) gross domestic product per head in the US dollars

(b) gross domestic product per head at real purchasing power

(c) gross national product in US dollars

(d) national income per head in US dollars

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Option – b)


17) Which one of the following is the correct sequence in the decreasing order of production (in million tonnes) of the given foodgrains in India?

(a) Wheat – Rice Pulses Coarse cereals

(b) Rice – Wheat cereals

(c) Wheat – Rice – Coarse cereals Pulses

(d) Rice – Wheat – Coarse cereals Pulses

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Option – d)


18) What is the rank of Bihar inb view of population in India?

a) 3rd

b) 4th

c) 5th

d) 11th

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Option – a)


19) Which plan gave emphasis on removal of poverty for the first time?

a) fourth

b) Fifth

c) Sixth

d) Seventh

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Option – b)


20) When was the Jawahar Rojgar Yojana launched?

a) 1985

b) 1987

c) 1989

d) 1991

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Option – c)