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- The rate of growth of Real Gross Domestic Product has steadily increased in the last decade.
- The Gross Domestic Product at market prices (in rupees) has steadily increased in the last decade.
(a) 2 only
(b) Both 1 and 2
(c) 1 only
(d) None of these
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (b)
Both statements are correct.
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Question : 1
The financial capital of India is
a) Chennai
b) Mumbai
c) Delhi
d) Chandigarh
Answer »Answer: (b)
Mumbai is the commercial capital of India. It is one of the world's top 10 centres of commerce in terms of global financial flow, generating 5% of India's GDP, and accounting for 25% of industrial output, 70% of maritime trade in India (Mumbai Port Trust & JNPT), and 70% of capital transactions to India's economy.
The city houses important financial institutions such as the Reserve Bank of India, the Bombay Stock Exchange, the National Stock Exchange of India, the SEBI and the corporate headquarters of numerous Indian companies and multinational corporations.
Question : 2
GDP at factor cost is
a) GNP minus depreciation allowances
b) GDP minus subsidies plus indirect taxes
c) NNP plus depreciation allowances
d) GDP minus indirect taxes plus subsidies
Answer »Answer: (d)
GDP at factor cost is GDP at market price minus indirect taxes plus subsidies. GDP at factor cost measure the value of output in terms of what it really costs to produce.
However, adjustments have to be made for government subsidies to firms that make up market prices purchasers pay so price plus subsidy represent the true income to the factor of production.
Therefore, We can value domestic output at prices received by producers after indirect taxes and subsidies have been taken into account.
Question : 3
Identify the Navratna Company in the following
a) Infosys
b) ICICI Bank
c) HPCL Ltd
d) Air India
Answer »Answer: (c)
Navratna was the title given originally to nine Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) identified by the Government of India in 1997 as “public sector companies that have comparative advantages”, giving them greater autonomy to compete in the global market so as to “support [them] in their drive to become global giants”.
The number of PSEs having Navratna status has been raised to 16, the most recent addition being Oil India Limited.
The list of such companies is:
- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited;
- Bharat Electronics Limited;
- Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited;
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited;
- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited;
- Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited;
- National Aluminium Company Limited;
- National Mineral Development Corporation Limited;
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited;
- Oil India Limited;
- Power Finance Corporation Limited;
- Power Grid Corporation of India Limited;
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited;
- Rural Electrification Corporation Limited;
- Shipping Corporation of India Limited;
- GAIL (India) Limited.
Question : 4
Gilt-edged market means :
- bullion market
- market of government securities
- market of guns
- market of pure metals
a) 4 and 3 only
b) 1 and 3 only
c) 2 only
d) 3 only
Answer »Answer: (c)
Gilts are bonds issued by certain, national governments. The term is of British origin and originally referred to the debt securities issued by the Bank of England, which had a gilt (or gilded) edge.
Hence, they are called gilt-edged securities, or gilts for short. The term is also sometimes used in Ireland and some British Commonwealth Countries, South Africa and India.
The term “Gilt Account” is also a term used by the RBI of India to refer to a constituent account maintained by a custodian bank for maintenance and servicing of dematerialised Government Securities owned by a retail customer.
Question : 5
Which of the following taxes are levied and collected by the centre but their net proceeds are wholly transferred to states ?
a) Taxes on Advertisement
b) Additional Duties of Excise in lieu of Sales Tax
c) Stamps and Registration
d) Expenditure Tax and Gift Tax
Answer »Answer: (a)
Apart from taxes levied and collected by the States, the Constitution has provided for the revenues for certain taxes on the Union List to be allotted, partly or wholly to the States.
There are taxes that are levied and collected by the Union, but the entire proceeds of which are assigned to the states, in a proportion determined by the Parliament.
These taxes include:
- Succession and Estate duty;
- Terminal taxes on goods and passengers;
- Taxes on railway freight and fares;
- Taxes on transactions in stock exchanges and
- future markets; and Taxes on sale and purchase of newspapers and advertisements therein.
Question : 6
Which among the following is considered to be the best measure of an increase in a country’s economic efficiency?
a) Increase in real per capita income.
b) Increase in annual private investment.
c) Increase in real national income.
d) Increase in net annual investment.
Answer »Answer: (a)
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