- Welfare oriented definition of Economics was given by –
(A) Adam Smith
(B) Robins
(C) Marshall
(D) Samuelson - Which of the following law is called second law of Gossen?
(A) Law of diminishing marginal utility
(B) Law of demand
(C) Law of equi – marginal utility
(D) Law of supply - Monetary policy refers to the policy of the –
(A) Government
(B) Monetary authority
(C) Money lenders
(D) Commercial banks - The word ‘Budget’ has been derived from a ……………..word.
(A) Greek
(B) Latin
(C) French
(D) German - The Income Tax in India is –
(A) Direct & proportional
(B) Direct & progressive
(C) Indirect & proportional
(D) Indirect & progressive - Chairman of the 15th Finance Commission of India is –
(A) Shankar Acharya
(B) Y.V. Reddy
(C) Bimal Jalan
(D) N.K. Singh - When was Banking Companies Act enacted?
(A) 1948
(B) 1949
(C) 1942
(D) 1951 - When was the World Trade Organization established?
(A) 1st Jan, 1995
(B) 1st Jan, 2000
(C) 1st Jan, 2006
(D) 1st Jan, 1996 - Inflation is best described as –
(A) High prices
(B) Increase in price index
(C) Increase in purchasing power
(D) Increase in the prices of
particular goods - “Economic Survey of India” is published officially every year by the-
(A) Reserve Bank of India
(B) Planning Commission of India
(C) Ministry of Finance, Government of India
(D) Ministry of Industries, Government of India - The year in which GST was introduced in India is –
(A) 2015
(B) 2016
(C) 2017
(D) 2018 - What is the nature of public finance?
(A) Science
(B) Science and Arts both
(C) Arts
(D) Neither Science nor Arts - Public revenue means –
(A) Income of the government
(B) Income of individuals
(C) Income of companies
(D) Income of firms - Pre – determination of future activities comes under which function of management?
(A) Planning
(B) Organization
(C) Control
(D) Direction - It is not a characteristic of control –
(A) Management work
(B) Continuous process
(C) Reformative process
(D) Interferences - Which of the following is not a type of preference share?
(A) Cumulative
(B) Non-cumulative
(C) Convertible
(D) Equity - Second name of secondary market is –
(A) Money Market
(B) Capital Market
(C) Primary Market
(D) Stock Market - LIC was established in –
(A) April, 1954
(B) September, 1956
(C) March, 1957
(D) March, 1958 - Head office of SEBI is located in –
(A) Chennai
(B) Mumbai
(C) Kolkata
(D) Delhi - Which of the following is not an essential condition for perfect competition?
(A) Large number of firms
(B) Perfect mobility of firms
(C) Advertising
(D) Free entry & exit of firms - Who considered economic planning as a path to serfdom?
(A) Marshall
(B) Keynes
(C) Hayek
(D) Friedman - India’s share in world’s population is-
(A) 17.7%
(B) 20.00%
(C) 40.2%
(D) 16.7% - The quantity demanded of the commodity changes infinitely, then the demand for such an item is called-
(A) Perfectly elastic demand
(B) Perfectly inelastic demand
(C) Highly elastic demand
(D) Highly inelastic demand - Elasticity of demand of comfortable goods is –
(A) EP > 1
(B) EP = 1
(C) EP < 1 (D) EP > 0 - ‘Zero Based Budgeting’ means –
(A) Infinite deficit financing
(B) Unproductive expenditure
(C) No appraisal of new programs
(D) Preparation of new budget every time - ‘Ratio and scale’ are related respectively –
(A) Short period, short period
(B) Short period, long period
(C) Long period, long period
(D) Long period, short period - Public debt is – (A) Loan taken by other countries
(B) Loan taken by families
(C) Loan taken by service sector
(D) Loan taken by the government - Which one of the following cost is not a fixed cost?
(A) Rent of factory
(B) Insurance premium
(C) Cost of raw material
(D) Interest - In agriculture-finance, short term finance means –
(A) Upto 10 months finance
(B) Upto 20 months finance
(C) Upto 12 months finance
(D) Upto 15 months finance - Number of schedules in RBI Act, 1934 are –
(A) 5
(B) 3
(C) 2
(D) 6 - “India is a rich country inhabited by poor people”. This paradox is given by –
(A) Mrs. Vera Anstey
(B) Robinson
(C) Keynes
(D) J.K. Mehta - The institute established in January, 1995 in place of GATT is –
(A) W.T.O.
(B) A.D.B.
(C) I.M.F.
(D) I.F.C. - Which committee recommended the establishment of the Regional Rural Bank?
(A) Tarpore Committee
(B) Kelkar Committee
(C) Narasimham Committee
(D) Karmakar Committee - Secretariat of UNCTAD is located at-
(A) Geneva
(B) Italy
(C) USA
(D) Manila - “Economics is neutral between ends”. Who said this?
(A) Marshall
(B) Robinson
(C) J.K. Mehta
(D) Jevons - India’s last Five Year Plan was –
(A) 10th plan
(B) 11th plan
(C) 12th plan
(D) 13th plan - How many times demonetisation has been done in India so far?
(A) 5 times
(B) 3 times
(C) 2 times
(D) 1 time - The term ‘capital structure’ refers to –
(A) Share capital + accumulation + long term loan
(B) Share capital + long term and short term loan
(C) Share capital + long term loan
(D) Equity and preference share capital - In which state of India, Consumer Protection Act is not applicable?
(A) Nagaland
(B) Jammu & Kashmir
(C) Arunachal Pradesh
(D) Manipur - The best and ideal measure of central tendency is –
(A) Arithmetic mean
(B) Geometric mean
(C) Harmonic mean
(D) Quadratic mean - How many elements of management did Henri Fayol mention?
(A) Seven
(B) Five
(C) Three
(D) Eight - The goal of marketing management is-
(A) Boost sales
(B) Capture the market
(C) Make a profit
(D) Enhance business reputation - Which note is not issued by RBI?
(A) One rupee note
(B) Five rupees note
(C) Ten rupees note
(D) Twenty rupees note - The year of nationalisation of Reserve Bank of India is –
(A) 1935
(B) 1949
(C) 1951
(D) 1956 - Which of the following is not a tool of fiscal policy?
(A) Rate of interest
(B) Taxation
(C) Public expenditure
(D) Public debt - The Central Bank of India is –
(A) Reserve Bank of India
(B) State Bank of India
(C) Punjab National Bank
(D) Central Bank of India - Statement of working capital is made from –
(A) Current assets
(B) Fixed assets
(C) Current assets and current liabilities
(D) Non – current items - First Regional Rural Bank started in –
(A) 1955
(B) 1965
(C) 1975
(D) 1980 - NABARD is –
(A) A Bank
(B) A Bureau
(C) A Board
(D) A CouncilAnswer Key
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