Quiz 456: Indian Economy for Civil Services Examinations

1.
Which among the following commodity come under the preview of Open Market Sale Scheme of the Government of India to maintain a minimum buffer stock for meeting the unforeseen exigencies like drought, flood and other natural calamities and also for providing food grains required for Public Distribution System and the other food grain based welfare programmes of the Government?
2.
Which among the following is NOT an instrument of qualitative control in India ?
3.
Central Seed Testing and Referral Laboratory (CSTL) is located:
4.
Consider the following statements: 
  1. In Minimum Reserve System, RBI had to keep a minimum reserve of Gold worth Rs. 115 Crores and rest in Indian Rupees. 
  2. The Minimum Requirement of Foreign Securities was diluted when Minimum Reserve System was launched. 
5.
Consider the following steps:
  1. Banking Department gets currency from the Issue Department
  2. Government puts the currency in circulation
  3. Central Government Incurs a deficit in its Budget
  4. Government Sells Treasury Bills to Banking Department of RBI
Which among the following is the correct order of the above steps?
6.
What is the risk weight on all investments including the securities outside the SLR ?
7.
Asian Financial Crisis of 1997 started from which of the following countries?
8.
Aranmula Kannadi is a GI tag protected product of Kerala. It is a ________?
9.
Which among the following is not a Government scheme / project to enhance financial Inclusion?
10.
Which among the following industry has been traditionally called a “Child of Protection”?

3 Comments

  1. balu bhoopathi

    November 22, 2010 at 9:57 pm

    one post on 19th and the next on 22nd.
    we are missing a lot

  2. Anonymous

    November 23, 2010 at 4:49 am

    sir, please explain option '1' in question number 4

  3. amal1959

    June 5, 2011 at 6:25 am

    Q#13 in Quiz# 456 is incorrect. IRDP, Dairy etc are not refinaced under RIDF. Only irrigation projects are financed under the RIDF. RIDF is not a scheme of Refinance. It is direct Financing scheme by NABARD for State Governments.

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