Select Aspects Of Indian Economy
- 1.What is India's rank in world population?
- A.
First.
- B.
Second.
- C.
Third.
- D.
Fourth.
- 2.The annual addition to India's population is almost equal to the total population of
- A.
Bangladesh.
- B.
Australia.
- C.
Japan.
- D.
China.
- 3.In which state is the sex ratio most favourable to women?
- A.
Andhra Pradesh.
- B.
Uttar Pradesh.
- C.
Kerala.
- D.
Karnataka.
- 4.Which year is known as year of great divide for India's population?
- A.
1991.
- B.
2001.
- C.
1981.
- D.
1921.
- 5.In which state/union territory is the literacy rate highest?
- A.
Delhi.
- B.
Chandigarh.
- C.
Karnataka.
- D.
Kerala.
- 6.India's passing through _____________ stage of demographic transition.
- A.
Fourth.
- B.
Third.
- C.
First.
- D.
Second.
- 7.In the theory of demographic transition in the last stage,
- A.
Birth rate rises, death rate rises.
- B.
Birth rate rises, death rate falls.
- C.
Birth rate falls, death rate rises.
- D.
Birth rate falls, death rate falls.
- 8.Which of the following statements is correct?
- A.
India's population is second largest in the world.
- B.
India is still passing through first stage of demographic transition.
- C.
More people in a country always mean more economic trouble for the country.
- D.
None of the above.
- 9.India's present population is
- A.
Between 50-60 crore.
- B.
Between 60-70 crore.
- C.
Between 70-80 crore.
- D.
Above 117 crore.
- 10.India accommodates nearly __________________ per cent of world's population.
- A.
10.
- B.
50.
- C.
16.7.
- D.
45.
- 11.Over the years, birth rate in India has________and death rate has__________.
- A.
Fallen, fallen.
- B.
Risen, fallen.
- C.
Risen, risen.
- D.
Fallen, risen.
- 12.The birth rate in India is high because of
- A.
Predominance of agriculture.
- B.
Slow urbanisation.
- C.
High incidence of poverty.
- D.
All of the above.
- 13.Which of the following statements is correct?
- A.
Gini coefficients are often used for measuring poverty in relative sense.
- B.
When poverty is related to the distribution of income or consumption expenditure, it is absolute poverty.
- C.
In India, we mainly use the concept of relative poverty for measuring poverty.
- D.
None of the above.
- 14.Identify the incorrect statement.
- A.
The problems of poverty and unemployment are inter-related.
- B.
The problem of poverty has been solved in India.
- C.
Growing population has also contributed to the problem of poverty in India.
- D.
None of the above.
- 15.SJSRY stands for
- A.
Swaran Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana.
- B.
Shahari Jeewan Sudhar Rashtriya Yojana.
- C.
Sampoorna Jeewan Shahari Rozgar Yojana.
- D.
None of the above.
- 16.HAS stands for
- A.
Easy Assistance Scheme.
- B.
Endless Assistance Scheme.
- C.
Employment Assurance Scheme.
- D.
Employment Assessment Scheme.
- 17.A situation of employment in which a person is apparently employed but his contribution to the production is almost nil is called__________ unemployment.
- A.
Structural.
- B.
Chronic.
- C.
Disguised.
- D.
Cyclical.
- 18.___________unemployment may result when some workers are temporarily out of work while changing job.
- A.
Cyclical.
- B.
Voluntary.
- C.
Frictional.
- D.
Seasonal.
- 19.According to_____________________ measure, a person is said to be employed for the week even if he is employed only for a day during the week.
- A.
Usual status.
- B.
Current weekly status.
- C.
Current daily status.
- D.
Current yearly status.
- 20.________________ measure estimates the number of persons who may be said to be chronically unemployed.
- A.
Usual status.
- B.
Current weekly status.
- C.
Current daily status.
- D.
Current yearly status.
- 21.When due to introduction of new machinery, some workers tend to be replaced by machines, their unemployment is termed as________.
- A.
Structural.
- B.
Technological.
- C.
Mechanical.
- D.
Seasonal.
- 22.Every _____________ person in the world is an Indian.
- A.
Second.
- B.
Third.
- C.
Sixth.
- D.
Tenth.
- 23._____________ measure generally gives the lowest estimate of unemployment especially for poor economy.
- A.
Usual status.
- B.
CWS.
- C.
CDS.
- D.
CMS.
- 24.Most of the unemployment in India is________________________ .
- A.
Voluntary
- B.
Structural
- C.
Frictional
- D.
Technical
- 25.According to the Planning Commission, using Mixed Recall period (MRP)________________ per cent people were below poverty line in 2004-05.
- A.
RS.26.2
- B.
RS.25.2
- C.
RS.27.8
- D.
RS.21.8
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