Industries Infrastructure Foreign Trade SSC CGL ECONOMICS
1. In India, maximum numbers of workers are employed in:
(a) textile industry
(b) iron and steel industry
(c) petrochemical industry
(d) automobile industry
2. 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
3. Which of the following industries was started first in India?
(a) Cotton (b) Paper
(c) Tea (d) Jute
4. In which of the following industries is the maximum number of women employed in India?
(a) Textile (b) Jute
(c) Tea (d) Coal
5. India has the maximum volume of foreign trade with :
(a) USA (b) Japan
(c) Germany (d) UAE
6. Which of the following agencies has the power to declare any industrial unit as a potentially sick unit?
(a) BIFR (b) MRTPC
(c) FICCI (d) IRBI
7. Indian Railways earn the maximum revenue from:
(a) passenger fare (b) freight
(c) traffic tax (d) passenger tax
8. India earns maximum foreign exchange from the export of :
(a) garments (b) jute
(c) gems and jewellery (d) cotton
9. Match the following
A. Dutt Committee 1.Village and Small Scale Industries
B. Raj Committee 2. Direct Taxes
C. Wanchoo Committee 3. Agricultural Taxes
D. Karve Committee 4.Industrial Licensing
Codes
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 1 4 3 2
(d) 2 3 4 1
10. The Kelkar proposals which were in the news were the:
(a) Recommendations for reforms in the power sector
(b) Recommendations for tax reforms
(c) Guidelines for the privatisation of public secter undertakings
(d) Guidelines for reducing vehicular pollution, and the promotion of CNG use
11. BOP (Balance of Payment) refers to :
(a) Transactions in the flow of capital
(b) Transactions relating to receipts and payment of invisibles
(c) Transactions relating only to exports and imports
(d) Systematic record of all its economic transaction with the rest of the world
12. Mashelkar Committee was constituted to report on:
(a) economic policy
(b) constitutional changes
(c) black money
(d) auto fuel policy
13. ‘Dumping’ in the context of international trade refers to :
(a) exporting goods at prices below the actual cost of production
(b) exporting goods without paying the appropriate taxes in the receiving country
(c) exporting goods of inferior quality
(d) exporting goods only to re-import them at cheaper rates
14. Core industries include :
(a) basic industries
(b) industries catering to defence requirements
(c) critical industries
(d) all the above
15. A Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is set up at:
(a) Positra (b) Kandla
(c) Kochi (d) None of these
16. Which of the following committees was assigned to recommend reforms in the insurance sector?
(a) Rekhi Committee
(b) Nadkami Committee
(c) Malhotra Committee
(d) Chelliah Committee
17. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
Enterprise Industrial Group
1.VSNL : Bharati Group
2. Mundra Special : Adani Group Economic Zone Ltd.
3. CMC Ltd. : Tata Group
4. IPCL : Reliance Group
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 3 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 4 (d) 2, 3 and 4
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