General Studies Free Quiz- Test Paper No.2:
Evaluate Yourself:
- Consider the following statements about Wholesale Price Index
- It captures the price movement extensively and is, therefore, taken as an indicator of inflation.
- The office of Economic Advisor is entrusted with the function of compilation and publication of the weekly wholesale price index numbers in India.
- Only 1
- Only 2
- Both 1 and 2
- None of the above
- Consider the following statements relating to estimation of National Income
- Foreigners working in Indian Embassies are normal residents of India.
- Foreigners working in the office of WHO, World Bank, UNO, etc. located in India are not normal residents of India.
- Indians working in foreign embassies in India are not normal residents of India.
- Only 1
- Only 1 and 2
- Only 3
- 1, 2 and 3
- Recently the term ‘shadow banking’ is emerged in the field of finance and banking. Which of the following statement is correct regarding shadow banking
- A system wherein banks use technical loopholes to open more branches and expand operations beyond what is permitted by RBI.
- A system wherein schedule commercial banks use technical loopholes to partially evade their true liabilities under the statutory requirement of RBI for banks.
- A system wherein banks lends to customers lends the loans with very low rate of interest in initial phase but, later on charged with higher rate of interest with hidden charges.
- A system wherein financial entities undertake activities similar to that of a bank while remaining outside the traditional regulatory regime which are otherwise applicable to banks.
- Consider the following statements:
- In a perfectly competitive economy production and consumption will both be pareto optimal, if the economy operates at a point where there is general equilibrium.
- If the average total cost is declining then there must be decline in marginal cost as compared to the average total cost.
- Only 1
- Only 2
- Both
- None
- Which of the following factors can be responsible for the rapid production of sugar in south India as compared to North India ?
- Higher per acre production of sugarcane.
- Higher sucrose content of sugarcane
- Lower labour cost
- Longer crushing period
- Only 1 and 2
- Only 1, 2 and 3
- Only 1, 3 and 4
- Only 1, 2 and 4
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