76. Which is the primary objective of economic planning in India
A. Reducing Inequalities of
B. Abolition of poverty
C. Growth with social justice
D. Removing unemployment
C. Growth with social justice
77. Which of the following is associated with poverty estimation ?
A. Tendulkar committee
B. Lakdawala committee
C. Saxena committee
D. All the above
D. All the above
78. Which of the following state introduced Employment Guarantee Scheme first?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Maharashtra
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Karnataka
B. Maharashtra
79. Infant mortality
A. Defined as the annual number of deaths of infant under 1 year
B. Reflects the availability of primary education
C. life expectancy up to age 3.
D. Reflects the availability of hospitals
A. Defined as the annual number of deaths of infant under 1 year
80. is below the income that secures the bare essentials of food, clothing,
A. Income inequality.
B. Absolute poverty.
C. Sen’s poverty index.
D. Purchasing-power poverty.
B. Absolute poverty.
81. The unemployment rate is the
A. Employed plus unemployed divided by labor force.
B. Total employment divided by population.
C. Labor force divided by population.
D. Uunemployed divided by employed
A. Employed plus unemployed divided by labor force.
82. In which type of unemployment do the marginal productivity of the workers is zero?
A. Disguised Unemployment
B. Involuntary unemployment
C. Seasonal unemployment
D. Structural Unemployment
A. Disguised Unemployment
83. Which is the state with minimum sex ratio in India?
A. Chandigarh
B. Delhi
C. Haryana
D. Punjab
C. Haryana
84. Which is the state with highest number of Scheduled Castes in India?
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Bihar
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Uttar Pradesh
D. Uttar Pradesh
85. Which country is the largest consumer of sugar in the world?
A. USA
B. CHINA
C. JAPAN
D. INDIA
A. USA
86. Which is the largest sugar-producing country in the world?
A. INDIA
B. CHINA
C. BRAZIL
D. None of the above
C. BRAZIL
87. When was cotton textile industry established in Mumbai?
A. 1854
B. 1855
C. 1948
D. 1956
A. 1854
88. Which is the Indian state with the highest number of powerlooms?
A. Gujarat
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Maharashtra
D. Tamil Nadu
C. Maharashtra
89. Which of the following industries is not a heavy industriy.
A. Cotton textile
B. Cement
C. Iron and Steel
D. Ship building
A. Cotton textile
90. Which one of the following agencies, markets steel for the public sector plants?
A. HAIL
B. SAIL
C. TATA Steel
D. MNCC
B. SAIL
