Sectors of Indian Economy – WBCS Main Question Paper
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sectors of indian economy questions and answers
WBCS Main Question Paper – 2020
- Which item does not usually come under India’s import basket nowadays?
(A) Petroleum
(B) Crude oil
(C) Fertiliser
(D) Food grains
- Taxation on agricultural income in India is
(A) relatively high.
(B) low.
(C) proportionate to its contribution.
(D) None of the above
- First Industrial Policy came into existence in the year
(April, Mixed Economic Model)
(A) 1947
(B) 1948
(C) 1950
(D) 1956
- ‘Operation Barga’ programme beneficially affected the following class :
(A) Landlords
(B) Agricultural laborer
(C) Share croppers
(D) Intermediaries
- Find the incorrect statement :
Green revolution made possible _______
(A) Very low use of chemical fertilizer
(B) Used of HYV seeds
(C) Increase in the use of agro machinery
(D) Multiple cropping
- Which one of the following items is included in National income ?
(A) Subsidy on rationing
(B) Scholarship
(C) Administrative expenditure
(D) Relief grant
- A most important source of energy in India :
(A) Hydel power
(B) Solar power
(C) Nuclear power
(D) Thermal power
- Indian agriculture mostly shows this type of unemployment _______
(A) Voluntary unemployment
(B) Cyclical unemployment
(C) Disguised unemployment
(D) Frictional unemployment
- Central Government does not collect revenue from these sources :
(A) Central excise duty and Customs duty
(B) Personal Income tax and Corporate tax
(C) Agricultural Income tax and Land Revenue
(D) Wealth tax and Capital gains tax
(A) raising control of the Government on the land sale.
(B) raising power of the actual farmers.
(C) raising power of the intermediary class.
(D) None of the above
- Sectoral distribution of the gross domestic product (GDP) in India shows the following pattern nowadays:
(A) Percentage share of industry sector is the highest
(B) Percentage share of the services sector is the highest
(C) Percentage share of industries and services sector together are around 50%
(D) None of the above
- Contribution of agricultural sector in G.D.P. in India
(A) More than its percentage share in total employment of that sector.
(B) Less than the percentage share in total employment of that sector.
(C) Both are approximately equal.
(D) Uncertain.
- Major part of employment in India arise in this field ______
(80%)
(A) Organised sector
(B) Unorganized sector
(C) Public sector
(D) Both (A) and (C)
- Which statement is not correct ?
Small scale industries in India are advantageous as
(A) they have high employment potential.
(B) highly capital intensive.
(C) use of local skill and material.
(D) capital used per worker relatively low.
- Policy of freight equalization affected West Bengal
(A) beneficially
(B) adversely
(C) it was neutral
(D) uncertain
- Which statement is correct ?
In cooperative farms ________
(A) Farmers pool their land to form a large holding.
(B) Farmers do not face joint responsibility.
(C) Private ownership of land does not remain.
(D) Farmers do not join voluntarily.
- The program’ Operation Barga’ was undertaken with quick success in
(A) Punjab.
(B) West Bengal.
(C) Maharashtra.
(D) None of the above
- The status of the Bargadars is
(West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955)
(A) Owner cultivator.
(B) Share cropper.
(C) Agricultural labourer.
(D) Marginal farmer.
- Petrochemical industries have a long chain effect on downstream industries.
(A) True
(B) False
(C) Applies to some extent
(D) Uncertain
- The impact of economic reform policies on agriculture was
(A) beneficial.
(B) adverse.
(C) remained neutral.
(D) uncertain.
- Green revolution and new agricultural strategy first appear in the production of
(A) paddy.
(B) oil seed.
(C) wheat.
(D) pulses.
- Indicate the incorrect statement :
Land reform programme in India aimed at
(A) rent regulation.
(B) land ceiling.
(C) tenancy security.
(D) increasing power of intermediaries
- Major part of Indian agriculture shows
(51% of agricultural output)
(A) capitalist agricultural system.
(B) small size farm.
(C) large size farm.
(D) Cooperative farm.
- Tertiary sector activities include _______
(service industry)
(A) Mining activity.
(B) Banking activity.
(C) Dairy farming.
(D) All of the above
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