F.Y B.COM
SEMESTER - I
MID SEMESTER EXAMINATION
INDIAN ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
(IES)
UNIT - II MCQS
1. What are the Causes of Unsatisfactory Industrial Performance?
A. Slowdown in investment
B. The infrastructural constraints:
C. Difficulties in obtaining funds for expansion
D. All of the above
2. Special attempts will have to be made by the state governments to implement the land reforms legislation
forcefully so that the slogan ___________________ is translated into practice
A. ‘LAND TO THE FARMER ’
B. ‘LAND TO THE OWNER ’
C. ‘LAND TO THE TENANT’
D. ‘LAND TO THE TILLER’
3. Watershed Development, Rainfed Farming and Natural Resources Management for the tenth plan suggested
treating _____ million hectares of rainfed/degraded land by the end of the thirteenth plan a total ₹_______ crore.
A. 88.5 , 72,750
B. 80, 72000
C. 98.85, 75000
D. 86.88, 76500
4. The efficiency of other agricultural inputs such as fertilizers, pesticides and irrigations is largely determined by the ________
A. Quality of water
B. Quality of farer
C. Quality of land
D. Quality of seed
5. State the statements are true or false
I. It is estimated that quality of seeds accounts for 20-25% of productivity.
II. After examining the soil conditions and availability of irrigations facilities in different areas, farmers should be
advised about what seeds are best in the area.
A. Both statements are false
B. Both statements are true
C. Only first is true
D. Only second is true
6. According to whom increasing fertilizer use is a significant option for raising agricultural output in most of the states?
A. Ramesh Chand,
B. S.S. Raju and
C. L.M. Pandey,
D. All of the above
7. Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan have already exceeded the potential irrigational level. True or false?
A. True
B. False
C. Can say
D. Partly true
8. Which state has the potential to raise the level of irrigation to 68.4%.
A. Gujarat
B. Maharashtra
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Bihar
9. How many units are consumed in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in 2011-12.
A. 13,000 GWh
B. 12,000 GWh
C. 15,000 GWh
D. 10,000 GWh
10. Around ______ % of the farm production in India is lost every year due to pests, weeds and diseases.
A. 15 – 30%
B. 10- 30%
C. 20- 30%
D. More than 50%
11. What is the full form of CCFI?
A. The Corona Care Foundation of India
B. The Crop Care Fund of India
C. The Corona Care Fund of India
D. The Crop Care Foundation of India
12. Incentives can be in the following forms to farmers:
A. Ensuring timely availability of Agricultural inputs,
B. Guaranteeing remunerative prices of produce to the farmer,
C. Implementing crop insurance scheme to cover the risk of damage to crops and other risks in agriculture, and social recognition and conferment of awards, merit certificates
D. All of the above
13. The share of industry (includes mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, electricity, gas and water) in GDP at Factor cost from _____ in 1950-51 to _____ in 1990-91 and stock at ____ in 2013-14.
A. 16.6% to 27.7%, 26.2%
B. 18.6% to 27.7%, 25.2%
C. 10.6% to 27.7%, 23.2%
D. 25.6% to 27.7%, 46.2%
14. Modern industrial development is not possible without a substantial expansion of the _______ industries.
A. Agriculture industries
B. Modern industries
C. Small scale industries
D. Infrastructure industries.
15. Modern industrial development also require ...........
A. Electricity and coal
B. Steel and crude
C. Crude petroleum and petroleum refinery and cement.
D. All of the above
16. These infrastructure industries have weight of 37.9 in total industrial output. True or false?
A. True
B. False
C. Can say
D. Partly true
17. In the early 1950s, just four industries (food, products, textiles, wood and furniture and basic metals) accounted for _______ of production.
A. One third
B. Two third
C. 50%
D. 60%
18. The growth rate of consumer durable sector was the highest among all sectors in ____ and ________ plan
A. the fifth and six plans
B. the third and fourth plans
C. the eighth and ninth plans
D. the 11th and 12th plans
19. Which was the fastest growing sector in the earlier period in industrial group?
A. Basic metal
B. Metal products
C. Machinery
D. All of the above
20. How many central public sector enterprise are set up in 2014 – 15?
A. up to 298
B. up to 230
C. up to 300
D. up to 290
21. Out of set up central public enterprise how may are in operation?
A. 230
B. 240
C. 398
D. 235
22. Capital employed in these enterprise was as high as ₹18,34,050 crore. True or false?
A. True
B. False
C. Can say
D. Partly true
23. What are the Problems of Industrial Development in India?
A. The missing middle sector
B. Infrastructural Constraints
C. Industrial Sickness
D. All of the above
24. Who has observed, “The average industrial growth rate achieved over thirty-five to forty years has been about 6.2% relative to the average of about 8.0% projected?
A. Rakesh Mohan
B. Deepak mazumdar
C. Sandip Sarkar
D. All of these
25. The Indian manufacturing sector is characterized by the persistence in?
A. Technology backwardness
B. Agricultural backwardness
C. Poor industries
D. Dualism
26. After liberalization and privatization 41.5% workers were engaged in small enterprises (6-9 workers) and 23.2% in large enterprises (more than 500 workers) in 2000-01. True or false
A. True
B. False
C. Can say
D. Partly true
27. According to whom “the missing middle implies a weak process of graduation of small firms and the development of entrepreneurship”.
A. Rakesh Mohan
B. Deepak mazumdar
C. Sandip Sarkar
D. Both B and C
28. One of the major constraints in industrial development is?
A. Poor quality and high cost of infrastructure particularly power and transport energy network
B. Poor quality of worker
C. Poor quality of politics
D. Poor quality of raw materials
29. According to the plan, the major factors responsible for increasing Chinese competitiveness are;
A. Artificially depreciated Chinese currency
B. Tax advantages and subsidies given by the government
C. Better infrastructure leading to lower cost of power, transportation of labour and engineering skills.
D. All of the above
30. Which are the three industrially advanced states of the country –?
A. Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu
B. Punjab , Haryana , Gujarat
C. Punjab , Maharashtra , Orissa
D. Maharashtra , Kerala, Punjab
31. In which states the expected ‘trickling-down effects’ of development were in no way evident and large tracts of these states remained untouched by planning.
A. Bihar,
B. Orissa and
C. Madhya Pradesh,
D. All of these
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