Economics UPSC PYQ 1998

The accounting year of the Reserve Bank of India is

Economic Survey in India is published officially, every year by the

Some time back, the Government of India decided to delicense the ‘white-goods’ industry. ‘White goods’ include

Which one of the following is the correct sequence of decreasing order of the given currencies in terms of their value in Indian Rupees?

The economist who was associated with the WTO draft document is

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? I. Dow Jones : New York II. Hang Seng : Seoul III. FTSE-100 : London Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

The current price index (base 1960) is nearly 330. This means that

The banks are required to maintain a certain ratio between their cash in hand and total assets. This is called

According to the World Development Report, low-income economies are those for which the per capita GNP in 1994 was

The supply-side economics lays greater emphasis on the point of view of the

Consider the following statements: The price of any currency in the international market is decided by the I. World Bank II. Demand for goods/services provided by the country concerned III. Stability of the government of the concerned country IV. Economic potential of the country in question Of these statements:

Capital Account Convertibility of the Indian Rupee implies

A consumer is said to be in equilibrium, if

The misery index is the sum of a country’s unemployment and inflation rate. The higher the index, the more miserable is the country to live in. In the figure given below is the Misery Index for various countries in Europe: Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the misery index given above? I. Britain is the most miserable country to live in. II. The inflation rate in Spain is less than that in Belgium and Britain. III. Italy and France seem to have almost identical unemployment rate. IV. The higher the misery index, the higher the inflation rate. Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

The number of economically active women (excluding students and those doing domestic duties in their homes) as a percentage of all women of working age (generally those aged 15-64 years) was the highest in 1996 in

Human Poverty Index was introduced in the Human Development Report of the year

Which one of the following regions of the world supplies the maximum of our imported commodities (in terms of rupee value)?

The table below indicates the performance of India in rice and wheat production from 1950-51 to 1995-96. Which of the following conclusions arrived at from the above table would be valid? I. Record production of rice as well as wheat has been in 1994-95. II. The ratio of wheat to rice production seems to have steadily increased over 16 years. III. Wheat has not been popular among the Indian population before 1980. IV. India became self-sufficient in rice and wheat only after 1990. Select the correct answer using the codes given below: