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EGMC: Key Economic Concepts and Policies

This document contains 50 multiple choice questions and their answers related to topics in economics and business. The questions cover subjects like the history of the internet and computing technology, international trade organizations like IMF, WTO and their roles, concepts in human development, industrial policy resolutions and reforms in India, components of balance of payments, and factors in the external business environment. The answers provided are single words or short phrases.

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EGMC: Key Economic Concepts and Policies

This document contains 50 multiple choice questions and their answers related to topics in economics and business. The questions cover subjects like the history of the internet and computing technology, international trade organizations like IMF, WTO and their roles, concepts in human development, industrial policy resolutions and reforms in India, components of balance of payments, and factors in the external business environment. The answers provided are single words or short phrases.

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EGMC

Ques1. The computing technology, the internet was a product of military research, the first
network dating from

Ans. 1969

Ques2. What is vitually a joint float system cooperatively arranged by a group of nations sharing
some common interests and goals

Ans. Target Zone Arrangement

Ques3. _______ Promotes exchange stability and maintain orderly exchange arrangements
among members.

Ans. IMF

Ques4. ‘Privatisation’ implies

A) Access to the resources of Public Sector Enterprise


B) Promotion of role of MNCs in the economy
C) A change in the ownership resulting and promotion of collective ownership
D) A change in the ownership resulting in a change in the management (ans bcz may of
may be this statement is possible)

Ques5. Which of the following are the 17 new Sustainable Development Goals?

A) Conserve and Sustainably use the ocean, seas and marine resources
B) Reduce inequality within and among countries
C) Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
D) All of these (answer all)

Ques6. The present WTO system is based on the

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Ans. Uruguay Round Agreements

Ques7. Which of the following measures can be applied for controlling erosion and restoring
the productivity of eroded lands?

A) To regulate over-grazing and shifting cultivation practices


B) Efforts to prevent gully erosion and control their formation
C) To disseminate education among people with regard to the positive benefits……………………
D) All of these (answer)

Ques8. National Air Quality Index (AQI) was launched in

Ans. 2015

Ques9. Which of the following economists developed the concept of Human Development?

Ans. Mahbub-ul-haq

Ques10. Which of the following is not the sailent features of the draft national water policy?

Ans. C) Per Capita annual water availability reduced from 1.816m3 in 2001 to 1.544m3 in 2011

Ques11. Which of the below is an example of internal factor of business environment?

Ans. Human Resource

Ques12. The genesis of IT revolution began just after

Ans. Second World War

Ques13. Which of the following industry/industries is/are exclusively reserved for public sector?

A) Atomic Energy
B) Railway Transport
C) Both atomic energy and railway transport ( possible answer )

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D) Defence Equipment, Atomic energy and Railway Transport

Ques14. Industrial licensing constituted the key element in Government of india’s industrial
policy from

Ans. 1951 to 1991

Ques15. Privatisation can be achieved by

A) Both Franchising and Leasing (possible answer)


B) Leasing
C) Franchising
D) Cross Holding

Ques16. Among the following options which is not the objective of the WTO?

Ans. To provide aid during the Balancing of Payment crises of the member countries

Ques17. Laissez Faire policy is adopted in

Ans. Socialist Economic system

Ques18. What is the main objective of human development?

Ans. To enlarge people’s choices and empower them

Ques19. _________ is called as economic constitution of india. It for the first time gave a
broad and detailed framework of industrial development in india.

Ans. Industrial Policy Resolution 1956

Ques20. _______ was replaced by _______ on 1st jan 1995?

Ans. GATT, WTO

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Ques21. Which of the following was an extension of the Industrial Policy Resolution of
1956?

Ans. Industrial Policy Statement 1973

Ques22. Which program was introduced in 2013 to address the fluctuations/variability in


the renewable power supply?

Ans. National Green Corridor

Ques23. Section B of Industrial Policy of 1956 comprised of _________ industries.

Ans. 12

Ques24. The ________ maintains record of public and private international Investments
flowing in and out of a country.

Ans. Capital Account

Ques25. Both foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign institutional investment (FII) are
related to investment in a country. Which of the following is incorrect regarding FDI and FII?

Ans. FII invests in technology-oriented enterprises, whereas FDI invests in traditional


business set ups

Ques26. Economic Liberalization in India led to

Ans. An Increase in economic growth and foreign exchange reserves

Ques27. Which of the following comprises of technical assistance by IMF

Ans. All of these ( designing, drafting, institution and capacity)

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Ques28. Balance of Payments comprises of

Ans. Current account, Capital account and Official Settlements Account

Ques29. WTO negotiations produced general rules that apply to ______ and specific
commitments made by the ________ governments.

Ans. All members, individual member

Ques30. The Most Favoured Nation (MFN) clause under the WTO regime is baswd on the
principle of

Ans. Non-discrimination between nations

Ques31. The Industrial Policy Statement of 1956 comprises of

Ans. Classification of industries into three categories

Ques32. What are the two most important aspects of economic globalization?

Ans. Reduction in Import tariffs and internationalization of financial transactions

Ques33. ______ assists in the reconstruction and development of territories of the


members by facilitating the investment of capital for productive purposes.

Ans. World Bank

Ques34. Patents are often referred to as a type of _______ and patent activity is an
indicator of levels of _______.

Ans. “industrial” property, innovation

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Ques35. The computing technology , the internet was a product of military research, the
first network dating from

Ans. 1969

Ques36. The Human Development Index is developed by

Ans. United Nations Development Programme

Ques37. As a part of the liberalization announced in 1991, Industrial policy measures were
initiated by the government to liberalise the

Ans. MRTP regulations

Ques38. Indian rupee was devalued in 1991 to resolve the

Ans. Balance of Payments crises

Ques39. When a country has trade deficit it means that it

Ans. Purchases more goods from the rest of the world than it sells

Ques40. The major objective(s) of Public Sector Enterprises is/are

Ans. All of these

Ques41. The objective of privatisation are to

Ans. All of these

Ques42. The International product life-cycle model, was put forward by

Ans. Raymond Vernon

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Ques43. A new approach to the public sector was visualized in the Industrial Policy Resolution
of

Ans. 1991

Ques44. Which of the following is not a key area of Human Development?

Ans. Access to lead a luxurious life

Ques45. ________ agreements are legally binding on the members.

Ans. WTO

Ques46. Balance of Payment deficit can be removed through?

Ans. All of these ( devaluation, export, import)

Ques47. TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) agreement is


administered by:

Ans. World Trade Organization (WTO)

Ques48. External Micro environment of business comprises of

Ans. Competitors

Ques49. The World Wide Web was developed in the late 1980s by

Ans. Tim burners-Lee

Ques50. In which of the following industries there is a prevalence of industrial licensing?

Ans. All of these( alcohol, cigarettes, explosives)

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Ques51. The 1950s saw the commercial development of mainframe computers, spearheaded
by?

Ans. IBM

Ques52. Economic growth is a subset of _________ model.

Ans. Human Development Model

Ques53. Objective(s) of disinvestment programme in india is to

Ans. Achieve efficiency of enterprise and provide fiscal support

Ques54. Measures to globalise Indian economy include

A) Removal of quantitive restrictions


B) Reduction of import tariffs
C) Removal of export duties
D) All of these ( possible answer)

Ques55. The main objective of the Industrial Policy Statement of 1991 was

Ans. Industrialization of the economy

Ques56. Anti-globalists believe that MNCs

Ans. Exploit the labour employed by them in different parts of the world

Ques57. Unilateral transfers of balance of payments comprises of

Ans. All of these (possible answer – as one way transfers)

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