
Which one of the following is not an instrument of selective credit control in India?
Regulation of consumer credit
Rationing of credit
Margin requirements
Variable cost reserve ratios


Important Questions on Indian Economy
Which one of the following is true regarding the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY)?

One of the reasons for India’s occupational structure remaining more or less the same over the years has been that:

The price fluctuations of 4 scripts in a stock market in the four quarters of a year are shown in the table below. Four different investors had the following portfolios of investment in the four companies throughout the year :
Investor 1:10 of A, 20 of B, 30 of C and 40 of D
Investor 2: 40 of A, 10 of B, 20 of C and 30 of D
Investor 3: 30 of A, 40 of B, 10 of C and 20 of D
Investor 4: 20 of A, 30 of B, 40 of C and 10 of D
CRR, Priority Sector Financing and Financing
Scrip A I Up 10% Down 15% I UP 10% Down 10%
Scrip B I Up 2% Up 1 % | Up 2% Up2%
Scrip C I Up 1% Up 1 % I Down 5% Down 1%
Scrip A I Up 20% Down 15% I UP 30% Down 10%
In the light of the above which one of the following statements is correct?


The largest source of financing the public sector outlay of the Eighth Five-Year Plan comes from

The new EXIM policy announced in 1992, is for a period of

Consider the following:
1. Industrial Finance Corporation Of India (IFCI)
2. Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI)
3. Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI)
4. Unit Trust of India (UTI)
The correct sequence in which the above were established is:

The following table shows the percentage distribution of revenue expenditure of the Government of India in 1989-90 and1994-95:
Expenditure Head (Per cent to total)
Years 1989-90 1994-95
Defence 15.1 13.6
Interest Payments 27.7 38.7
Subsidies 16.3 8.0
Grants to States/UTs 13.6 16.7
Others 27.4 23.0
Based on this table, it can be said that the Indian economy is in poor shape because the Central Government continues to be under pressure to:
