Economics MISCELLANEOUS Test 18 Welcome to your Economics MISCELLANEOUS Test 18 Name Email 1.According to the 2011 Census of India, which of the following is the second most populous state in the country ? (a) Gujarat (b) Maharashtra (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Rajasthan None 2. What are the two variables whose relationship is given by the environmental Kuznets curve? (a) Environmental degradation and tax revenue (b) Environmental degradation and per capita income (c) Inequality and tax revenue (d) Inequality and per capita income None 3.Which of the following is a characteristic of human wants in terms of economics ? (a) Wants are limited. (b) Wants do not become habits. (c) Wants are satiable. (d) Wants are not competitive. None 4.Which of the following is a characteristic of human wants in terms of economics? (a) Wants are limited. (b) Wants do not become habits. (c) Wants are satiable. (d) Wants are not competitive. None 5. According to Malthusian theory, which of the following grows in geometric progression? (a) Poverty (b) Employment (c) Population (d) Food supply None 6.SHG promotes thrift in small proportion by a minimum contribution from each member of the group. What does 'H' stand for in SHG? (a) Habitat (b) Harvest (c) Heavy (d) Help None 7.What is the objective of the 'Doughnut Model' of development? (a) It envisions total abandonment of technology to live at peace with the environment. (b) It envisions the food processing industry as the center of development. (c) It envisions rapid development at an environmental cost, then makes up for it later. (d) It envisions a world in which people and the planet can thrive in balance. None 8. ‘An Enquiry into the Nature and Cause of the Wealth of Nations’ is an influential work by economist ______. (a) Millicent Fawcett (b) Adam Smith (c) John Maynard Keynes (d) Alfred Marshall None 9..______ is a land which is left fallow (Uncultivated ) for more than five years and can be bought under cultivation after improving it through reclamation practices. (a) permanent pastures (b) Current fallow (c) Forest land (d) Culturable wasteland None 10. Which among the following organisations releases the Index of Economic Freedom? (a) International Monetary Fund (b) Heritage Foundation (c) Fraser Institute (d) World Bank None 11.Viticulture refers to the: (a) cultivation of grapes (b) breeding of fish (c) commercial rearing of silkworm (d) growing of vegetables None 12.The Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO) is located at which of the following places? (a) Bhilai (b) Rourkela (c) Jamshedpur (d) Durgapur None 13. The phrase ‘Gross National Happiness’ was first coined in: (a) New Zealand (b) Bhutan (c) Sweden (d) India None 14. The steel plant at Bokaro was set up in collaboration with ______. (a) France (b) United Kingdom (c) Germany (d) Soviet Union None 15.‘A Plan of Economic Development for India’, which was prepared by a cross-section of India’s leading capitalists in 1944, was popularly known as the ______ Plan. (a) Mysore (b) Allahabad (c) Bombay (d) Calcutta None 16. The Great Leap Forward (GLF) was a campaign initiated in ______ in 1958 aimed at industrialising the country on a massive scale. (a) India (b) Bangladesh (c) China (d) Sri Lanka None 17.Related area of Golden Revolution is: (a) Eggs (b) Oilseeds (c) Fruits (d) Fish None 18.With which of the following is 'Operation Flood' related ? (a) India’s poultry industry (b) India’s farming industry (c) India’s dairy industry (d) India’s mining industry None 19.What type of unemployment is generally found in the agricultural sector of India? (a) Voluntary unemployment (b) Structural unemployment (c) Frictional unemployment (d) Disguised unemployment None 20. ______ is the term used for breeding of fish in specially constructed tanks and ponds. (a) Pisciculture (b) Agriculture (c) Viticulture (d) Horticulture None Time's up
