Economy Previous Year Questions 2026 | SSC Stenographer

Economy - MOST IMPORTANT SSC Stenographer Previous Year Questions

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📘 Industrial Sector📚 MSMEs
Q1

Small-scale industries in India in 1950 were defined as all those industries in which the maximum investment amounted to:

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📘 Public Finance in India- Budget📚 Revenue Deficit
Q2

Which of the below mentioned elements occurs when the government's revenue expenditure is more than its revenue receipts?

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📘 Money and Banking- Banking Structure📚 Unified Payment Interface (UPI)
Q3

The pilot project for UPI was launched in which year?

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📘 Money and Banking- Monetary Policy📚 Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
Q4

The amount of Cash Reserves that commercial banks are required to keep with the RBI is referred to as:

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📘 Planning📚 History of Planning in India
Q5

What is the trade-strategy, which India adopted in the first-seven Five-Year Plans?

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📘 Public Finance in India- Budget📚 Primary Deficit
Q6

Which of the following is the correct formula for calculating gross primary deficit?

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📘 Agriculture Sector📚 Agriculture Research Institutions
Q7

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has classified the Indian soil into ______ categories as per the United States Department of Agriculture (the USDA) Soil Taxonomy?

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📘 Microeconomics- I📚 Goods and its types
Q8

Cotton is used in making clothes. In this example, cotton is which type of good?

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📘 Public Finance in India- Budget📚 Fiscal Deficit
Q9

Which of the following is the best indicator of the borrowings of the Government?

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📘 Five Year Plans in India📚 Second Five Year Plan
Q10

What was the estimated growth target of the Second Five-Year Plan in India?

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📘 Fundamental Economic Concepts📚 Sectors of an Economy
Q11

Generally, with development, the share of agricultural sector ______.

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📘 National Income Concepts and Methods of Calculation📚 Misc
Q12

If the MPC = 0.8, what is the likely value of the Government expenditure multiplier for a standard national output (aggregate demand) function Y = C + I + G?

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📘 Agriculture Sector📚 Agriculture- Insurance Scheme
Q13

Under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, the maximum premium payable by the farmers will be ______ for rabi crops.

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📘 National Income Concepts and Methods of Calculation📚 Misc
Q14

In the context of a consumption function for an economy, if MPC = 0.6, then what is the likely value of MPS?

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📘 Women, Old and Child Welfare Related Plans📚 Child Welfare Scheme
Q15

During the Green Revolution period in India, child nutrition-focused scheme, the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) was launched in ______.

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📘 Five Year Plans in India📚 Fifth Five Year Plan
Q16

Hill Area Development Programmes were initiated during the ______ Five-Year Plan covering 15 districts.

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📘 Agriculture Sector📚 Agriculture- Insurance Scheme
Q17

Under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, the maximum premium payable by the farmers will be ______ for annual commercial crops.

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📘 Public Finance in India- Budget📚 Primary Deficit
Q18

The Primary Deficit is zero in which of the following situations?
A. Fiscal Deficit is zero.
B. Interest payment is equal to Fiscal Deficit.

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📘 Fundamental Economic Concepts📚 Sectors of an Economy
Q19

From 1950 to 1990, the proportion of GDP contributed by the Agriculture sector _____.

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📘 Agriculture Sector📚 Agriculture- Insurance Scheme
Q20

Under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, the maximum premium payable by the farmers will be______ for horticulture crops.

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