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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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