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Small-scale industries are sigruficant due to the following features :
(a) Use local raw material.
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(c) Helps in reducing regional disparities.

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WTO is set up and designed to play the role of watchdog in the spheres of the following
matters :
(a) Trade in goods @) Trade in services
(c) Intellectual property rights (d) International peace and cc-operation
Which of the above statements are correct ?

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Consider the following statements :
(a) The India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL) was set up in 2006.
(b) IIFCL providing short term financing for infrastructure projects.
(c) The Indian Infrastructure Project Development fund was launched in December
2007.
Which of the statement/s given above is/are correct ?

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With reference to cooperative movement in India consider the following statements :

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(a) The Co-operative Movement in India started with the objective of giving short term
loans to the small farmer's.
(b) The Co-operative Society Act was passed for the first time in 1905.
(c) The concept of 'one village one society' is the main objective of the Co-operative
Movement.
Which of the statement/s given above is/are correct ?
(1) (a) and ( 4 (2) (b) and ( 4 (3) (a) and (b) (4) None of these

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Consider the following statements regarding small scale industries, based on S.P. Gupta
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(a) A capital subsidy of 12% for investment in technology in selected sectors.

@) The limit of excise duty exemption raised from f 50 lakh to one core rupees.

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(c) At present only 120 items have been reserved for production by small scale sector.

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Which of the following co-operative bank function for long term credit in the rural
co-operative credit sector in the state ?

(1) Co-operative Agricultural Credit Society (CAC's)

(2) District Co-operative Bank (DCC's)
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Which of the following reasons were responsible for replacement of Co-operative Act of
1904 by Act of 1912 ?
(a) It permitted the formation of primary credit societies only.
@) Except-credit societies other societies were left out of purview of 1904 Act.
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(1) (a) only (2) @) only (3) Both (4) None of the above

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Which of the following five year plan gave emphasis on heavy industries for industrial
development ?
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1990-91 ?
(1) Organisation of Petroleum Export Countries
(2) Eastern European Countries
(3) Organisation for economic co-operation and development
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Which of the following statement/s is/are correct ?
(a) IMF promotes international monetary co-operation.
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@) IMF helps in framing monetary policy of member nations.

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Consider the following statements with reference to Agricultural Cooperative Marketing.
(a) The National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) is
the apex co-operative organisation at the national level.
@) NAFED promotes inter-state and export trade of farm produce.
(c) The National Co-operative Development Corporation was set up in 1974.
Which of the statement/s given above is/are correct ?
(1) (a) and @) (2) @) and (c) (3) (a) and ( 4 (4) only @)

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Which of the following is not a way to raise capital of state cooperative banks ?

(1) By selling shares to members of society.

(2) By owing debt from RBI and state Govt. of India.
(3) By open market operations.

(4) By accepting deposits from members and non-members.

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@) Co-operation means abandonment of competition in distribution and production

and elimination of middlemen.

(c) Co-operation broadens the base of democracy.

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(1) (a) only (2) @) only

(3) All the above (4) None of the above

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(a) The role of Government convert from the 'controller to the facilitator'.
@) The Government commit to suitable reforms in the infrastructure sector.
(c) The Government commit to the full functional Panchayati Raj Institution.

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(a) Indian planning is indicative economic planning.
@) Indian planning is physical planning.
(c) Indian planning is social planning.
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(c) According to this census the registered units were 87% of the total.

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Consider the following statements :
(a) The Economic reforms was initiated in India by the Government of Atal Bihari
Vajpayee in 1991.
@) Macro economic stabilisation deals with demand management.

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(1) (a) and @) (2) @) and (4 (3) (a) and ( 4 (4) only (a)
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On which date World Trade Organisation (WTO) was established ?
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Medium enterprises under manufacturing sector has defined as :

(1) The enterprise having investment in plant and machinery is more than five Cr. but
doesn't exceed ten Cr. rupees.
(2) The enterprise having investment of f 10 Cr. including plant and machinery.
(3) The enterprise having investment in plant and machinery of f 15 Cr.
(4) The enterprise having investment in plant and machinery less than 5 Cr. but more
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Globalisation ?
(a) Removing trade barriers.
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(c) Creation of environment permitting free flow of technology.
(d) To increase domestic private industry.

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The following agencies are controlling the activities of Multinational Corporation in India.
(a) The Ministry of Company Affairs.
@) The Reserve Bank of India.
(c) The Ministry of Industrial Development.
(d) The Ministry of Finance.
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(3) (a) (d) (4) All of the above

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 Which of the following statement/s is/are correct ?

(a) Globalisation presupposes complete removal of licences, quotas and tariffs.

@) Globalisation means political integration of the world.

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(c) Operational measures (d) Liberalisational measures
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Which of the following indicate/s failure of planning in India ?
(1) Failure to provide employment to all able bodied people
(2) Failure to implement land reforms
(3) Failure to check the growth of black money
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(a) Economic infrastructure is located within system of production and distribution.
@) Social infrastructure contributes to the production process from outside the system.
(c) Communication system is treated as both social and economic infrastructure.
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(a) The Government appointed a committee on the financial system under the
Chairmanship of Chakravarty in August 1991.
@) The base rate system of interest rate has been introduced with effect from
July 1, 2010.
(c) The base rate system is applicable to all new loans and to the old loans that come up
for renewal.
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(a) The Value Added Tax (VAT) is multi-point tax collection method.
@) Non VAT is single point tax collection method.
(c) Implementation of VAT will improve the purchasing capacity and living standard
of the poor peopIe.
Which of the statement/s gven above is/are correct ?
(1) (a) and @) (2) @) and (4
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Gini's co-efficient is a measure of which of the following social evils ?
(1) Inequalities in income (2) Poverty gap in a country
(3) Unemployment in a country (4) Want mortality

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Which of the following schemes aims at creation of sustainable irrigation facilities in
Maharashtra by way of absorption of rain water ?
(1) Magel tyala 'shet tale' yojana
(2) Jalayukta Shivar Yojana
(3) Western Ghat Development Programme
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Consider the following statements :

(a) In 2009-10, the growth rate of Service Sector in Maharashtra was 9.6%.
@) In 2010-11 the share of Service Sector was 61% in Maharashtra State Gross Domestic
Product.
(c) In 2012-13 the share of Construction Sector was 22% in the Maharashha State Gross
Domestic Product.
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(1) (a) and (4 (2) (a) and 0) (3) @) and ( 4 (4) only ( 4

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Select the right statement regarding taxes :
(1) Income tax is not direct tax
(2) Goods and service taxes are indirect taxes
(3) Property taxes are also indirect taxes
(4) Product taxes are direct taxes

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Which of the following is not a part of non-development public expenditure ?
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(2) Expenditure on military equipments
(3) Expenditure on educational services
(4) Expenditure on interest payment

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article 280 of Indian Constitution ?

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(3) Preparation of Union Budget

(4) Recommendations on any matter related of sound finance
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(1) Basis of distribution of National Income
(2) Basis of Credit Creation
(3) Store of Value
(4) Transfer of Value

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 Cambridge version of quantity theory of money was first developed by which of the
following economists ?
(1 Alfred Marshall (2) I. Fischer
(3) David Ricardo (4) Jean Bodin

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(2) Low quality unemployment
(3) Disguised and seasonal unemployment
(4) Cyclical and educated unemployment

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Consider the following statements :

(a) The share of Industry Sector in Maharashtra state gross domestic product was 30.9%
in 2009-10.

@) Maharashtra small scale Industrial Development Corporation was established in

1962.

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To control inflation, through open market operations, which of the following steps will be
taken by the central bank of a country ?
(1) Selling of government securities
(2) Buying of government securities

(3) Increase in interest rate of commercial bank borrowings

(4) Reduction in interest rate of commercial bank borrowings

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concerned ?

(1) Business services including IT sector has been the fastest growing sector.

(2) Share of services in India's GDP has substantially increased.

(3) Communication services have made a significant contribution to service sector

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(a) Reserve Bank of India and Government are producers of the high-powered money.

@) The amount of high-powered money is fixed by commercial banks

(c) Theory of determination of money supply is based on the supply and demand for
high-powered money.
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(1) National Renewal Fund (2) Exit Policy Commission
(3) Employer's Provident Fund (4) Social Security Corporation

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Human Development Report - 1995 launched the concept of Gender Empowerment
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(a) According to NSS data for 2009-10 the poverty line was defined as f 28.60 per
capita per day in rural areas and f 22.40 per capita per day in urban areas.
@) 29.8% of the population was below the poverty line in 2009-10.
(c) 33.8% of the population in rural areas and 20.9 percent in urban areas was below
the poverty line in 2009-10.
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in 2004.
@) According to this Act revenue deficit was to faU to zero by 2009 and
(c) FisciaI deficit to be reduced to 3% of GDP by March 2009
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(1) (a) and @) (2) (a) and (4 (3) @) and ic) (4) aU of the above

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(a)
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(2) Board for Sick Industries Reconstruction

(3) Industrial Investment Bank of India

(4) Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India

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(a) The Minisby of Finance at the centre has the responsibility to oversee the finance of
the State Governments.
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without the permission of the central government if the states have outstanding
debt with the centre.

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Consider the following statements :
(a) Maharashtra Government introduced the employment guarantee scheme in
1972-73.
@) This scheme contributed to the decline of poverty from 60.4%in 1977-78 to 36.7% in
1987-88.
(c) EGS benefited a large number of males only.
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(1) (a) and @) (2) @) and (c) (3) (a) and (c) (4) only (c)

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(a) (3) (b) 3Tl.h (4 (4) - (4

(a) Industrial infrastructure upgradation scheme was launched in 2014.

(b) A scheme for promoting innovation, Rural industry and entrepreneurship was

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(3) MRTP Act (4) None of the above

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consolidation of which of the schemes ?

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Welfare Scheme, Indira Mahila Yojana.

(2) Integrated Rural Development Program, Village Welfare Scheme, TRYSEM, SITRA,
(MWS) Million Wells Scheme.

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(a) Rural Works Programme @) Agro-Service Centers
(c) Area-Development Scheme (d) Kisan Credit Card Scheme
Which of the option/s given above is/are incorrect ?
(1) (a) and @) (2) @) and (4 (3) only (4 (4) only (4

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Consider the following statements :
(a) The theory of comparative costs is propound by Adam Smith.
(b) Reciprocal Demand Theory which explains the determination of terms of trade.
(c) Dennis Robertson described foreign trade as "An Engine of growth".
Which of the statements gven above are correct ?
(1) (a) and @) (2) @) and (c)
(3) (a) and (c) (4) All of the above

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 W c h of the following sources of irrigation in lndia has made spectacular progress in
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(1) Canals and ponds (Tanks)
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(3) Jalyukta Shivar and Farm lakes (Shet tale)
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(a) NAFED is the apex co-operative marketing organisation at the National level.
@) Centre for Agriculture Marketing was established in 1988.
(c) Central warehousing corporation was setup in 1957.
Which of the statement/s given above is/are correct ?
(1) (a) and @) (2) @) and (4
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Which of the following describes a system of land revenue in which the responsibility of
paying land revenue was laying with the cultivator ?
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(3) Mahalwari System (4) Contract Farming System

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Uruguay Round of WTO ?
(1) Providing access to global markets for agricultural products.
(2) Regulating domestic support to agriculture.
(3) Reducing export subsidies to agriculture.
(4) Encouraging modem methods of farming.

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Consider the following statements about Green GDP.

(a) The concept of Green GDP evolved in 1990.
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ultimately affect human welfare.
(c) China had started calculating its Green GDP from 2000.

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(1) (a) and (4 (2) @) and ( 4 (3) rs
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@) Maharashtra State Horticulture and Medicinal Plant Board was established in 2005.
(c) From 2015-16, the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture is implement
in 50 district.
Which of the statement/s given above &/are incorrect ?
(1) only (a) (2) only @) (3) only (4 (4) (a) and @)

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(a) National programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development was launched in
2014.
@) The budgetary provision of t 2000 more has been provided for implementation of
NPBBDD during lzth plan.
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(a) Punjab is the major wheat producing state in India.
(b) Madhya Pradesh is leading in production of pulses in India.
(c) Maharashtra is the principle producer state of cotton in India.
(d) West Bengal is the Major sugar-cane producing state in India.
Which of these statement/s is/are incorrect ?
(1) (a) and @) (2) (4 and (4 (3) only @) (4) only (dl

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(a) Livestock census started in the country in the year 1919.
(b) India ranks first among the world's milk producing nations.
(c) Dairy Entre-preneurship Development scheme was launched in Sept. 2014.
m c h of the statement/s given above is/are incorrect ?
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(1) To reduce competition in International Trade

(2) To attain food security
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(a) India ranks first in the world in milk production.

@) National Dairy plan phase I is launched in March 2013.

(c) Dairy sector is the important secondary source of income for rural famdies.

Which of the statement/s given above is/are incorrect ?

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(a) Commission for Agricultural Prices and costs replaced Agricultural prices committee.

@) Food corporation of India replaced Agricultural Prices Commission.

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on which of the following principles ?
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(2) Comparative Cost Advantage Principle
(3) Equal Cost Advantage Principle
(4) Realistic Cost Advantage Principle

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following persons ?
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(3) Paul Samulson (4) Kuznets

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The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was founded in which
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NAFTA as a regional trade agreement was signed by which of the following countries ?
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(1) Fertiliser subsidy is borne by the state governments.
(2) Power subsidy is borne by the state governments.
(3) One of the objectives of fertiliser subsidy is to attract more capital to fertiliser industry.
(4) Low price of canal water, due to irrigation subsidy has led to inefficient use of surface
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(c) Maximum income level of families under BPL was t 25,000 p.a.
(d) State governments were to decide the size of the population below poverty line.
Which of the above statements are true ?
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was setup in the year 1972 to undertake the promotional work relating to the
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corpus of 7 crore.
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to 2017. Out of these, was launched on 05 May 2017 from Satish Dhawan
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(1) Biomass, Wind, Ocean thermal, Nuclear
(2) Biomass, Wind, Ocean thermal, Hydel
( 3 ) Biomass, Ocean thermal, Nuclear, Hydel
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(2) Copper - magnetic, fibre optic - electrical
(3) Copper - electrical, fibre optic - magnetic
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'Saksham' online scholarship management system is implemented in state

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initiative called as Biotech-KISAN. The word 'KISAN' in this program stands for

(1) Krishi Innovation Science Application Network

(2) Kisan Invention Seed Association Network
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(3) Tyrosine and Aspargine (4) Serine and Cystine

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(c) Mahanadi and Godavari (d) Mahanadi and Tapi
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Which of the following zone is seismically most active zone ?
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