Economic and Social Development | Indian Economy

Economic and Social Development | Indian Economy

1. Who is called father of Modern Economics?

Adam Smith
Marshal
Keynes
Robins

2. Paul Krugaman is a/an

Scientist
Sportsman
Banker
Economist

3. For the existence of a market which is indispensable?

Banks
Economic laws
Prices
Trade unions

4. Indian Economy is characterised as

backward economy
developed economy
developing economy
underdeveloped economy

5. The Gandhian economy is based on the principle of

Competition
Trusteeship
State control
None of the above

6. Who among the following had propounded the concept of "Trusteeship'?

M.N. Roy
Aurobindo Ghosh
Mahatma Gandhi
G.K. Gokhale

7. Which one of the following is the major feature of the Indian Economy?

A capitalist economy
A socialist economy
A mixed economy
None of the above

8. The Indian Economy is a

Liberal economy
Socialist economy
Mixed economy
None of the above

9. Mixed economy in India means

Co-existence of large and small scale industries
Foreign collaboration in economic development
Co-existence of public and private sector
None of the above

10. The credit of developing the concept of modern economic growth goes to

Arthur Lewis
Michael P. Todaro
Gunnar Myrdal
Simon Kuznet

11. 'Underdeveloped countries are the slums of world economy' the statement is given by

Ragnar Nurkse
A.N. Cairncross
Colin Clark
Jagdish Bhagwati

12. Which among the following is a characteristic of underdevelopment?

Vicious circle of poverty
Raising mass consumption
Growth of industries
High rate of urbanisation

13. Economically, one of the results of the British rule tin India in the 19th century was the

increase in the export of Indian handicrafts
growth in the number of Indian owned factories
commercialisation of Indian agriculture
rapid increase in the urban population