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1. For the calculation of National In- a)  10. What percentage was distributed
come in India, Electricity, Gas and b)  to rural development in the
water supply is included under c)  Twelfth Five year Plan?
which sector d)    
a) Agriculture b) Industry 5. In India Fiscal year starts from  
c) Service d) None of these a) 31st March b) 1st April 
   c) 30th April d) 1st March a) 4.5 b) 3.5 c) 6.0 d) 7.0
        11. Percapita Income raises when
     a) GNR and population increase
 a)  b)  at the same time
a)  b)  c)  d)  b) GNP and population decrease
c)  6. America’s Central Bank is c) GNP increases faster than
d)  a) Federal Reserve Bank population
2. Fourth World country refers to b) Central American Bank d) GNR increases slower than
a) capitalistic country c) American Stock Exchange population
b) Socialistic country d) Bank of America    
c) None-aligned country  
d) Least developed country a)  a) 
     b)  
 c)  
a)  d)  b) 
b)  c)  7. Narrow definition of money supply is 
d)   c) 
3. Which of the following is not a a) m1 b) m2 c) m3 d) m4  
method of estimating National 8. Agricultural income is taxed by 
Income? a) Centre b) State d)    
a) Expenditure method c) Local authorities 
b) Output method d) Both Centre and state 12. During which five year plan was
c) Matrix method  the primary responsibility of
d) Income method a)  b)  India’s development shifted to the
   c)  public sector?
   d)     a) 1st Five year Plan
  b) 2nd Five Year Plan
a)  b)  9. Service taxes are imposed by c) 3rd Five Year Plan
c)  a) Government of India d) 4th Five Year Plan
d)  b) State Governments    
4. Unification of the domestic c) Urban Local Bodies   
economy with the World d) Village Panchayat  
Economy is known as   
a) Liberalisation b) Globalisation a)  
c) Privatisation d) Nationalisation b)  a) 
   c)  b) 
 d)  c) 
 d) 
 0461-4000970, 99445 11344, 9994170110  0462-2560123, 98942 41422, 99948 14400  75503 52916, 7550352917 1
13. Which one of the following is not  c)  
an aspect of Green Revolution?   
a) High yield varieties of seeds a)  b)  
b) Use of chemical fertilizers and c)  d)  d)  
pesticides 19. Land reforms provide 
c) Mechanisation of agricultural a) Finance for improving fertility 20. Who among the following has
activities of land holding made the first systematic attempt
d) Enforcing high level of labour b) Incentives and encouragement of planning in India?
use in agriculture to land owners a) Jawaharlal Nehru
 c) Incentives and encouragement b) Mahatma Gandhiji
 to the tillers c) M. Viswesvarayya
a)  d) Finance for starting petty d) P.C. Mahalnobis
b)  shops for farmers 
    
c)    
 a)   a) 
d)   b) 

b)   c) M. 
14. Annual Plans were implemented
  d) P.C. 
during the period

 
21. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes

given below the list:
a) 1962 - 1965 b) 1965 - 1967
List I List II
c) 1966 - 1969 d) 1967 - 1970
Committee Purpose
15. Taxes raised are credited to
A. Dutt Committee 1. Industrial Licensing
a) Consolidated fund
b) Contingency fund B. Wanchoo Committee 2. Direct Taxes
c) Public account C. Rajamannar Committee 3. Centre-States
d) Private account D. Rangarajan Committee 4. Disinvestment
 
  I  II
a)  b)   
c) d)  A.   
16. In which plan period HYV seeds B.   
and New Agriculture strategy was C.   
adopted in Indian agriculture? D.   
a) 2nd Plan b) 3rd Plan A B C D A B C D
c) Annual Plan d) 5th Plan a) 4 3 2 1 b) 1 2 4 3
 c) 1 2 3 4 d) 4 1 3 2
   22. The term 'Disinvestment' is used 24. The difference between NNP and
 HYV    to indicate the process of ---- NDP
 a) Privatisation a) Depreciation b) Indirect tax
a)  b)  b) Liberalisation c) Current transfers from rest of
c)  d)  c) Globalisation the world
17. In an Economy d) No one is suitable d) Net factor income from
“Too much of money chasing too  abroad
few goods” - situation is called a)  
a) Depression b) Prosperity b)    
c) Inflation d) Deflation c)  
“ d)  a)  b) 
   23. The physiocrafts considered only c) 
” the following as productive occu- 
a)  pation d) 
b)  a) Manufacturing Industry 
c)  d)  b) Agriculture 25. Which energies are supposed to
18. Which one of the following is the c) Service Sectors d) Soldiers be free and command no price?
largest service industry in the   a) Commercial energy
world?  b) Non-commercial energy
a) Food processing b) Bank
a)  b)  c) Both (a) and (b)
c) Insurance d) Tourism
c)  d)  d) Coal and lignite
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   
   

a) 
b) 
c) (a)  (b)
d) 
26. The term “MIGA” refers to
a) The Multinational Investment
Guarantee Agency
b) The Multi Indian Government
Agency
c) Migration of Government
Agency
d) Member in General
Association
“MIGA”   

a)   

b) 
c) 
d) 
27. Who advocated tax on expendi-
ture?
a) Bimaljalan b) N. Kalder
c) Kenneth Arrow
d) Paul Samuelson
 

a)  b) N. 
c) 
d) 
28. Non-intervention of the Govt. in
production activities - the policy
is called
a) Laissez-Faire Policy
b) Macro Economic Policy
c) Monetary Policy
d) Govt. Policy
  

a) 
b) 
c) 
d) 
29. The scheduled banks are those 33. One of the objectives of Eleventh
which are entered in the
a) First Schedule of RBI Act, 1934
b) Second Schedule of RBI Act, 1934
c) Third Schedule of RBI Act, 1934
d) Fourth Schedule of RBI Act, 1934
 
 

a)   

b)  

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c)    
 
d)   a)   
 
30. In the system of currency notes, b) 
which system is followed in India? 
a) Proportional reserve system c) 
b) Minimum reserve system 
c) Maximum reserve system d) 
d) Fixed reserve system 
   34. Which one is called a fourth sec-
    tor?
 a) Agriculture sector
a)  b) Information sector
b)  c) Industrial sector
c)  d) Service sector
d)      
31. Green Revolution increases the 
food grains production in a)  b) 
a) Rice and wheat c)  d) 
b) Wheat and oil seeds 35. It was mentioned under which
c) Rice and oil seeds plan “The basic goal is a rapid in-
d) Rice and sugarcane crease in the standard of living of
 the people” and “Again emphasis
 is placed on the common man,
a)  the weaker sections and the less
b)  privileged”
c)    a) First Five Year Plan
 b) Third Five Year Plan
d)  c) Fourth Five Year Plan
32. Agriculture production means d) Sixth Five Year Plan
a) National total production of “
agriculture ”
b) The ratio between input and   “ 
output  
c) The addition of input and output   
d) All states and union territories   ”
total production   
 
a)  a) 
b)    b) 
 c) 
c)   d) 
 36. The 1st three five-year plans
d)    talked of the setting up of a
 a) Mixed economic system
b) Socialise pattern of society
Five Year Plan is given below. c) Establishment of a social and
Choose it correctly economic democracy
a) To reduce the dropout rate in d) Both (B) and (C)
higher education    
b) To reduce the dropout rate in    
primary schools or education 
 c) To reduce the dropout rate in a) 
teacher education b) 
d) To reduce the dropout rate in c)   
secondary education 
   d) B C 
  
3
37. Inflation is caused by increase in        
a) Money supply b) Production    
c) Population d) Employment    a)  b) 
  c)  d) 
 a) 1950 b) 1951 47. Indian Economy is
a)  b)  c) 1952 d) 1953 a) Capitalistic Economy
c)  d)  43. Which state in India is going to b) Socialistic Economy
38. Public - Private partnership is implement “The organic milk c) Mixed Economy
emerging as the preferred instru- d) None of these
project” with Dutch support?
ment for the development 
a) Bihar b) Kerala
a) Infrastructure b) Agriculture a) 
c) Karnataka d) Assam
c) Industries d) Trade b) 
   
 c) 
        d) 
  48. Father of Indian Economy is
a)  b)  a)  b)  a) Adam smith b) Amartya Sen
c)  d)  c)  d)  c) Dadhabai Nauroji
39. Which of the following is not a land 44. The period of Twelfth five year d) Manmohan Singh
reform measure adopted in India? plan is   
a) Abolition of Zamindari system   
b) Abolition of Mahalwari  a) 
system a) 1997 - 2002 b) 1998 - 2003 b) 
c) Abolition of Ryotwari system c) 2010 - 2015 d) 2012 - 2017 c) 
d) Abolition of Land records 45. In 1868, the National Income es- d) 
   timate Committee of India was 49. Dr. Raja Chelliah Committee is as-
  headed by sociated with?
 a) V.K.R.V Rao a) Tax reforms
a)  b) Shah & Khambatt b) Land reforms
b)  c) Dadabhoy Naoroji c) Black Money reforms
c)  d) W.C. Peterson d) Industrial reforms
d)      Dr.    
40. Which one of the following is not 

a Tenancy Reform? a) 

a) Regulation of Rent b) 
a) V.K.R.V 
b) Security of Tenure c) 
c) Abolition of Intermediaries b) 
d) 
d) Conferment of ownership c)  50. When was agriculture price com-
rights to Tenants d) W.C.  mission set up?
   46. Which country is known as ‘Sugar     
 Bowl of the World’? 
a)  a) Canada b) Cuba a) 1950 b) 1955
b)  c) New zealand d) Malaysia c) 1965 d) 1975
c) 
d)    51. Match the following:
 List I List II
41. Which of the following Five Year A. Silver Revolution 1. Oil Seeds
Plan of India has stressed ‘Expan- B. Pink Revolution 2. Fertilizers
sion, Excellence and Equality’ in C. Yellow Revolution 3. Eggs
education? D. Grey Revolution 4. Shrimp
a) 12th Plan b) 11th Plan 
c) 10th Plan d) 9th Plan  I  II
    A.   
    B.   
 C.   
a)  b)  D.   
c)  d) 
A B C D A B C D
42. In which year, Zamindari Abolition
a) 4 3 2 1 b) 4 3 1 2
and Land Reforms Act was en-
c) 3 4 1 2 d) 3 4 2 1
acted in all the states of India?
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52. When was National Agriculture 59. The FEMA (Foreign Exchange     
Insurance scheme introduced? Management Act) was enacted in 
     FEMA   a)  b) P. 
     c)  d) 
a) 1980 b) 1990  62. Indian rupee symbol (`) was de-
c) 2000 d) 2010 a) 1999 b) 1973 signed in 2010 by
53. The National Food Security Act c) 2010 d) 2015 a) D. Udaya Kumar
was gazetted in 60. The first scientific attempt to b) D. Arun Kumar
a) Aug 2013 b) Aug 2012 measure National Income in India c) D. Udaya Shankar
c) Sep 2013 d) Sep 2012 was made by d) D. Vijaya Kumar
    a) Dadabhai Naoroji (`)
 b) VKRV. Rao c) C. Rangarajan 
a)  b)  d) Raguram Rajan a) D.  b) D. 
c)  d)     c) D.  d) D. 
54. Where is the headquarters of  63. Who was the First Indian Gover-
Asian Development Bank situ- a)  nor of RBI?
ated? b) VKRV.  a) Dadabhai Naoraoji
a) Washington DC b) Manila c) C.  d)  b) Osborne Smith
c) Beijing d) New Delhi 61. Which of the following finance c) C.D. Deshmukh
    minister has presented budget for d) Urjith Patel
 the maximum number of times? RBI
a)  b)  a) Manmohan Singh a) 
c)  d)  b) P. Chidambaram b) 
55. The Reserve Bank of India was c) Pranab Mukherjee c)  d) 
started in the year? d) Moraji Desai
RBI  64. Match the following:
a) 1932 b) 1935 List I List II
c) 1945 d) 1949 A. Agriculture 1. Service sector
56. According to 2011 census how B. Manufacturing 2. Primary sector
many percentage people are C. Transport 3. Un-organized
working in agriculture? D. House hold industry 4. Secondary sector
    
   I II
 A.   
a) 87% b) 58% c) 43% d) 73% B.   
57. Who is the Chairman of NITI C.   
Aayog? D.   
a) The President A B C D A B C D
b) Finance Minister a) 4 2 1 3 b) 4 2 3 1
c) Prime Minister
c) 2 4 1 3 d) 2 4 3 1
d) Aravinta Panagaria
65. Match the following

List I List II
a) 
A. IMF 1. Geneva
b) 
B. FAO 2. Washington DC
c) 
C. WHO 3. Paris
d) 
D. UNESCO 4. Rome
58. Who is the CEO (Chief Executive

Officer) of NITI Aayog?
I II
a) Aravinth Panagaria
A. IMF  
b) Aravinth Subramaniyan
B. FAO  
c) Amitabh Kant
C. WHO  
d) Rahul Johiri
D. UNESCO  
  
A B C D A B C D

a) 4 2 1 3 b) 4 2 3 1
a) 
c) 2 4 1 3 d) 2 4 3 1
b) 
66. Match the following
c) 
A. Lionel Robins 1. Wealth Theory
d) 
B. Adam Smith 2. Economic Theory
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 C. Alfred Marshall 3. Development Theory a) Issue of currency notes of
D. Samuelson 4. Scarcity Theory various denominations
 b) It is the banker to the Govern-
A.  1  ment
B.  2  c) It is bankers' bank
C.  3  d) Issues credit to individuals
D.  4    
A B C D A B C D 
a) 2 1 3 4 b) 4 1 2 3 a)   
c) 3 2 4 1 d) 1 2 3 4

67. Match the following
b)  
A. Octori or Entry tax 1. Tourism operator

B. Professional tax 2. Trader
c)  
C. Service tax 3. Cement manufacturer

D. Value Added Tax 4. Medical profession
 d) 
A.    72. In which tax the incidence and
B.    impact is on one and the same
C.    person?
D.    a) Income tax b) Sales tax
A B C D A B C D c) Value added tax
a) 2 4 3 1 b) 3 2 4 1 d) Service tax
c) 2 4 1 3 d) 4 2 3 1 
68. Which one of the following is correctly matched? 
a) Fifth Five-Year Plan - Generation of Employment a)  b) 
b) Seventh Five-Year Plan - Poverty eradication and self-reliance c) 
c) Eighth Five-Year Plan - Employment generation leading to d) 
achieve full employment by 2000 73. Who is the V ice-Chairman of
d) Tenth Five-Year Plan - Growth with social justice and equality newly formed NITI Aayog?
 a) Aravinth Subramaniyan
a)    b) Aravinth Panagaria
b)    c) Narendra Modi
c)    d) Rajiv Kumar
 
d)    a) 
69. Match the following b) 
A. Golden collar workers 1. Quarternery activities c) 
B. White collar workers 2. Secondary activities d) 
C. Red collar workers 3. Quinery activities 74. In which year Income Tax Act was
D. Blue collar workers 4. Primary activities introduced?
     
A.   


a) 1961 b) 1962
B.   
c) 1966 d) 1963
 
75. Net National Income (NNI) does
C.   
  not include
D.    a) Indirect business taxes
 b) Corporate income taxes
A B C D A B C D c) Depreciation charges
a) 4 2 1 3 b) 1 3 2 4 d) The rental value of house owners
c) 3 1 4 2 d) 3 1 2 4   NNI

70. Among the following taxes which a)  b)  a) 
is not considered as a direct tax? c)  d)  b) 
a) Income tax b) Sales tax 71. Which one of the following is not c) 
c) Gift tax d) Wealth tax a function of the Reserve Bank of d)   
 India? 

 0461-4000970, 99445 11344, 9994170110  0462-2560123, 98942 41422, 99948 14400  75503 52916, 7550352917 6
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Time and Work/
76 A can do a piece of work in 20 days
and B can do it in 30 days How
long will they take to do the work
together?
A    
 B  
   
  
   81. Two taps can fill a tank in 30

a) 24 b) 12 c) 16 d) 18
77. A and B together can do a piece
of work in 8 days, but A alone can
do it 12 days. How many days
would B alone take to do the
same work?
A, B 
   A 

B   

a) 24 b) 18 c) 22 d) 16
78. Two persons A and B are engaged
in a work. A can do a piece of work
in 12 days and B can do the same 82. A man can complete a work in 4
work in 20 days. They work
together for 3 days and then A
goes away. In how many days will
B finish the work?
A 
 B   
   A, B
   
   A 
   B 

a) 8 b) 10 c) 14 d) 12 83. Two boys can finish a work in 10
79. A and B can do a piece of work in
12 days, B and C in 15 days, C and
A in 20 days. In how many days
will they finish it together and
seperately?
A, B    
   B, C 
   
 C, A   
   
  

a) 15 b) 12 c) 10 d) 14
80. A can do a piece of work in 10 days 84. Three men A, B and C and 88. A tap can fill a tank in 15 minutes.
and B can do it in 15 days. How
much does each of them get if
they finish the work and earn Rs.
1500?( (in Rs)
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A     B
   
  
  
  

a) 900, 600 b) 700, 800
c) 600, 900 d) 800, 700
minutes and 40 minutes. Another
tap can empty it in 24 minutes. If
the tank is empty and all the three
taps are kept open, in how much
time the tank will be filled? (in hrs)
   

  


  
   
  

a)  b) 1 c)  d) 
days, whereas a woman can
complete it in only 12 days. If they
work together, in how many days,
can the work be completed?

   
  

  

a) 5 b) 4 c) 3 d) 6
days when they work together. 87. A, B and C can do a work in 12, 24
The first boy can do it alone in 15
days. Find in how many days will
the second boy do it all by
himself?
   


   
  
  

a) 30 b) 15 c) 20 d) 25
Complete a job in 8, 12 and 16
days respectively. A and B work
together for 3 days; then B leaves
and C joins. In how many days, can
A and C finish the work?
A, B, C   
    
 A, B  
  
B C
  A, C 
  

a) 4 b) 6 c) 8 d) 2
85. A tap A can fill a drum in 10
minutes. A second tap B can fill in
20 minutes. A third tap C can
empty in 15 minutes. If initially
the drum is empty, find when it
will be full if all taps are opened
together?
A 
B 
    
  
 C   

  
 

a)  b)  c)  d) 
86. A can finish a job in 20 days and B
can complete it in 30 days. They
work together and finish the job.
If Rs. 600 is paid as wages, find the
share of each.
A     B
   
   


  

a)  b) 
c)  d) 
and 8 days respectively. They all
work for one day. Then C leaves
the group. In how many days will
A and B complete the rest of the
work?
A, B, C  
   
   
C 
A, B 

a) 8 b) 7 c) 6 d) 9
Another tap can empty it in 20
minutes. Initially the tank is
empty. If both the taps start
functioning, when will the tank
become full?
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   

   


  

a)  b)  c)  d) 
93. A alone can complete a work in 16
89. A can finish a work in 18 days and
B can do the same work in half the
time taken by A. Then, working to-
gether, what part of the same
work they can finish in a day?
A    
B 
A   

   

1 1 2 2
a) b) c) d)
6 9 5 7
90. A and B can do a work in 12 days,
94. Seven men can complete a work
B and C in 15 days, C and A in 20
days. If A, B and C work together,
they will complete the work in:(in
days)
A  B   

B  C   
C A 
   A,B
 C   

5 2
a)5 b) 7 c) 10 d) 15
6 3
91. A and B can complete a work in
15 days and 10 days respectively.
They started doing the work to-
gether but after 2 days B had to
leave and A alone completed the
remaining work. The whole work 95. 12 men complete a work in 9 days.
was completed in : (in days)
a) 8 b) 10 c) 12 d) 15
A B 

  

B 
A  
   

a) b)  c)  d) 
92. A and B can together finish a work
in 30 days. They worked together 96. Pipe A can fill a tank in 45 hrs and
for 20 days and then B left. After
another 20 days, A finished the re-
maining work. In how many days
A alone can finish the job?
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A  B   


 B 
    A
A
   

a) 40 b) 50 c) 54 d) 60
days and B alone in 12 days. Starting
with A, they work on alternate days.
The total work will be completed in:
(days)
A 
 B   
   
   A

   

5 3
a) 12 b) 13 c) 13 d) 13
7 4
in 12 days. they started the work
and after 5 days, two men left. In
how many days will the work be
completed by the remaining
men?
    
  
   
   


4
a) 11 b) 9
5
5 4
c) 9 d) 9
7 5
After they have worked for 6 days,
6 more men join them. How many
days will they take to complete 100.A, B and C can complete a piece
the remaining work? (days)
    
   

  
   

a) b)  c)  d) 
pipe B can fill it in 30hrs. Both the
pipes are opened when the tank
is empty. How soon will the tank
be full? (in hrs)
A    
B 



  

a)  b)  c)  d) 
97. 20 women can finish a piece of
work in 16 days and 16 men can
finish in 15 days. What is the ra-
tio of the working capacities of
man and a woman?
    



a) 3 : 4 b) 4 : 3 c) 5 : 3 d) 2 : 1
98. An empty water tank being filled
with water at a constant rate
2
takes 8 hours to fill th of its ca-
7
pacity. How much more time will
it take to finish the filling of the
water tank? (in hrs)
a) 28 b) 20 c) 8 d) 10
    
   
2
    
7


a)  b)  c)  d) 
99. A can do a job in 16 days. B is 60%
more efficient than A. Find the
number of days for B to finish the
same work
  A  
B A
  
   B

a) 16 b) 12 c) 10 d) 15
of work in 24, 6 and 12 days re-
spectively working together, they
will complete the same work in.
A, B C 

    
   
   


3 2
a) 3 b) 4
7 7
1
3
c) 10 d) 12
7 4
8
 CCSE - IV
TEST 09
1 B 26 A 51 C 76 B
2 D 27 B 52 C 77 A
3 A 28 A 53 C 78 D
4 B 29 B 54 B 79 C
5 B 30 B 55 B 80 A
6 A 31 A 56 B 81 B
7 A 32 A 57 C 82 C
8 A 33 B 58 C 83 A
9 A 34 B 59 A 84 D
10 A 35 C 60 B 85 B
11 C 36 B 61 D 86 A
12 B 37 A 62 A 87 C
13 D 38 A 63 C 88 D
14 C 39 A 64 C 89 A
15 A 40 C 65 C 90 C
16 C 41 A 66 B 91 C
17 C 42 B 67 C 92 D
18 D 43 B 68 C 93 D
19 C 44 D 69 C 94 D
20 C 45 C 70 B 95 A
21 C 46 B 71 D 96 D
22 A 47 C 72 A 97 B
23 B 48 C 73 D 98 B
24 A 49 A 74 A 99 C
25 B 50 C 75 C 100 A