Economic Quiz For SSC Exam

1. Which one of the following statements most appropriately describes the nature of the Green Revolution?

(a) Intensive cultivation of crops

(b) Seed-fertilizer-water technology

(c) Intensive agriculture district programme

(d) High-yielding varieties programme

2. Who gave the call for ‘Evergreen Revolution’ in India?

(a) MS Swaminathan 

(b) APJ Abdul Kalam

(c) Dr Manmohan Singh 

(d) MS Ahluwalia

3. Abid Hussain Committee is related to reforms in industries.

(a) private sector 

(b) large

(c) public sector 

(d) small

4. Name the First Indian private company to sign an accord with Government of Myanmar for oil exploration in second offshore blocks in that country:

(a) Reliance Energy 

(b) GAIL

(c) ONGC 

(d) Essar Oil

5. In which area is the public sector most dominant in India?

(a) Organized term lending financial institutions

(b) Transport

(c) Commercial banking

(d) Steel production

6. Reserve Bank of India was nationalized in the year:

(a) 1935 

(b) 1945

(c) 1949 

(d) 1969

7. In India, inflation measured by the:

(a) Wholesale Price Index number

(b) Consumers Price Index for urban non-manual workers

(c) Consumers Price Index for agricultural workers

(d) National Income Deflation

8. Paper currency first started in India in:

(a) 1861 

(b) 1542

(c) 1601 

(d) 1880

9. Devaluation of currency leads to:

(a) fall in domestic prices

(b) increase in domestic prices

(c) no impact on domestic prices

(d) erratic fluctuations in domestic prices

10. The New Symbol of Indian Rupee is a blend of:

(a) Devanagiri Ra

(b) Roman R

(c) Devanagiri Ra and Roman

(d) None of these

Answers Key :
1.(b)
2.(a)
3.(c)
4.(d)
5.(c)
6.(c)
7.(a)
8.(a)
9.(a)
10.(c)