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Prelims 2001 – 2000 · page 25 of 30

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  1. The Union Budget, 2000 awarded a Tax Holiday for the North-eastern Region to promote industrialisation for

  2. Consider the following taxes:

    I.Corporation tax
    II.Customs duty
    III.Wealth tax
    IV.Excise duty

    Which of these is/are indirect taxes?

  3. The largest share of Foreign Direct Investment (1997-2000) went to

  4. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:

    List I (Publisher)

    A.Ministry of Industry
    B.Central Statistical Organisation
    C.Reserve Bank of India
    D.Ministry of Finance

    List II (Publication)

    1.Report on Currency and Finance
    2.Economic Survey
    3.Wholesale Price Index
    4.National Accounts Statistics
  5. The earlier name of WTO was

  6. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:

    List I

    I.UN Development Programme
    II.National Council of Applied Economic Research
    III.Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
    IV.World Bank

    List II

    A) India Human Development Report

    B) India Development Report

    C) World Development Report

    D) Human Development Report

    Codes:

  7. “...instil into the vast millions of workers, men and women, who actually do the job, a sense of partnership and of cooperative performance....” The above passage relates to

  8. The Standing Committee of State Finance Ministers recommended in January 2000 uniform rates across the States in respect of

  9. Indian Human Development Report does not give for each sample village

  10. Economic liberalisation in India started with

  11. Gilt-edged market means

  12. The Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana which came into operation from 1 December 1997 aims to provide gainful employment to the urban unemployed or underemployed poor but does not include

  13. Consider the following statements:

    The Indian rupee is fully convertible

    I.In respect of Current Account of Balance of Payment.
    II.In respect of Capital Account of Balance of Payment.
    III.Into gold.

    Which of these statements is/are correct?

  14. Resurgent India Bonds were issued in US Dollar, Pound Sterling and

  15. Consider the following statements: The Ministerial Meeting of the WTO held in December 1999 was unsuccessful because it attempted to link trade with

    1.Labour related issues.
    2.Environment related issues.
    3.Terrorism related issues.
    4.Debt related issues.

    Which of these statements are correct?

  16. The growth rate of per capita income at current prices is higher than that of per capita income at constant prices, because the latter takes into account the rate of

  17. The first Indian State to have its Human Development Report prepared and released by Amartya Kumar Sen in Delhi is

  18. A rise in ‘SENSEX’ means

  19. The new Gross Domestic Product (GDP) series released by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) in February 1999 is with reference to base price of

  20. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:

    List I

    I.Boom
    II.Recession
    III.Depression
    IV.Recovery

    List II

    A) Business activity at high level with increasing income, output and employment at macro level

    B) Gradual fall of income, output and employment with business activity in a low gear

    C) Unprecedented level of under employment and unemployment, drastic fall in income, output and employment

    D) Steady rise in the general level of prices, income, output and employment

    Codes:

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