Economics GK | Economics Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams

Mostly Asked Economics GK Questions

51. Which of the following deals with economic offences?

a) MISA
 b) NSA
 c) TADA
 d) COFEPOSA

52. In India, inflation is measured by

a) wholesale price index number
 b) consumer price index for urban non-manual workers
 c) consumer price index for agricultural workers
 d) national income deflation

53. Which of the following programs meets the credit needs of poor women?

a) Mahila Samriddhi Yojna
 b) Rashtriya Mahila Kosh
 c) Indira Mahila Yojna
 d) Mahila Samakhya Programme

54. National income is the

a) Net National Product at Market price
 b) Net National product at factor coast
 c) net domestic product at market price
 d) net domestic product at factor cost

55. Which of the following programs aims at the promotion of savings among rural women?

a) Rashtriya Mahila Kosh
 b) Mahila Samriddhi Yojna
 c) Indira Mahila Yojna
 d) Javhar Rozgar Yojna

56. Which is the largest commercial bank in India?

a) Reserve Bank of India
 b) State Bank of India
 c) ICICI Bank
 d) Bank of India

57. Bank of Hindustan is the oldest bank in India. When did it start functioning?

a) 1990
 b) 1770
 c) 1885
 d) 1892

58. The Bank of Calcutta, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Madras were merged in 1921 to form

a) Reserve Bank of India
 b) Imperial Bank of India
 c) Bank of India
 d) Union Bank of India

59. When was the Reserve Bank of India established?

a) 1935
 b) 1920
 c) 1928
 d) 1947

60. When was the Imperial Bank of India nationalized to form the State Bank of India?

a) 1947
 b) 1949
 c) 1951
 d) 1955