INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Consider the following statements about the ‘Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)’: 

1. It is the percentage of deposits which every bank must keep as cash reserves with the central bank. 

2. Banks cannot lend the CRR money to corporates or individual borrowers but they can use that money for investment purposes. 

3. Banks earn interest on the CRR money kept with the central bank. 

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. A surplus current account means that the nation is a lender to other countries and a deficit current account means that the nation is a borrower from other countries. 

2. The capital account deals with the change in ownership of a country’s assets, and the current account reflects the change in a country’s net income.

3. Developing nations typically run very large capital account deficits in proportion to their GDP, which are financed by loans and grants on the current account.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following conditions can increase the acceptability of a national currency to be used as an international medium of exchange?

1. The amount of goods that can be bought with a certain amount of that currency does not change frequently. 

2. The national currency is freely convertible at a fixed price into another asset like gold.

3. The issuing authority has full control over the value of that asset into which the currency can be converted.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the following statements: 

1. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at factor cost is gross domestic product at market prices, less net product taxes.

2. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at factor cost measures final value of output produced by the firms within the domestic boundaries of a country in a year.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Read the following statements carefully in the context of ‘Gross Domestic Product at Market Prices’:

1. It is the market value of all final goods and services produced within a domestic territory of a country measured in a year.

2. It includes all production done by national residents or the non-residents in a country.

3. It excludes all production done by residents in a country if the production is owned by a foreign company.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following is generally the largest source for financing the ‘fiscal deficit’ of the Union government? 

With reference to a normal Union Budget, consider the following types of deficits:

1. Fiscal Deficit.

2. Revenue Deficit.

3. Effective Revenue Deficit.

4. Primary Deficit.

Arrange the types of deficits mentioned above in decreasing order and select the correct answer using codes given below:

Which of the following economic terms reflects the total borrowing requirement of the Government?  

1. Fiscal Deficit

2. Revenue Deficit 

3. Effective Revenue Deficit 

4. Primary Deficit  

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Consider the following statements:

1. The demand for every good in the market has a direct relationship with increase or decrease in its price.

2. Price elasticity is a measure of the change in demand of product/service in response to changes in income of consumers.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

In context of a centrally planned economy, consider the following statements: 

1. The government always intervenes to achieve an equitable distribution of the final mix of goods and services amongst the population.

2. All important decisions regarding production, exchange and consumption of goods and services are made by the government. 

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?