Previous year MCQs

Economy UPPSC 1995 GS-I
Question

National income of India is estimated by:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: Central Statistical Organisation

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Central Statistical Organisation”.
The CSO is the primary government agency responsible for compiling and publishing official statistics on various aspects of the Indian economy, including national income estimates.

Similar Questions:

Two largest items of import in India in recent years are:
  1. A) Petroleum products and food grains
  2. B) Capital goods and petroleum products
  3. C) Petroleum products and chemical fertilisers
  4. D) Gold and petroleum products
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): The labour force participation rate failing sharply in the recent years for females in India.
Reason (R): The decline in labour force participation rate is due to the improved family income and increase in education.

Select the correct answer from codes given below:
Codes:
  1. A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  2. B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  3. C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
  4. D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Main agency to resolve the fiscal dispute between the Centre and States is:
  1. A) Supreme Court
  2. B) Law Minister
  3. C) Finance Minister
  4. D) Finance Commission
Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below the lists.

List – I (Yojna/Programme) List-II (Launching Year)
A. National Rural Health Mission 1. 1995
B. National Social Assistance Programme 2. 2005
C. Swarn Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojna 3. 2001
D. Sampoora Grameen Rojgar Yojna 4. 1999
  1. A) 4 2 1 3
  2. B) 2 1 4 3
  3. C) 2 4 1 3
  4. D) 1 2 3 4
Role of Human Resources in Economic development, which of the following statement/s is/are correct?

1. Effects of economic development on population growth.
2. Effects of population growth in economic development.

Select the correct answer using the code given below—
Code -
  1. A) Only 1
  2. B) Only 2
  3. C) Both 1 and 2
  4. D) Neither 1 nor 2
Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
  1. A) SEBI - Security market regulatory body
  2. B) RBI - Banking Regulatory Authority
  3. C) IDBI - World Bank
  4. D) SBI - Commercial Bank
The Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) has been created under:
  1. A) Reserve Bank of India
  2. B) NABARD
  3. C) Ministry of Agriculture
  4. D) Ministry of Rural Development
What is meant by a Bullock–Capitalist?
  1. A) Farmers who are poor
  2. B) Farmers who are rich
  3. C) Farmers who have some resources but are not rich
  4. D) Farmers who are big Zamindars
Indian rupee has been made fully convertible on:
  1. A) Current account on March 1, 1993
  2. B) Current account in August, 1994
  3. C) Capital account in August, 1994
  4. D) Current account in April, 1995
The founder of school of Navya-Nyaya was:
  1. A) Raghunath Shiromani
  2. B) Gangesh
  3. C) Sridhara
  4. D) Udayana
Who was selected as first Satyagrahi in Individual Satyagrah Movement by Mahatma Gandhi?
  1. A) Jawahar Lal Nehru
  2. B) Sardar Patel
  3. C) Sarojini Naidu
  4. D) Vinoba Bhave
Match list-I with list-Il and select the correct answer using code given below the lists —
List - I - List-Il
(Theories of Population) (Propounders of Theories)

(A) Optimum Population Theory - (1) Thompson
(B) Social Mal-adjustment Theory - (2) Malthus
(C) Demographic Transition Theory - (3) Edwin Kennan
(D) Population-Food Supply Relationship Theory - (4) Henry George
  1. A) A-(3), B-(4), C-(1), D-(2)
  2. B) A-(2), B-(3), C-(4), D-(1)
  3. C) A-(1), B-(2), C-(3), D-(4)
  4. D) A-(4), B-(3), C-(1), D-(2)