Previous year MCQs

Economy UPPSC 2009 GS-I
Question

Poverty level in India is established on the basis of:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: house-hold consumer expenditure

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “house-hold consumer expenditure”.
India's poverty level is based on household consumer expenditure.

Similar Questions:

Which one of the following is not an objective of fiscal policy of Indian Government?
  1. A) Full employment
  2. B) Price stability
  3. C) Regulation of inter-state Trade
  4. D) Equitable distribution of wealth and income
The reason for increase in price of food grain distributed through public distribution system is to:
  1. A) Allow farmers to receive remunerative prices
  2. B) To control the consumption of food grain
  3. C) Lessen the burden of subsidy involved in scheme
  4. D) Earn profit out of scheme
Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the code given below:

Assertion(A): Economic development requires a multidimensional approach.
Reason(R): The present Government of India is focussing mainly on micro-economic issues.

Codes:
  1. A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
  2. B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (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.
Who of the following Mughal Emperors was coronated twice?
  1. A) Akbar
  2. B) Jahangir
  3. C) Shahjahan
  4. D) Aurangzeb
Which is the highest peak in Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
  1. A) Saddle Peak
  2. B) Mount Thuiller
  3. C) Mount Diavolo
  4. D) Mount Koyale
If 3/16 of a tank is filled in 15 minutes, the rest of the tank will be filled in:
  1. A) 61 minutes
  2. B) 65 minutes
  3. C) 79 minutes
  4. D) 81 minutes
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  1. A) 2 per cent annum
  2. B) 3 percent per annum
  3. C) 5 per cent per annum
  4. D) 7 per cent per annum
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  2. B) mercury thermometer
  3. C) total radiation pyrometer
  4. D) vapour pressure thermometer
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  1. A) IDBI
  2. B) ICICI
  3. C) Money market mutual funds
  4. D) RBI
As per 2001 2011 Census arrange the following States/Union Territories in descending order of population.
  1. A) Chandigarh - Puducherry - Sikkim - Mizoram
  2. B) Chandigarh - Puducherry - Mizoram - Sikkim
  3. C) Puducherry - Chandigarh - Mizoram - Sikkim
  4. D) Mizoram - Chandigarh - Puducherry - Sikkim
The Government of India has nationalised 14 banks of the country in:
  1. A) July, 1969
  2. B) August, 1971
  3. C) March, 1981
  4. D) July, 1991
A fluorescent tube is preferred to an electric bulb because:
  1. A) It has a larger light emitting surface
  2. B) Voltage fluctuations do not affect it
  3. C) In a tube electrical energy is almost full converted into light.
  4. D) None of the above