Economy UPPSC 2008 GS-I
Question

Which one of the following four Foreign Banks operating in India, has the largest number of branches in the country?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: Standard Chartered Bank

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Standard Chartered Bank”.

Standard Chartered Bank has the largest number of branches in India, with 100 branches across 43 cities.

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Which one of the following crop cycles is considered most suitable for Eastern U.P.?
  1. Rice/Maize-Wheat
  2. Maize-Potato-Moong
  3. Maize-Grape-Wheat
  4. Cotton-Wheat-Moong
In India, the two most urbanised States are:
  1. Goa and Tamil Nadu
  2. Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh
  3. Goa and Mizoram
  4. Gujarat and Karnataka
Consider following statements as Assertion (A) and Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Uttar Pradesh has the largest concentration of India’s population.
Reason (R): It is also the most densely populated State of India.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
  1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)
  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false
  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true
During 1991-952023-2024 the countries which brought largest direct foreign investment to India are:
  1. USA and Japan
  2. USA and Germany
  3. Japan and Israel
  4. Mauritius and Singapore
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): There has been a growing demand for review of Centre-State relationship.
Reason (R): The States have no adequate resources to take up developmental projects.

In the light of above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
Codes:
  1. Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  2. Both (A) and (R) are individually true, but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)
  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false
  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true
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  1. Copenhagen-Austria
  2. Berlin-Germany
  3. Paris-France
  4. Oslo-Norway
The Minamata disease of Japan in 1953 was caused by eating fish contaminated by:
  1. Nickel
  2. Lead
  3. Mercury
  4. Cadmium
An increase in CRR by the Reserve Bank of India results in
  1. Decrease in debt of the government.
  2. Reduction in liquidity in the economy.
  3. Attracting more FDI in the country.
  4. More flow of credit to desired sectors.
Among the services sector, which has the highest share in India's GDP in 2006?
  1. Trade, Hotels, Transport and Communications
  2. Finance, Insurance, Real estate and Business Services
  3. Community, social and personal Services
  4. Construction of buildings
Which one of the following is not part of the Indian capital market:
  1. IDBI
  2. ICICI
  3. Money market mutual funds
  4. RBI
Assertion (A): Many industries in India have obtained ISO 9001 and ISO 9002 certification in the recent past.
Reason (R): There has been considerable liberalisation in the licensing policy of the Government of India.


Code:
  1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. Both A and R or true but R is not the correct explanation of A
  3. A is true but R is false
  4. A is false but R is true
At present the contribution of agriculture to the national income of India stands at:
  1. 55 per cent
  2. 44 per cent
  3. 33 per cent
  4. 18 per cent