INDIAN ECONOMY 2008-09 QUIZ

Indian Economy 2008-09 Quiz
1. The outlay of Railways annual plan 2008–09 (as Rail Budget 2008–09) has been hiked by 21% which stands at—
Rs. 37,500 crorec
2. Allocation for waiving farmer’s loan in budget 2008–09 stands at—
Rs. 60,000 crore
3. As budget proposals for 2008–09 the percentage share of direct taxes, in gross tax revenue is—
53·07%
4. Chelliah Committee recommended to tax the agriculture income of non-farmers having income above—
Rs. 25000
5. Twelfth Finance Commission under Chairmanship of Dr. C. Rangrajan has submitted its final report on—
November 30, 2004
6. ‘Open market operation’ is a part of—
Credit Policy
7. The city having highest population in the world is—
Mexico City
8. Targeted power capacity addition for 11th plan period is—
66463 MW
9. The Ex-officio Secretary of NDC is—
Secretary of Planning Commission
10. 15th SAARC Summit was held in July–August 2008. The changed venue of the summit is—
Sri Lanka
11. The Finance Commission is appointed for every
5 Years
12. 11th National Conference on e-governance was held on 7–8 February, 2008 at—
Panchkula (Haryana)
13. Which percentage of Central Taxes have been recommended by the 12th Finance Commission to be transferred to States ?
30·5%
14. Which state possesses the maximum percentage of SC population ?
Punjab
15. Government was decided to cover all districts of the country in National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP)—
Upto March 31, 2008
16.What is ‘NIKKEI’ ?
Share Price Index of Tokyo Share
17. NABARD was established on the recommendation of—
Shivaraman Committee
18. Sampurna Gramin Rojgar Yojana has been launched from—
25th Sept., 2001
19. Which company is providing mobile service with name ‘Cell one’ to the consumers ?
BSNL
20. VAT is imposed—
On all stages between production and final sale