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The economic strength of a country is measured by the development of its _______.

  1. Manufacturing industries

  2. Agricultural activities

  3. Banking services

  4. Small scale industries


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The economic strength of a country is measured by the development of its Manufacturing industries.
The economic strength of a country lies in the development of manufacturing industries because : (i) Manufacturing industries help in modernizing agriculture. (ii) This sector transforms raw materials into finished products creating more choices for the consumers and making it more prosperous.

 Economic development is characterized by _____________________.

  1. Structural change in the economy

  2. Change in the occupational structure

  3. Both a and b

  4. none of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Development is a sustained effort. Economic development of any nation can be characterized by the following:

  1. Increases in output or production has to be sustained over a long period of time.
  2. Changes in economic structure would spread out in the entire economy. 
  3. Growth has to be accompanied by an increase in efficiency.

Which of the following explains the term economic development?

  1. Improvement in the technology involved

  2. Improvement in production

  3. Improvement in distribution system

  4. All the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Which of the following is the currency of Philippines, which is undergoing three year economic programme drawn up with I.M.F.?

  1. Peso

  2. Ngultram

  3. Rufiyaa

  4. France

  5. Pula


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Philippine peso
The Philippine peso (currency code: PHP) is the official currency of the Philippines. The colorful notes come in denominations of 10 (not common), 20, 50, 100, 200 (not common), 500, and 1,000. The peso is further divided into 100 centavos, however, you'll rarely deal with or encounter these fractional amounts.

An underdeveloped economy is characterized by _______.

  1. State of deprivation of large proportion of population

  2. Large proportion of labor force in the tertiary sector

  3. Both a and b

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • Underdeveloped countries face the problem of deprivation of large section of the population, low per capita real income etc.
  • Underdevelopment is low level of development characterized by low real per capita income, widespread poverty, lower level of literacy, low life expectancy and underutilisation of resources etc. 
  • The state in underdeveloped economy fails to provide acceptable levels of living to a large fraction of its population, thus resulting into misery and material deprivations.

Population in Tamil Nadu has __________ over a period of 60 years from 1951 to 2011.

  1. Increased

  2. Doubled

  3. Decreased

  4. No change


Correct Option: A

The term "Unani" often heard in news is

  1. A wireless network service

  2. A district in Uttar Pradesh

  3. A system of medicine

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: C

With which activity is the wall street is New York, U.S.A. associated?

  1. Films

  2. Banking & Finance

  3. Defence

  4. Literary arts


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Wall Street is an eight-block-long street running roughly northwest to southeast from Broadway to South Street, at the East River, in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City.

When are women paid for their work?

  1. When they work for their family members

  2. When they enter the labour market

  3. When they do hard work

  4. Whey they get high education


Correct Option: B

The population of Tamil Nadu has _____ over a period of 60 years from 1951 to 2011.

  1. Doubled

  2. Tripled

  3. Tumbled

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The population of Tamil Nadu has doubled over a period of 60 years from 1951 to 2011.