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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.

According to 2011 Census, the population of Tamil Nadu was about _____.

  1. 6,98,936

  2. 7,21,38,958

  3. 8,01,38,916

  4. 8,18,38,913


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

As per 2011 Census, the population of Tamil Nadu was about 7,21,38,958 of which 3,61,58,871 was males and 3,59,80,087 was females. Tamil Nadu as a whole has 5.96% of the total national population.

Scarcity of capital, technological backwardness and unemployment are generally found in ___________.

  1. developed countries

  2. underdeveloped countries

  3. developing

  4. none


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  • The underdeveloped countries are characterized by:
  1.  Low per capita income 
  2.  High rate of capital formation 
  3.  High dependency figure 
  4.  Working force largely in the primary sector 

 Consider the following statements and identify the right ones.

  1. COR is relatively low in labour intensive sectors.

  2. COR will be high in capital intensive sectors

  3. Both a and b

  4. none of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The labour intensive sector is the one in which large amount of labour is required by any industry for the production of goods whereas capital intensive sector is the one in which a huge capital invesment is required by the industry to produce goods. Labour intensive includes restuarants, agriculture etc whereas oil production and refining, railways etc. Thus COR is high in capital intensive and low in labour intensive.