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Questions Related to economics

The national highways account for about ______ of the total road network but carry ____of the movement of goods and passengers.

  1. 2.7%, 40%

  2. 1.5%, 20%

  3. 1.25%, 40%

  4. 1%, 20%


Correct Option: A

Deficit financing contributed to ___________________.

  1. $8.6%$ of public sector outlay in $8th$ plan

  2. $66%$ of public sector outlay in $8th$ plan

  3. $46%$ of public sector outlay in $8th$ plan

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A

TRAI is?

  1. Telecommunication reporting authority of India

  2. Telecom regulatory authority of India

  3. The telecom Regulations development authority of India

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B

In Infrastructure of an economy we include _______.

  1. power

  2. transport

  3. communications

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D

The total rail route length in India is about 67,368 km and of this _______ is electrified.

  1. 6,808 km

  2. 35,488 km

  3. 95,101 km

  4. 63,000 km


Correct Option: B

The total rail route length in India is about  ________.

  1. 6,000 km

  2. 13,000 km

  3. 95,000 km

  4. 67,000 km


Correct Option: D

The Indian Telecommunications network with 621 million connections as on March 2010 is the _____ in the world.

  1. second largest

  2. third largest

  3. fourth largest

  4. fifth largest


Correct Option: A

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

  1. Indian Road Network is second longest in the world

  2. Rural Road Network connects around $65\%$ of all weather roads

  3. Most of the State Road Transport Corporations are running on profits

  4. National Highways carry more than $40\%$ of the Total Road Traffic


Correct Option: C

___________ carry more than $40\%$ of the total road traffic in India.

  1. National Highways

  2. State Highways

  3. Rural Roads

  4. Unsurfaced Roads


Correct Option: A

Indian Road Transport has ___________ Operators.

  1. government

  2. private sector

  3. both (a) and (b)

  4. neither (a) nor (b)


Correct Option: C