Q1:

Development Experience (1947-90)

Easy

Arrange the following events in chronological order (oldest to latest).

A. India got independence.

B. The first census collection in India.

C. Introduction of the railways in India.

D. Incorporation of Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO).

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 21 May Shift 2 ECO question 1

Q3:

Forms of Market

Medium

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

(SMC = Short run marginal cost, AVC = Average variable Cost, MR= Marginal Revenue)

LIST-ILIST-II
A.Perfectly competitive MarketI.Normal profit in the long run
B.Point below where SMC curve cuts the AVC curveII.Break Even Point
C.Supply curve cuts the SMC curve at minimumIII.Shut Down Point
D.MR is precisely the market priceIV.Perfect Competition

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 21 May Shift 2 ECO question 3

Q4:

Rural Development

Easy

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

LIST-ILIST-II
A.Apni MandiI.Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.
B.Hadaspar MandiII.Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
C.Rythu BazarsIII.Pune.
D.Uzhavar SandiesIV.Tamil Nadu.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 21 May Shift 2 ECO question 4

Q6:

Forms of Market

Easy

In a perfectly competitive market firms can enter and exit freely from the market, then the equilibrium price in this condition is always equal to?

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Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 21 May Shift 2 ECO question 6

Q7:

Money & Banking

Easy

Who is the custodian of the foreign exchange reserves of the economy?

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Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 21 May Shift 2 ECO question 7

Q8:

Balance of Payments

Easy

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

LIST-ILIST-II
A.Open EconomyI.interacts with other countries through various channels.
B.Output MarketII.gives investors the opportunity to choose between domestic and foreign assets.
C.Financial MarketIII.widens choice that consumers and producers can choose between domestic and foreign goods.
D.Labour MarketIV.firms can choose where to locate production and workers to choose where to work.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 21 May Shift 2 ECO question 8

Q9:

Production & Costs

Easy

What are the values of marginal product and average product, when changes in labour from 3 to 4 with leads to changes in total product from 40 to 50?

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Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 21 May Shift 2 ECO question 9

Q10:

Development Experience of India

Medium

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

LIST-ILIST-II
A.Great Proletarian Cultural RevolutionI.1966
B.China First Five Year PlanII.1953
C.Medium Term Development Plan of PakistanIII.1956
D.India's First Five Year PlanIV.1951

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q11:

Development Experience of India

Medium

Choose the correct option with reference to the human development indicators.

A. Life Expectancy at Birth.

B. Mean years of Schooling.

C. People living Below Poverty Line.

D. Maternal Mortality Rate.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q12:

Introduction

Easy

A set of arrangements where economic agents can freely exchange their endowments or products with each other is known as:

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Q13:

Economic Reforms (1991)

Easy

What were the major problems that the Indian economy was facing before the introduction of new reform policy?

A. Declining foreign exchange.

B. Growing imports without matching rise in exports.

C. Government revenue exceeds expenditure.

D. Rising prices of essential goods.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q14:

Development Experience (1947-90)

Easy

In India, during the first seven plans, trade policy was characterized by an inward-looking trade strategy. Technically, this strategy is called:

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Q15:

National Income

Medium

Select the correct statements in the context of measuring national income by product method.

A. It calculates the aggregate annual value of goods and services produced in the country.

B. The value added is a stock variable.

C. The value added of a firm is distributed among its factors of production.

D. The value added of a firm is the value of production of the firm minus the value of intermediate goods used by the firm.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q17:

Income & Employment

Medium

What will be the difference between original and the new equilibrium level of income, when the investment rise from 10 to 20 at given consumption function C= 40 + 0.8Y?

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Q19:

Market Equilibrium

Easy

If additional unit tax imposed on goods by the government, then how it will be affect the movement of supply curve?

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Q21:

Economic Reforms (1991)

Easy

Which constitutional amendment was passed for Goods and services tax?

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Q22:

Development Experience of India

Easy

A geographical region within a country that has economic laws different from the country's typical economic laws is defined as:

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Q23:

Development Experience (1947-90)

Easy

The restrictions in the form of quotas imposed on imports to reduce balance of payments deficit and protect domestic industry is known as:

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Q24:

Human Capital Formation

Medium

Arrange the following events in descending order of time (latest to oldest).

A. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act.

B. The National Education Policy.

C. The Education Commission.

D. The Tapas-Majumdar Committee.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q25:

Consumer Behaviour

Medium

The expenditure on the good would change in the opposite direction as the price change if and only if the percentage change in quantity is greater than the percentage change in price, then the elasticity of good is:

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Q26:

Sustainable Economic Development

Easy

In 2015, the UN formulated 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) intended to be achieved by ____________.

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Q27:

National Income

Easy

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

LIST-ILIST-II
A.Consumer DurablesI.Not extinguished by immediate or even short period consumption.
B.Intermediate goodII.Used as raw material or inputs for production of other commodities.
C.Final goodIII.Fixed assets used in production process.
D.Capital goodsIV.Not pass through any more stages of production or transformations.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q28:

Government Budget

Easy

Identify the government deficit calculated by the following formula:

Net borrowing at home + Borrowing from RBI + Borrowing from abroad.

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Q29:

Money & Banking

Easy

Arrange the following statements in the context of impact on money supply by using Open Market Operations (OMO) tool.

A. RBI buys a Government bond in the open market.

B. It leads to increase in money supply.

C. RBI Pays through cheque to the commercial banks.

D. Thus increases the credit creation capacity of commercial banks.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q30:

Government Budget

Easy

Among the following which are the functions of government budget?

A. Allocation.

B. Redistribution.

C. Production.

D. Stabilisation.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q31:

Consumer Behaviour

Easy

Given the prices of goods and income of the consumers, the consumer can buy any bundle (X1_1, X2_2) such that P1_1X1_1 + P2_2X2_2 ≤ M. This inequality in the above equation is called__________.

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Q32:

Production & Costs

Medium

Select the correct statements in respect to the relationship between short-run cost curves.

A. Marginal cost (SMC), average variable cost(AVC) and short run average cost curves(SMC) are 'U' shaped.

B. SMC curve cuts the AVC curve from below at the minimum point of AVC.

C. AVC curve cuts the SMC curve from below at the minimum point of SMC.

D. SMC curve cuts the SAC curve from below at the minimum point of SAC.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q33:

Introduction

Medium

Arrange the following events in the ascending order:

A. General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.

B. The Economic Consequences of the Peace.

C. An Enquiry into the Nature and Cause of the Wealth of Nations.

D. The Great Depression.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q34:

National Income

Easy

Determine the GDP in the phase of distribution when firm X gives Rs.120 to the workers as wages, and keeps the 50 as its profits. Similarly, firm Y gives 250 as wages and keeps 70 as profits.

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Q35:

Balance of Payments

Medium

Calculate the current account balance from the information given below:

Exports = 400 crores

Imports = 750 crores

Net Invisibles

Income = - 60 crores

Transfer = 90 crores

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Q37:

National Income

Medium

An economy produces two goods, bread and wheat. A representative consumer buys 10 units of bread and 50 kg of wheat in a year. In the year 2023 the price of per bread was Rs 20 and wheat per kg was Rs 40. Suppose the price of both goods has gone up to Rs. 30 per bread and Rs. 50/kg wheat in the year 2024. Calculate the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

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Q38:

Production & Costs

Easy

The set of all possible combinations of the two inputs that yield the same maximum possible level of output is called?

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Q39:

Balance of Payments

Medium

Under dirty floating system, central banks intervene to buy and sell foreign currencies in an attempt to moderate exchange rate movements whenever they feel that such actions are appropriate. Therefore, official reserve transactions are:

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Q40:

Market Equilibrium

Medium

Arrange the following statements with reference to the impact of government price regulations on goods within the framework of perfect competition:

A. Subsequently, Government sets minimum prices for these goods and services.

B. For certain goods and services, fall price below a particular level is not desirable.

C. Consequently, Government needs to buy the surplus at the predetermined price.

D. Thus, this leads to an excess supply the market.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q41:

Income & Employment

Medium

The equilibrium output in economy also determines level of employment, given quantities of other factors of production. This means that level of output determined by equality of Y with AD does not necessarily mean level of output at which everyone is employed. The full-employment level of income is that level of income where all factors of production are fully employed in production process. The equilibrium attained at point of equality of Y and AD by itself, does not signify full-employment of resources. Equilibrium only means that if left to itself, level of income in economy will not change even when there is unemployment in economy. The equilibrium level of output may be more or less than full-employment level of output. If it is less than full-employment of output, it is due to fact that demand is not enough to employ all factors of production; this leads to decline in prices in long run. On other hand, if equilibrium level of output is more than full-employment level, it is due to fact that demand is more than level of output produced at full-employment level; this leads to rise in prices in long run. The increment in equilibrium value of total output thus exceeds the initial increment in autonomous expenditure. The ratio of the total increment in equilibrium value of final goods output to the initial increment in autonomous expenditure is called the investment multiplier of the economy.

With the price level as fixed, the aggregate supply curve in macroeconomic equilibrium is:

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Q42:

Income & Employment

Easy

The equilibrium output in economy also determines level of employment, given quantities of other factors of production. This means that level of output determined by equality of Y with AD does not necessarily mean level of output at which everyone is employed. The full-employment level of income is that level of income where all factors of production are fully employed in production process. The equilibrium attained at point of equality of Y and AD by itself, does not signify full-employment of resources. Equilibrium only means that if left to itself, level of income in economy will not change even when there is unemployment in economy. The equilibrium level of output may be more or less than full-employment level of output. If it is less than full-employment of output, it is due to fact that demand is not enough to employ all factors of production; this leads to decline in prices in long run. On other hand, if equilibrium level of output is more than full-employment level, it is due to fact that demand is more than level of output produced at full-employment level; this leads to rise in prices in long run. The increment in equilibrium value of total output thus exceeds the initial increment in autonomous expenditure. The ratio of the total increment in equilibrium value of final goods output to the initial increment in autonomous expenditure is called the investment multiplier of the economy.

What are the equilibrium conditions in two-sector model?

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Q43:

Income & Employment

Easy

The equilibrium output in economy also determines level of employment, given quantities of other factors of production. This means that level of output determined by equality of Y with AD does not necessarily mean level of output at which everyone is employed. The full-employment level of income is that level of income where all factors of production are fully employed in production process. The equilibrium attained at point of equality of Y and AD by itself, does not signify full-employment of resources. Equilibrium only means that if left to itself, level of income in economy will not change even when there is unemployment in economy. The equilibrium level of output may be more or less than full-employment level of output. If it is less than full-employment of output, it is due to fact that demand is not enough to employ all factors of production; this leads to decline in prices in long run. On other hand, if equilibrium level of output is more than full-employment level, it is due to fact that demand is more than level of output produced at full-employment level; this leads to rise in prices in long run. The increment in equilibrium value of total output thus exceeds the initial increment in autonomous expenditure. The ratio of the total increment in equilibrium value of final goods output to the initial increment in autonomous expenditure is called the investment multiplier of the economy.

Which of the following will be the reason for equilibrium less than full-employment of output?

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Q44:

Income & Employment

Easy

The equilibrium output in economy also determines level of employment, given quantities of other factors of production. This means that level of output determined by equality of Y with AD does not necessarily mean level of output at which everyone is employed. The full-employment level of income is that level of income where all factors of production are fully employed in production process. The equilibrium attained at point of equality of Y and AD by itself, does not signify full-employment of resources. Equilibrium only means that if left to itself, level of income in economy will not change even when there is unemployment in economy. The equilibrium level of output may be more or less than full-employment level of output. If it is less than full-employment of output, it is due to fact that demand is not enough to employ all factors of production; this leads to decline in prices in long run. On other hand, if equilibrium level of output is more than full-employment level, it is due to fact that demand is more than level of output produced at full-employment level; this leads to rise in prices in long run. The increment in equilibrium value of total output thus exceeds the initial increment in autonomous expenditure. The ratio of the total increment in equilibrium value of final goods output to the initial increment in autonomous expenditure is called the investment multiplier of the economy.

What is the expression for the investment multiplier?

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Q45:

Income & Employment

Easy

The equilibrium output in economy also determines level of employment, given quantities of other factors of production. This means that level of output determined by equality of Y with AD does not necessarily mean level of output at which everyone is employed. The full-employment level of income is that level of income where all factors of production are fully employed in production process. The equilibrium attained at point of equality of Y and AD by itself, does not signify full-employment of resources. Equilibrium only means that if left to itself, level of income in economy will not change even when there is unemployment in economy. The equilibrium level of output may be more or less than full-employment level of output. If it is less than full-employment of output, it is due to fact that demand is not enough to employ all factors of production; this leads to decline in prices in long run. On other hand, if equilibrium level of output is more than full-employment level, it is due to fact that demand is more than level of output produced at full-employment level; this leads to rise in prices in long run. The increment in equilibrium value of total output thus exceeds the initial increment in autonomous expenditure. The ratio of the total increment in equilibrium value of final goods output to the initial increment in autonomous expenditure is called the investment multiplier of the economy.

The situation in which the equilibrium level of output is less than full employment of output, is called as:

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Q46:

Employment

Easy

Worker population ratio is an indicator which is used for analysing the employment situation in the country .The ratio is useful is knowing the proportion of population that is actively contributing to the production of goods and services of a country. There has been a change in the structure of workforce in India. Newly emerging jobs are found mostly in the service sector. The expansion of the service sector and the advent of high technology now frequently permit a highly competitive existence for efficient small scale and often individual enterprises or specialist workers side by side with the multinationals. Outsourcing of work is becoming a common practice. It means that a big firm finds it profitable to close down some of its specialist departments and hand over a large number of small piecemeal jobs to very small enterprises or specialist individuals, sometimes situated even in other countries. The traditional notion of the modern factory or office, as a result, has been altered in such a manner that for many the home is becoming the workplace. All of this change has not gone in favour of the individual worker. The nature of employment has become more informal with only limited availability of social security measures to the workers. In the last few decades, there has been rapid growth in the gross domestic product, but without simultaneous increase in employment opportunities. This has forced the government to take up initiatives in generating employment opportunities particularly in the rural areas as it is seen in rural economy that dependency in absolute term is increasing on farm sector.

How to measure the worker-population ratio?

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Q47:

Employment

Easy

Worker population ratio is an indicator which is used for analysing the employment situation in the country .The ratio is useful is knowing the proportion of population that is actively contributing to the production of goods and services of a country. There has been a change in the structure of workforce in India. Newly emerging jobs are found mostly in the service sector. The expansion of the service sector and the advent of high technology now frequently permit a highly competitive existence for efficient small scale and often individual enterprises or specialist workers side by side with the multinationals. Outsourcing of work is becoming a common practice. It means that a big firm finds it profitable to close down some of its specialist departments and hand over a large number of small piecemeal jobs to very small enterprises or specialist individuals, sometimes situated even in other countries. The traditional notion of the modern factory or office, as a result, has been altered in such a manner that for many the home is becoming the workplace. All of this change has not gone in favour of the individual worker. The nature of employment has become more informal with only limited availability of social security measures to the workers. In the last few decades, there has been rapid growth in the gross domestic product, but without simultaneous increase in employment opportunities. This has forced the government to take up initiatives in generating employment opportunities particularly in the rural areas as it is seen in rural economy that dependency in absolute term is increasing on farm sector.

Which among the following is common practice in new development approach?

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Q48:

Employment

Easy

Worker population ratio is an indicator which is used for analysing the employment situation in the country .The ratio is useful is knowing the proportion of population that is actively contributing to the production of goods and services of a country. There has been a change in the structure of workforce in India. Newly emerging jobs are found mostly in the service sector. The expansion of the service sector and the advent of high technology now frequently permit a highly competitive existence for efficient small scale and often individual enterprises or specialist workers side by side with the multinationals. Outsourcing of work is becoming a common practice. It means that a big firm finds it profitable to close down some of its specialist departments and hand over a large number of small piecemeal jobs to very small enterprises or specialist individuals, sometimes situated even in other countries. The traditional notion of the modern factory or office, as a result, has been altered in such a manner that for many the home is becoming the workplace. All of this change has not gone in favour of the individual worker. The nature of employment has become more informal with only limited availability of social security measures to the workers. In the last few decades, there has been rapid growth in the gross domestic product, but without simultaneous increase in employment opportunities. This has forced the government to take up initiatives in generating employment opportunities particularly in the rural areas as it is seen in rural economy that dependency in absolute term is increasing on farm sector.

Which among the following reflect jobless growth phenomena?

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Q49:

Employment

Easy

Worker population ratio is an indicator which is used for analysing the employment situation in the country .The ratio is useful is knowing the proportion of population that is actively contributing to the production of goods and services of a country. There has been a change in the structure of workforce in India. Newly emerging jobs are found mostly in the service sector. The expansion of the service sector and the advent of high technology now frequently permit a highly competitive existence for efficient small scale and often individual enterprises or specialist workers side by side with the multinationals. Outsourcing of work is becoming a common practice. It means that a big firm finds it profitable to close down some of its specialist departments and hand over a large number of small piecemeal jobs to very small enterprises or specialist individuals, sometimes situated even in other countries. The traditional notion of the modern factory or office, as a result, has been altered in such a manner that for many the home is becoming the workplace. All of this change has not gone in favour of the individual worker. The nature of employment has become more informal with only limited availability of social security measures to the workers. In the last few decades, there has been rapid growth in the gross domestic product, but without simultaneous increase in employment opportunities. This has forced the government to take up initiatives in generating employment opportunities particularly in the rural areas as it is seen in rural economy that dependency in absolute term is increasing on farm sector.

All the working persons engaged in economic activities can be classified into:

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Q50:

Employment

Easy

Worker population ratio is an indicator which is used for analysing the employment situation in the country .The ratio is useful is knowing the proportion of population that is actively contributing to the production of goods and services of a country. There has been a change in the structure of workforce in India. Newly emerging jobs are found mostly in the service sector. The expansion of the service sector and the advent of high technology now frequently permit a highly competitive existence for efficient small scale and often individual enterprises or specialist workers side by side with the multinationals. Outsourcing of work is becoming a common practice. It means that a big firm finds it profitable to close down some of its specialist departments and hand over a large number of small piecemeal jobs to very small enterprises or specialist individuals, sometimes situated even in other countries. The traditional notion of the modern factory or office, as a result, has been altered in such a manner that for many the home is becoming the workplace. All of this change has not gone in favour of the individual worker. The nature of employment has become more informal with only limited availability of social security measures to the workers. In the last few decades, there has been rapid growth in the gross domestic product, but without simultaneous increase in employment opportunities. This has forced the government to take up initiatives in generating employment opportunities particularly in the rural areas as it is seen in rural economy that dependency in absolute term is increasing on farm sector.

Economists call unemployment prevailing in Indian farming sector as:

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