ECONOMICS MOCK QUESTIONS FOR APFC & CIVIL SERVICES

Q.1 Jan Dhan Yojna is a recently launched Banking Scheme for financial inclusion under which each account holder will get, among others
1. An overdraft facility of Rs.5,000
2. An insurance cover of Rs. 1,00,000
3. A credit card
Codes:
A) 1 only
B) 2 & 3 only
C) 1 & 2 only
D) 1,2 & 3
Ans. C

Q.2 Consider the following :

Companies CEOs
1. Amazon.com         - Jeff Bezos
2. Apple Inc. - Tim Cook
3. Citi group - Michael Corbat
4. Google - Felipe Gozon
Which of the above are correctly matched ?

A) 1,2,3
B) 2,3,4
C) 1 & 2
D) 2 & 3

Ans. A
Google- Sundar Pichai


Q.3 Shivraj Patil , M Thambidurai, Karia Munda , Who are they ?

A) Deputy speakers of Rajya Sabha
B) Ministry of Parliamentary affairs
C) Deputy speakers of Lok Sabha
D) Speakers of Lok Sabha

Ans. C
M Thambidurai -13 August 2014 to present 

Q 4. Which of the following statements about ‘Burrakatha’ is/are correct?

1. It is an oral storytelling technique in the Katha tradition
2. It is mostly found in Indian tradition

Codes

A) 1 only

B) 2 only

C) Both 1 & 2

D) Neither 1 nor 2

Matching List:

Q.1 Match list I & List II & select the correct answer using the codes given below :

List-I

Persons

a. Nasrin Ejner

b. Journalist Vinod Mehta

c. scholar Dr.Zakir A.Naik

d. Amartya Sen

List-II

Awards

1. Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize

2. King Faisal Award

3. Yash Bharti Samman 2015

4. Bharat Gaurav award

A) a-3,b-4,c-1,d-2

B) a-4,b-3,c-1,d-2

C) a-4,b-3,c-2,d-1

D) a-3,b-4,c-2,d-1

Ans. C

Q.2 Match list I & List II & select the correct answer using the codes given below :

List-I

Persons

a. Arundhati Bhattacharyya

b. Chanda Kochchar

c. Akhila Srinivasan

d. Shika Sharma

List-II

Chairman

1. Axis Bank

2. ICICI CEO

3. Shriram Life Insurance

4. State Bank of India

A) a-4,b-2,c-3,d-1

B) a-4,b-2,c-1,d-3

C) a-2,b-4,c-3,d-1

D) a-2,b-4,c-1,d-3

Ans. A

Q.3 Match list I & List II & select the correct answer using the codes given below :

List-I

Chief Minister

a. Manohar Lal Khattar

b. Raman Singh

c. Arvind Kejriwal

d. Mamata Banerjee

List-II

States

1. Haryana

2. Chattisgarh

3. Delhi

4. Kolkata

Codes:

A) a-2,b-1,c-3,d-4

B) a-1,b-2,c-3,d-4

C) a-2,b-1,c-4,d-3

D) a-1,b-2,c-4,d-3

Ans. B

Q.4 Match list I & List II & select the correct answer using the codes given below :

List-I

Persons

a. Suvarna Raju T

b. Balasubramaniam Venkataramani

c. Punit Renjen

d. Maheshwar Sahu

List-II

Field

1. Multi Commodity Exchange

2. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd(HAL)

3. Deloitte Global Operations

4. Reliance Industries Limited

A) a-2,b-1,c-4,d-3

B)a-1,b-2,c-3,d-4

C) a-2,b-1,c-3, d-4

D) a-1,b-2,c-4,d-3

Ans. C

Q.5 Match list I & List II & select the correct answer using the codes given below :

List-I

Persons

a. Hifikepunye Pohamba

b. Lata Mangeshkar

c. Smriti Irani

d. Amitav Ghosh

List-I

Awards

1. Mo Ibrahim prize

2. Voice of the Century

3. Young Global Leader

4. Man Booker International Prize

A) a-1,b-2,c-3,d-4

B) a-3,b-2,c-1,d-4

C) a-1,b-2,c-4,d-3

D) a-3,b-2,c-4,d-1

Ans. A

Hifikepunye Pohamba - Namibian President

Q.6 Match List-I & List-II & select the correct answers from the codes given below :

List-I

Personalities

a) Vinoo Mankad

B) Sunil Mittal

C) Uma Sharma

D) V. Kurian

List-II

Activities

1. Kathak dancing

2. Dairy development

3. Cricket

4. Telecom Industry

A) a-1,b-2,c-3,d-4

B) a-2,b-3,c-4,d-1

C) a-3,b-4,c-1,d-4

D) a-4,b-1,c-2,d-3

Ans. C

Q.7 Match List-I & List-II & select the correct answers from the codes given below :

List-I

Persons

a) Amrita Patel

b) Indra Nooyi

c) Sunita Narayan

d) Nandan Nilekani

List –II

Organisation

1. Information technology

2. Environment Science

3. Pepsi Co.

4. Dairy development

Codes:

A) a-1,b-4,c-2,d-3

B) a-2,b-1,c-3,d-4

C) a-2,b-3,c-4,d-1

D) a-4,b-3,c-2,d-1

Ans. D

Q.8 Consider the following names :

1. Amrita Sher Gill

2. Bikash Bhattacharjee

3. N.S. Bendre

4. Subodh Gupta

Who of the above is/are well known as artist (s) ?

A) Only 1

B) 1 & 4

C) 2,3,4

D) 1,2,3,4

Ans. C