RBI Grade B Exam- 2014-15 (Phase 1)


6.IKEA is the popular retail stores from which of the following country

a)sweden
b)germany
c)UK
d)france
e)spain

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1. who is the new chief of CEIB--

a)archana ranjan
b)priya mathur
c)sanjeev raj
d)deepak mohanty
e)rajesh mishar


2.as per the union budget the target for disinvestment as per financial year 2014-15

a)61000 crores
b)63000 crores
c)65000 crores
d)67000 crores
e)69000 crores


3.which of the following social networking site going to say goodbye--

a)yahoo messanger
b)window x-box
c)orkut
d)google chat
e)mobile chat.


4.the union budget 2014-15 , rationalised import duty levied on---

a)broken diamonds
b)precious stones
c)semi precious stones
d)curved diamonds
e)gold & silver


5.The CBDT launched portal for status of IT returns and saving upto date --
a)tax-revision
b)tax-calculator
c)tax-indicator
d)tax-look
e)tax-status


6.the limit of FDI in insurance is liked to increase from 26-49% with full indian and management control through following board--

a)DIPP
b)IRDA
c)MOF
d)FIPB
e)all of the above


7.easing the rules in 2014 , the RBI allows foreign investors for the existence of pool of ---

a) equity shares
b)partly-paid shares
c)preference shares
d)multiple shares
e)reconsidered shares.


CSO: India's Economy to grow by 4.9% in 2013-14


As per the advanced estimates released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during 2013-14 is estimated at 4.9% as compared to the growth rate of 4.5% in 2012-13.

The advance estimates of national income at constant (2004-05) and current prices, for the financial year 2013-14
  • Based on expected level of agricultural production from the Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation(DAC), Index of Industrial Production (IIP), monthly accounts of Union Government Expenditure maintained by Controller General of Accounts (CGA) and of State Government expenditure maintained by Comptroller and Auditor general of India(CAG).
  • Per capita income in real terms (at 2004-05 prices) during 2013-14 is probably to attain a level of Rs 39,961 as compared to the first revised estimate for the year 2012-13 of Rs 38,856.  The growth rate in per capita income is estimated at 2.8% as against the previous year's estimate of 2.1%.
  • Per capita income at current prices during 2013-14 is estimated to Rs 74,920 as compared to Rs 67,839 during 2012-13, shows a rise of 10.4%.
  • The rates of Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) at current and constant (2004-05) prices during 2013-14 are estimated at 28.5% and 32.5%. (GFCF is an indicator of investment)
  • The rate of expenditure on valuables at current prices has gone down from 2.6% in 2012-13 to 2.1% in 2013-14. 

Key sectors that have taken into account while estimating the of national income at constant (2004-05) and current prices, for the financial year 2013-14 are:

  • Agriculture, forestry and fishing: Will probably show a growth of 4.6% in its GDP during 2013-14, as against the previous year's growth rate of 1.4%.
  • Manufacturing: Expected to contract 0.2% in this financial year compared with growth of 1.1% in the previous year.
  • Services sector (finance, insurance, real estate and business services sectors): Expected to grow 11.2% this year compared with 10.9% in 2012-13.
  • Mining and quarrying: Probably to contract 1.9% as compared to 2.2% decline in production 2012-13.
  • Construction: Will probably improve to 1.7% from 1.1% in 2012-13.
  • Trade, hotels, transport and communication: Probably improve to 3.5% in this financial year.
  • Electricity, gas and water production: The growth in these sectors is likely to improve to 6% in 2013-14 from 2.3 per cent in 2012-13.
  • Community social and personal services growth would be better at 7.4% as compared to 5.3% previously. 

Note: The Chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, Mr. C. Rangarajan described the latest estimate of 4.9% for 2013-14 as an encouraging indication that economic slowdown is over.

Which is of the following shows the real National Income of a country?

  • GDP
  • GNP
  • NNP
  • NDP

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The government aims to annual growth rate as per budget 2014-15 sets the target

  • 7.5%
  • 7%
  • 8%
  • 8.5%
  • 7.9%

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Budget proposal exempts 2% SAD(special additional duty) on ---

  • teflon sheets
  • pvc sheets
  • LEDs
  • LCDs
  • all of the above

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which of the following ARTICLE came in to seen recently on special status on J&K

  • ARTICLE -376
  • ARTICLE-370
  • ARTICLE-372
  • ARTICLE-367
  • ARTICLE-373

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Which of the following nuclear sub-marine that keeps India worlds elite club

  • INS-arihant
  • INS-vikarant
  • INS-kalyani
  • INS-kamorat
  • INS-vikramaditya

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BRICS bank initial capital corpse

  • 80 B$
  • 120 B$
  • 70 B$
  • 100 B$
  • 50 B$

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The worlds tallest railway bridge at 359 meters, at the himalayan range of J&k are going to be construct at the river

  • sutlej
  • jhelum
  • ravi
  • chenab
  • indus

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WPI eases by the end of june-2014

  • 5.5%
  • 5.2%
  • 5.3%
  • 5.4%
  • 5.6%

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"politics trumps economics" was  edited by---

  • subbarao
  • anand sinha
  • y.v.reddy
  • bimal jalan
  • raghuram rajan

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the G-20 macroeconomics agenda, india & emerging economics was edited by--

  • arun jetly
  • shyam pitroda
  • parthasarathi shome
  • raghuramrajan
  • vijay kelkar

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