The economic development in India followed socialist- inspired policies for most of its independent history, including state-ownership of many sectors; India's per capita income increased at only around I % annualised rate in the three decades after its independence. Since the mid 1980s, India has slowly
opened up its markets through economic liberalisation. After more fundamental reforms since 1991 and their renewal in the 2000s, India has progressed towards a free market economy. In the late 2000s, India's growth reached 7.5%, which will double the average income in a decade. Analysts say that if India pushed more fundamental market reforms, it could sustain the rate and even reach the government's 2011 target of 10% . States have large responsibilities over their economies. The annualised 1999- 2008 growth rates for Tamil Nadu (9.9), Gujarat (9.6%), Haryana (9.1 0/0), and Delhi (8.9%) were significantly higher than for Bihar (5.1 0/0), Uttar Pradesh (4.4%), and Madhya Pradesh (6.5%). India is the tenth-largest economy in the world and the third largest by purchasing power parity adjusted exchange rates (PPP). On per capita basis, it ranks 140th in the world or 129th by PPP. The economic growth has been driven by the expansion of services that have been growing consistently faster than other sectors. It is argued that the pattern of Indian development has been a specific one and that the country may be able to skip the intermediate industrialisation — led phase in the transformation of its economic structure. Serious concerns have been raised about the jobless nature of the economic growth favourable macroeconomic performance has been a necessary but no sufficient stipulation for the significant reduction of poverty amongst the Indian population. The rate of poverty decline has not been higher in the post-reform period (since 1991). The improvements in some other non-economic dimensions of social development have been even less favourable. The most palpable example is an exceptionally high and importunate level of child malnutrition (46% in 2005-06). The progress of economic reforms in India is followed closely. The World Bank suggests that the most important priorities are public sector reform, infrastructure, agricultural and rural development, removal of labour regulations, reforms in lagging states, and HIV /AIDS. For 2015, India ranked 142nd in Ease of Doing Business Index, which is setback as compared with China 90th, Russia 62nd and Brazil 120th. According to index of Economic Freedom World Ranking an annual survey on economic freedom of the nations, India ranks 123rd as compared with China and Russia which ranks 138th and 144th respectively in 2012.
1) According to the passage, the economic growth has been driven by the expansion of which of which genre of services?
1) The services growing slower than other sectors available in the world.
2) The services growing more easily than other sectors available in the world.
3) The services growing erratically faster than all other sectors available in India.
4) The services growing consistently faster than other sectors available in the world.
5) None of these
2) Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
2) The services growing more easily than other sectors available in the world.
3) The services growing erratically faster than all other sectors available in India.
4) The services growing consistently faster than other sectors available in the world.
5) None of these
2) Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
l) More than one hundred and fifty countries are doing better than India on PPP basis.
2) India is doing better than 140 countries on per capita basis.
3) India ranked 1 17th on the basis of economic growth which is a setback.
4) India ranked 142nd in 2015 in Ease of Doing Business Index.
5) None of these
3. What was the opinion of the World Bank particularly on public sector reforms according, to the passage?
A. Infrastructures development
B. Health reforms
C. Removal of labour regulations
3) India ranked 1 17th on the basis of economic growth which is a setback.
4) India ranked 142nd in 2015 in Ease of Doing Business Index.
5) None of these
3. What was the opinion of the World Bank particularly on public sector reforms according, to the passage?
A. Infrastructures development
B. Health reforms
C. Removal of labour regulations
D. Agricultural development
l) Only (A) and (B)
l) Only (A) and (B)
2) only (C) and (D)
3) only (B) and (D)
4) only (A), (B) and (D)
5) None of these
4. "Economic liberalisation have been beneficial for Indian according to the passage, which of the following statements support the given statement ?
3) only (B) and (D)
4) only (A), (B) and (D)
5) None of these
4. "Economic liberalisation have been beneficial for Indian according to the passage, which of the following statements support the given statement ?
1) India bit by bit kicks off its markets through economic liberalisation.
2) India opened new markets all over world within 10 years of its initiation.
3) India gave a lot of employment compared to the last decade after its initiation.
4) India's growth rate increased by 7.5% after initiating economic liberalisation.
5) None of these
5. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage regarding economic development?
3) India gave a lot of employment compared to the last decade after its initiation.
4) India's growth rate increased by 7.5% after initiating economic liberalisation.
5) None of these
5. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage regarding economic development?
1) Index of Economic Freedom World Ranking did an annual survey on economic freedom.
2) India's per capita income increased at only around 1% annualised rate.
3) The progress of economic reforms in India is followed closely.
4) Economic liberalisation is a fusion of growth and economic development.
5) None of these
2. 4
3. 5
4. 1
5. 4
3) The progress of economic reforms in India is followed closely.
4) Economic liberalisation is a fusion of growth and economic development.
5) None of these
Answer:
1. 42. 4
3. 5
4. 1
5. 4
