RBI Grade B 6 Feb 2011

What role do Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) play in a country's economic and industrial development ?
(A) They have the capacity to absorb skilled and unskilled labour available in the country.
(B) Such institutions help in distribution of income in a wide spectrum and do not allow it to get concentrated
in few hands or in few areas.
(C) They help in eradication of poverty by providing self-employment opportunities.

Which of the following statements about the Indian Economy is correct ?

Which of the following isi are correct about the problems of Indian Agriculture ?
(A) Large agricultural subsidies are hampering productivity-enhancing investments.
(B) Irrigation infrastructure is in bad shape and needs immediate improvement.
(C) Frequent takeovers of fertile land by private companies and multinationals to launch big business
complexes.

As per news in various journals, many banks have failed to achieve agri-loan target xed by the RBI for the
year 2010-11. What was the target xed for the year ?

Which of the following statements about Agro and Allied activities is NOT correct ?

Which of the following schemes launched by the Govt. of India aims at enhancing the livelihood security of
the people in rural areas by guaranteeing hundred days of employment in a nancial year to a rural
household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work ?

In some parts of India, farmers face acute distress because of heavy burden of debt from non-institutional
lenders. Who can be called a non-institutional lender ?

The South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) was introduced with a view of levying how much custom
duty for trading any product within the SAARC zone ?

Which of the following organisation prepares rural credit plans on annual basis for all districts in India, which
in turn form the base for annual credit plans of all rural nancial institutions ?

Which of the following is TRUE about the current population trend(s) in India ?
(A) Every year India adds more people to the world's population than any other country.
(B) Currently India has a young population which will grow somewhat older largely as a result of decline in
fertility.
(C) The National Family Planning Programme did not contribute much in controlling fertility rate