Economic Trends and Employment Generation – Group 4 Topic Quiz

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This quiz has 30 multiple-choice questions on Economic Trends and Employment Generation, from the Indian Economy and Development Administration in Tamil Nadu unit of the TNPSC Group 4 General Studies syllabus. - Time allowed: 30 minutes - Each question has four options and only one correct answer - No negative marking - Pass mark: 35% - Each answer comes with an explanation after you submit Topics covered: - Long-Run Growth Trends of the Indian Economy - Key Macroeconomic Indicators and How They Are Measured - Employment and Unemployment: Concepts and Measurement - Employment Generation Programmes and Tamil Nadu Syllabus reference: Economic trends; Employment generation

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1. 1The trade policy of India's planned, state-led phase (1950-1980) is described as 'import substitution'. What does this mean?

   • AProducing at home what was earlier imported
   • BReplacing exports with imports to meet domestic demand
   • CAllowing free imports with no tariffs or quotas
   • DInviting foreign companies to own Indian industries

2. 2Growth rose to about 5.5 per cent a year in the 1980s. Why did this growth later turn into a crisis in 1991?

   • AIt was driven entirely by exports, which collapsed in 1991
   • BIt was financed partly by government borrowing and external loans, widening the fiscal deficit and raising foreign debt
   • CIt caused deflation, which reduced government revenue
   • DIt was caused by the Green Revolution, which ended suddenly