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What was the result of 'Consumer Movement'?

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  1. Pressure on business firms was built up

  2. Government took action against the interests of consumer

  3. There was no change in the attitude of the government

  4. Consumer started asking for cash memo

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • Consumer Movement is nothing but consumers forming small groups to express their solidarity. 
  • Consumer Movement builds pressure on the firms or businesses for expressing their grievances.
  • A consumer group can also represent an individual consumer in the Consumer Courts.

The organisations that monitor and issue the ISI, Agmark and Hallmark certificates to the producers actually monitor their ____ .

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  1. quantity standards

  2. quality standards

  3. credit ratings

  4. media coverage

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The organisations that monitor and issue the ISI, Agmark and Hallmark certificates to the producers actually monitor their quality standards.Agmark certification issued for standardization of food.
Hallmark certification issued for standardization of jewellery.
ISI certification issued for standardization of domestic consumption goods.

How do you describe the judicial machinery under COPRA ?

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  1. Two-tier quasi-judicial machinery

  2. Three-tier quasi-judicial machinery

  3. Four-tier quasi-judicial machinery

  4. Five-tier quasi-judicial machinery

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The three-tier quasi-judicial machinery under COPRA is: 

National level consumer court 
State level consumer court.
District level consumer court.

Consumer movement in India has led to the formation of various organizations locally known as _____.

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  1. Consumer Protection Councils

  2. COPRA

  3. Resident Welfare Associations (RWA)

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • COPRA 1986 enabled the government to establish central consumer protection council.
  • Minister of the consumer affairs is the chairman of the council.
  • Councils can be set up at state and district levels.
  • Objective of these councils is to protect the basic rights of consumers.

The proportion of GDP contributed by the industrial sector increased in the period from 11.8 percent in 1950-51 to ____ percent in the year 1990-1991.

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  1. 24.6 %

  2. 25.4 %

  3. 29.8 %

  4. 30.2 %

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The proportion of GDP contributed by the industrial sector increased in the period from 11.8 per cent in 1950-51 to 24.6 percent in the year 1990-1991.

The small-scale industrial committee which was passed in the year 1955 is also called as _________.

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  1. Karve committee

  2. Swaran Singh committee

  3. Sri Krishna committee

  4. Kothari committee

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Small scale industrial committee was set up in the year 1955. It was also called a Karve committee. It was named after Dattatreya Gopal Karve who was an Indian economist and professor who contributed to the fields of economics, public administration, and the cooperative movement in India. Karve committee was set up in the year 1955 for the growth of small scale industries.

The goal of making the economy more market-oriented and expanding the role of private and foreign investment is called _________.

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  1. globalization

  2. nationalization

  3. liberalization

  4. none of the above

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Economic liberalization of India was initiated in the year 1991. The main goal of liberalization is to make economy more market oriented with expanded role of private and foreign investment. The former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao spearheaded economic liberalization policies in the early 1990s.

As a result of the New Industrial Policy of 1991, ____________.

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  1. The public sector has been stripped off all its power

  2. The public sector has been given the commanding heights of the economy

  3. The public sector's portfolio will be reviewed with greater realism. The focus will be on strategic high tech and essential infrastructure industries

  4. The public sector's management has been passed over to the private sector

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

New Industrial Policy, 1991 aimed to liberalise the economy by removing the hurdles in industrial growth. An important step taken in this context is that the public sector's portfolio will be reviewed with greater realism. The focus will be on strategic high technology and essential infrastructure industries. This would improve the performance of the public sector units.

Thus, the correct answer is C.

Economic reforms of 1991 were introduced to ___________.

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  1. Social structure of the country

  2. To demolish Zamindari system

  3. Maintain balance of payment

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In 1991, India met with an economic crisis relating to its external debt. India approached the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)  and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 

India agreed to the conditionalities of IBRD and IMF. On the basis of these conditions, Economic reforms of 1991 were introduced. These measures were introduced to maintain the balance of payment and to bring inflation under control.

The scientific discovery that was introduced in India to improve agricultural yield after independence is called _______.

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  1. green revolution

  2. white revolution

  3. brown revolution

  4. blue revolution

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Scientific discovery that was introduced in India to improve agricultural yield after independence is called Green Revolution. It refers to a set of research technologies that led to improvement of food grain production drastically. It was introduced in 1960s. Dr. M.S.Swaminathan is known as father of green revolution in India.