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Where is Dalal street located?

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  1. London

  2. Paris

  3. Mumbai

  4. New Delhi

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

It received the name Dalal Street after the Bombay Stock Exchange moved to the area in 1874 and became the first stock exchange recognized by the Indian Government. The literal translation of Dalal in Marathi is a broker or intermediary.

Dalal St

Kala Ghoda, Fort, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Joint Sector in Indian Economy implies ___________________.

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  1. That the share of any Government in an enterprise is more than 60%

  2. Any enterprise owned jointly by private sector parties and the public sector

  3. Another term for cooperative sector

  4. Any commodity produced by the private sector as well as by public sector

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The joint sector represents a new ideology of economic management geared to sub serve a new economic system.

The term is applied to an under­taking only when both its ownership and control are effectively shared between public sector agen­cies on the one hand and a private group on the other.

Television was started in India on an experimental basis on ___________.

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  1. $1965$

  2. $1959$

  3. $1960$

  4. $1963$

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Television came to India on September 15, 1959 with experimental transmission from Delhi. It was a modest beginning with a make shift studio, a low power transmitter and only 21 community television sets. All India Radio provided the engineering and programme professionals.

Which of the following is NOT a part of the infrastructure sector?

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  1. Power generation

  2. National highways

  3. Food production

  4. Railways

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Infrastructure covers those supporting services that help directly in the growth of productive activities in agriculture as well as industry. These services have a wide range from the provision of health services and education facilities to the supply of needs such as power, irrigation, transport, telecommunications, etc.

The term 'corridor management' is related to which infrastructure sector?

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  1. Air Traffic

  2. Railway Traffic

  3. Highways

  4. Pipeline transports

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

As 'corridor management' is related to highway

A corridor is defined as a long, narrow passageway. While we tend to think of corridors in association with building, the corridor concept applies to highways as well. The concept is useful because it prompts the designer to consider the linear nature of the roadway as a movement in space and time.

What are the basic infrastructure facilities?

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  1. Human capital

  2. Physical capital

  3. Social overheads capital

  4. Working capital

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

They concern with the supply of such services as to meet the basic needs of a society. In simple words, social infrastructures refer those basic services such as education and training. It also includes health and sanitation, drinking water, housing, sewerage, etc. Social infrastructures are also termed as ‘social overheads’.
These social overheads indirectly support the economic systems. They indirectly increase the productivity and the economy sees the impact after some time. Social infrastructures lead to growth in the long run.

Infrastructure provides __________________.

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  1. Only essential services

  2. Supporting services

  3. Health and Education services

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A

Which one area of infrastructure is not included in Bharat Nirman Scheme $(2005-09)$?

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  1. Irrigation

  2. Rural roads

  3. Rural health

  4. Rural housing

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Bharat Nirman Yojana aims at developing rural infrastructure. It has six sectors and targets for next four years. These are:
(i) Irrigation (ii) Roads
(iii) Housing (iv) Water Supply
(v) Electrification.

Which of the following factor is not directly responsible for slowing down the growth of infrastructure ?

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  1. High level of perceived political risk

  2. High level of sunk cost

  3. High probability of time and cost over-run

  4. Introduction of competition in all sectors

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Correct Option: D

The biggest Public Sector Undertaking in the country is _____________.

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  1. Iron and steel plants

  2. Roadways

  3. Railways

  4. Telecommunication

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Biggest public sector undertaking is railways

Indian railway is the largest in the Asia an  3rd largest in the world, it is the biggest employer and largest undertaking in the country