A key feature of the Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojana (BHAVYA), approved by the Union Cabinet in March 2026, is:
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Correct answer: (C) Development of 100 plug-and-play industrial parks
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Economy & Banking Previous Year Questions
23 Economy & Banking (General Awareness) questions asked in DSSSB TGT / PGT previous year papers, each with the correct answer and explanation. Read them free on UTpaper, or attempt the full papers as timed online tests.
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Which Indian private sector bank announced the acquisition of Deutsche Bank's retail banking and wealth management business in India in June 2026?
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Correct answer: (B) Kotak Mahindra Bank
The 'Strategic Roadmap for Making Ayurveda Global', released by NITI Aayog in July 2026, is based on which three-pillar framework?
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Correct answer: (D) Availability, Acceptability and
The India–Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), which entered into force on 1 June 2026, was signed in which city?
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Correct answer: (C) Muscat
Which institution provides concessional refinance to eligible Rural Financial Institutions in India?
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Correct answer: (B) NABARD
According to the IMF's World Economic Outlook Update (July 2026), India's projected real GDP growth for FY 2026–27 is:
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Correct answer: (B) 6.4%
What is the name of the ₹10,000 crore fund announced in the Union Budget 2026–27 to help high-potential small enterprises scale up into future champions?
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Correct answer: (A) SME Growth Fund
Which initiative, with an outlay of ₹10,000 crore over five years, was announced in the Union Budget 2026–27 to strengthen India's ecosystem for the production of biologics?
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Correct answer: (D) Biopharma SHAKTI
The Reserve Bank – Integrated Ombudsman Scheme, 2026 (RB-IOS, 2026) came into effect from:
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Correct answer: (D) 1 July 2026
The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026 introduced which principle more prominently into India's waste-management framework?
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Correct answer: (D) Circular economy and Extended
On the recommendation of the 16th Finance Commission, the States' vertical share in the divisible pool of Central taxes was retained at:
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Correct answer: (B) 41%
According to the July 2026 inflation release, which base year was used for the revised All-India Consumer Price Index (CPI) series?
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Correct answer: (C) 2024
As per MoSPI's Provisional Estimates released in June 2026, India's real GDP growth rate for FY 2025–26 was:
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Correct answer: (A) 7.7%
Under India's updated NDC for 2031–2035, India has committed to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 2035 (from the 2005 level) by:
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Correct answer: (A) 47%
As per the Union Budget 2026–27, the fiscal deficit for 2026–27 (Budget Estimates) has been fixed at:
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Correct answer: (C) 4.3% of GDP
In February 2026, MoSPI released a new series of GDP estimates. Which year was adopted as the new base year?
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Correct answer: (A) 2022–23
Which of the following terms is used for the rate at which commercial banks borrow money
by selling their securities to the Reserve Bank of India?
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Correct answer: (A) Repo rate
Explanation
Repo rate is the rate at which commercial banks borrow from the RBI by selling securities with an agreement to repurchase them. Reverse repo is the rate at which the RBI borrows from banks.
Which of the following was set up by the Exim Bank and SIDBI in 2021 for identifying
potential mid-sized and small companies as India’s new champions in exports?
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Correct answer: (C) Ubharte Sitaare fund
Explanation
EXIM Bank and SIDBI launched the Ubharte Sitaare Fund in 2021 to identify and support promising small and mid-sized export-oriented companies.
The formula for calculating Net National Product (NNP) is ______.
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Correct answer: (A) GNP – Depreciation
Explanation
Net National Product = Gross National Product − depreciation (the consumption of fixed capital).
What was the repo rate of RBI announced in December 2023?
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Correct answer: (C) 6.5 percent
Explanation
In its December 2023 monetary policy, the RBI kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 percent.
In which of the following years was ICICI formed at the initiative of World Bank, the
Government of India and representative of Indian Industry?
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Correct answer: (C) 1955
Explanation
ICICI (Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India) was set up in 1955 at the initiative of the World Bank, the Government of India and Indian industry.
What is the rank of India in the Environment Performance Index 2022 released by the World
Bank in June 2022?
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Correct answer: (A) 180
Explanation
India came last, 180th of 180 countries, in the Environmental Performance Index 2022. (The index is actually prepared by Yale and Columbia universities.)
According to the Economic Survey of India, 2021-22, which of the following states has the
highest per capita availability of milk?
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Correct answer: (D) Punjab
Explanation
The Economic Survey 2021-22 listed Punjab as having the highest per capita availability of milk among Indian states.
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