Growth, prices & development

Asked in 10 of the last 11 Prelims papers. A must-do.

Start practising · 27 questions

What to read first

How it's askedGDP and inflation concepts, employment and poverty measures, and indices in the news.

ReadNCERT Class 12 Macroeconomics ch. 2 · Economic Survey

National income & growth8 questions Reports & indices8 questions Poverty, employment & human development7 questions Inflation & prices4 questions

all 27 questions

2026“MPI is calculated using Alkire-Foster methodology.” and 2 more statements 2024The total fertility rate in an economy is defined as 2024With reference to the sectors of the Indian economy: Economic activity: Storage of agricultural produce, Dairy farm…2024With reference to physical capital in Indian economy: Items: Farmer's plough, Computer, Yarn used by the weaver, Petrol 2023Consider the investments in the following assets 2023“According to the United Nations' 'World Water Development Report, 2022', India extracts…” and 1 more statement 2022Which of the following activities constitute real sector in the economy ?2021“price of its substitute increases” and 3 more statements 2021Which one of the following is likely to be the most inflationary in its effects?2021With reference to Indian economy, demand-pull inflation can be caused/increased by which of the following?

Show all 27

2020With reference to the Indian economy after the 1991 economic liberalization: “Worker productivity (₹ per worker at…2020“The weightage of food in Consumer Price Index (CPI) is higher than that in Wholesale…” and 2 more statements 2019The Global Competitiveness Report is published by the 2019In a given year in India, official poverty lines are higher in some States than in others because 2019With reference to India's Five-Year Plans, which of the following statements is/are correct?2019Which one of the following is not a sub-index of the World Bank's 'Ease of Doing Business Index'?2019In the context of any country, which one of the following would be considered as part of its social capital?2019“Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) exchange rates are calculated by comparing the prices of…” and 1 more statement 2018As per the NSSO 70th Round “Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households”, consider the following statements 2018“Rule of Law Index” is released by which of the following ?2018Increase in absolute and per capita real GNP do not connote a higher level of economic development, if 2018“individuals of a country to accumulate more capital.” and 3 more statements 2018Despite being a high saving economy, capital formation may not result in significant increase in output due to 2017Which of the following gives ‘Global Gender Gap Index’ ranking to the countries of the world ?2017Which of the following has/have occurred in India after its liberalization of economic policies in 1991 ?2016Which of the following is/are the indicator/indicators used by IFPRI to compute the Global Hunger Index Report?2016India's ranking in the 'Ease of Doing Business Index' is sometimes seen in the news. Which of the following has…