Economics and Social Development – Test 5 1

India’s largest commercial bank is [UPSC 2008]

Karl Marx explained the process of class struggle with the help of which one of the following theories? [UPSC 2011 (CS-P)]

Microfinance is the provision of financial services to people of low-income groups. This includes both the consumers and the self-employed. The service/services rendered under micro-finance is/are:
1. Credit facilities
2. Savings facilities
3. Insurance facilities
4. Fund Transfer facilities
Select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [UPSC 2011 (CS-P)]

New firms are barred from entering the market in [UPSC 2008]

Other than Venezuela, which one among the following from South America is a member of OPEC? [UPSC 2009(CS-P)]

Recently, the USA decided to support India’s membership in multi-lateral export control regimes called the “Australia Group” and the “Wassenaar Arrangement”. What is the difference between them?
1. The Australia Group is an informal arrangement which aim to allow exporting countries to minimize the risk of assisting chemical and biological weapons proliferation, whereas the Wassenaar Arrangement is a formal group under the OECD holding identical objectives.
2. The Australia Group comprises predominantly of Asian. African and North American countries, whereas the member countries of Wassenaar Arrangement are predominantly from the European Union and American continents.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? [UPSC 2011 (CS-P)]

Regarding “carbon credits”, which one of the following statements is not correct?  [UPSC 2011 (CS-P)]

Regarding the International Monetary Fund, which one of the following statements is correct?  [UPSC 2011 (CS-P)]

Stiglitz Commission established by the President of the United Nations General Assembly was in the international news. The commission was supposed to deal with [UPSC 2010 (CS-P)]

Sustainable development is described as the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. In this perspective, inherently the concept of sustainable development is intertwined with which of the following concepts? [UPSC 2010 (CS-P)]