Daily Quiz

India is often described as a ‘dualistic economy’ because it exhibits:

One hour of local time difference corresponds to a longitudinal difference of:

“String of Pearls” is a term used to describe:

India shares a land border with how many countries?

The Tropic of Cancer’s passage through India is climatically significant mainly because it:

India lies completely within which two hemispheres?

Which feature is generally associated with a mixed economy like India’s?

Which two Union Territories were merged in January 2020 to form a single Union Territory?

The Tropic of Cancer passes through how many Indian states?

Alfred Marshall’s “Principles of Economics” (1890) is considered a foundational text for:

Because of India’s longitudinal extent, the local (solar) time difference between its easternmost and westernmost points is approximately:

Which of the following is an example of a microeconomic issue?

[Judiciary / State PSC pattern] Match List-I (Boundary Line) with List-II (Associated Countries) and select the correct answer:

India’s population, having overtaken China’s in 2023, makes it:

Which Indian Union Territory’s actual local (solar) time runs considerably ahead of IST because of its far eastern location?

Microeconomics is also often referred to as:

[WBCS Prelims pattern] Arrange the following states in the correct west-to-east order in which the Tropic of Cancer crosses them: Gujarat, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Tripura.

India’s territorial waters extend up to:

Which of the following is NOT a land-neighbour of India?

Which of the following Union Territories has its own elected Legislative Assembly?

The largest Union Territory of India by area is:

India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) extends up to how many nautical miles from the baseline?

During the colonial period, tea estates in Assam informally followed a time roughly one hour ahead of IST, popularly called:

As per the World Bank’s income classification, India is currently categorized as a:

Indian Standard Time (IST) is ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) by:

India’s wide range of climates, from tropical in the south to alpine in the Himalayan north, is primarily explained by its:

Which of the following economies is generally regarded as having historically followed a centrally planned, socialist model?

In a market/capitalist economy, prices are primarily determined by:

India’s Human Development Index category, as per the 2025 report, is:

Which of the following is a widely-recognized developmental challenge that India, as a developing economy, continues to address?

India’s Human Development Index category, as per the 2025 report, is:

Which economist is widely regarded as the father of modern macroeconomics, following the publication of “The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money” (1936)?

A key characteristic of India as a developing economy is that agriculture:

[SSC/Railway pattern] Which Indian Union Territory was created most recently through a merger of two existing UTs rather than through bifurcation of a state?

Which of the following best reflects India’s recent (2025-26) standing in terms of global economic growth?

A commonly cited limitation of a purely socialist/command economy is:

According to the UNDP’s Human Development Report 2025 (data year 2023), India’s HDI rank is:

Which river is known to cross the Tropic of Cancer twice within India?

The mismatch between agriculture’s share in GDP and its share in employment in India mainly reflects:

India is often described as a ‘dualistic economy’ because it exhibits:

Macroeconomics is sometimes referred to as:

Which of these terms is most closely associated with macroeconomic analysis?

[SSC/Railway pattern] The Tropic of Cancer passes through which of the following states?

The Tropic of Cancer is located at approximately:

Which of the following is a widely-recognized developmental challenge that India, as a developing economy, continues to address?

A single time zone for the whole of India, despite its ~29° longitudinal spread, is administratively convenient mainly because it:

A key criticism of a purely capitalist system, if left entirely unregulated, is that it can lead to:

Which feature is generally associated with a mixed economy like India’s?

Which state has the longest stretch of the Tropic of Cancer passing through it?

[Board/Madhyamik pattern] The southernmost point of India (including its islands), Indira Point, is located on: