Mock Test

India’s economy is best classified today as a:

Which of the following is generally considered a strength of a capitalist economic system?

Which of the following is considered a favourable characteristic for India’s future growth, often called the ‘demographic dividend’?

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

Q1. India lies completely within which two hemispheres?

Which of the following states is NOT crossed by the Tropic of Cancer?

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

India is a founding and key member of which regional Indian Ocean cooperation grouping?

India’s maritime boundary dispute with Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal was resolved through arbitration by the:

Since independence, India has broadly followed which type of economic system?

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

The Tropic of Cancer is located at approximately:

Which strait is a critical global chokepoint linking the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea and East Asia, of major importance to India’s trade?

Macroeconomics is sometimes referred to as:

John Maynard Keynes developed his macroeconomic theories largely in response to:

Karl Marx’s critique of capitalism and the theoretical foundation for socialism is most closely associated with which work(s)?

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

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

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

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

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

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

The eastern sector of the India-China border, largely along Arunachal Pradesh, is demarcated by the:

Which of the following is a widely-cited characteristic of income distribution in the Indian economy?

New Moore Island (South Talpatti), once disputed between India and Bangladesh, is now considered to have disappeared mainly due to:

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

The concept of the ‘invisible hand’, suggesting that individuals pursuing self-interest inadvertently benefit society as a whole, was introduced by:

The India-Pakistan international boundary is officially known as the:

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

Which of the following is a widely-cited characteristic of income distribution in the Indian economy?

[SSC/Railway pattern] As per the Maritime Zones Act, India’s territorial sea extends up to how many nautical miles from the baseline?

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

Sikkim became a full-fledged state of the Indian Union through the 36th Constitutional Amendment in:

The demand and supply analysis of a single commodity, such as wheat, falls under:

Which of the following best distinguishes microeconomics from macroeconomics?

Which of the following best describes ‘consumer sovereignty’?

[SSC/Railway pattern] Which of the following pairs (neighbouring country – Indian state sharing a border with it) is incorrectly matched?

Macroeconomics primarily studies:

The ‘fallacy of composition’, often discussed in the context of the micro-macro relationship, refers to the idea that:

‘Disguised unemployment’, commonly cited as a characteristic of the Indian economy, refers to a situation where:

Since 1991, India’s economic reforms have been broadly characterised by:

‘Disguised unemployment’, commonly cited as a characteristic of the Indian economy, refers to a situation where:

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

Which Indian state does NOT share a border with Bangladesh?

India’s newest state, formed on 2 June 2014 by bifurcation from Andhra Pradesh, is:

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

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

India’s territorial waters extend up to:

[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.