Mock Test

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

Microeconomics primarily studies:

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

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?

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

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

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

[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?

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

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

[Board/Madhyamik pattern] India’s coastline of about 7,516.6 km touches how many states and Union Territories combined?

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

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

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

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

Which of the following best distinguishes microeconomics from macroeconomics?

Which Indian state shares a border with three foreign countries — Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh?

The total length of India’s land border is approximately:

Which of the following was a key policy framework that shaped India’s mixed-economy structure after independence, envisaging roles for both the public and private sectors?

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

[UPSC Prelims pattern] EEZ, a term frequently used in the context of maritime boundaries, stands for:

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

India’s Standard Meridian is:

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

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

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

In September 2024, the capital of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Port Blair, was officially renamed as:

[UPSC Prelims pattern (Assertion-Reason)] Assertion (A): India follows a single Standard Time despite having a longitudinal extent of nearly 30°.

A ‘mixed economy’ is characterized by:

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

The smallest Union Territory of India by area is:

India shares a land border with how many countries?

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

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

Q2. What is the latitudinal extent of mainland India?

Which of the following is a typical subject matter of macroeconomics rather than microeconomics?

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

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

Q1. India lies completely within which two hemispheres?

The only Indian state capital located directly on the Tropic of Cancer is:

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

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

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

[WBCS Prelims pattern] Indian Standard Time (IST) is based on the local time of a place near:

The term ‘microeconomics’ is derived from the Greek word ‘mikros’, meaning:

India lies completely within which two hemispheres?

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

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

Which of the following best describes ‘consumer sovereignty’?

Which Indian state does NOT share a border with Bangladesh?