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Impact of covid-19 on Indian Economy
Indian Economy Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) for State and UPSC Civil Services Examinations. We are the team Livelearns presenting for you Objective Questions on Indian Economy for competitive examinations.
1. What is the main impact of covid on the Indian economy ?
Ans: The GDP growth had crashed 23.9% in response to the centre’s no notice lockdown. India’s GDP shrank 7.3% in 2020-21. This was the worst performance of the Indian economy in any year since independence.
2. Which sectors of the Indian Economy will grow faster?
Ans: Sectors like Health and Hospital, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Financial sector, Insurance Sector, IT sector – Online / Digital Education, Digital Marketing, AI, Robotics etc.
3. What do the main macroeconomic indicators tell us about India’s economy during the pandemic?
Ans: During the 2020/21 financial year, the rates of decline in GDP for the world were 3.3% and 2.2% for emerging markets and developing economies. Comparing national unemployment rates in 2020, India’s rate of 7.1% indicates that it has performed relatively poorly.
4. Which acts did the centre and state governments invoke at the onset of pandemic ?
Ans: The Indian contagious diseases act 1868 and the epidemic diseases act 1897.
5. On 26 March 2020 the finance minister announced a relief package of what amount of money ?
Ans: 1.7 lakh crore
6. Will boycotting Chinese products result in an increasing manufacturing activities
Ans: The Chinese products will not be completely boycotted but there will be a gradual shift to manufacturing products in India. The make in India movement will gather speed.
7. The RBI decided to transfer 1.76 trillion rupees to the Indian government. How will it affect the Indian economy?
Ans: This record transfer, including a super plus of Rs. 1.23 lakh crores for 2018-19, will boost the government’s finance at a time it strives to tackle at a time nearly a five years low economic growth with lakhs of estimate job cuts across sectors and defend it’s ambitious target of containing fiscal deficit at 3.3% of the GDP.
Covid-19 impact on Indian education system
What could be the major disruptions in the education sector?
Ans: Increase in skill based education. Gradual shift to online exam mode and online evaluation. Around 30% of face to face teaching will shift to online education.
How effective is online school education?
Ans: For children going to school, online learning takes away the opportunity to build social skills and is not very effective in peer-group learning. Several helicopter parents stay out of the screen but prompt the child with the ‘correct response’, thus severely damaging the learning experience.
Why is online school bad for mental health?
Ans: This greatly impacts a student’s mental health. The lack of social interaction in online learning leads to feelings of loneliness, lack of motivation, and isolation. Even adults feel the empty void when they don’t get to see their friends. Young adults need social interaction in their formative years.
Covid-19 impact on Indian education system
1. What is the main impact of covid on the Indian economy ?
2. Which sectors of the Indian Economy will grow faster?
3. What do the main macroeconomic indicators tell us about India’s economy during the pandemic?
4. Which acts did the centre and state governments invoke at the onset of pandemic ?
5. On 26 March 2020 the finance minister announced a relief package of what amount of money ?
6. Will boycotting Chinese products result in an increasing manufacturing activities
What could be the major disruptions in the education sector?
How effective is online school education?
Why is online school bad for mental health?
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21.Real National income increases in which of the following circumstances?
22.Who is the author of “Volatility and Growth”?
23.In which type of economy, competition doesn’t exist in the market?
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25.Which sector employs the maximum population in the country?
26.What was the Indian economy share in the world economy immediately after Independence?
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