Facts about India - Questions and answers - 11

201.In which day Gandhiji was assassinated?

Friday

202.Who was the leader of Dharma Sabha which has the chief objective to counter act the propaganda of Brahma Samaj?

Radhakant Dev

203.Who wrote the book ‘Gandhi and Anarchy’?

C.Sankaran Nair

204.The prime minister who signed on Lahore Declaration with Nawaz Sherif of Pakistan:

A B Vajpayee

205.The autobiography of Morarji Desai:

Story of My Life

206.Who succeeded Rajiv Gandhi as tminister of India:

V.P.Singh

207.To whom Jawaharlal Nehru dedicated his autobiography?

Kamala Nehru

208.The final resting place of Jawaharlal Nehru:

Santhi Van

209.Who performed the role of Jawaharlal Nehru in the film ‘Gandhi’?

 Roshan Seth

210.The first bank in India-

 Bank of Hindustan

211.Kirit Parikh Committee was set up to review-

Petroleum pricing

212.Depreciation means-

loss of equipment overtime due to wear and tear

213.Disinvestment in Public Sector is called?

Privatisation

214.India changed over to the decimal system of coinage in-

April 1957

215.Money value of goods and services producing in a country during a year is called-

National Income

216.How many banks were nationalised in 1980?

Six

217.The Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited (ICICI) was founded in –

1955

218.The founder of Oriental Life Insurance Company-

 Anita Bhavsar

219.Where is the head office of New India Assurance?

Mumbai

220.The celebrated work on Indian economic history ‘The Industrial Evolution in India inRecent Times’ was written by-

D.R.Gadgil

221.The apex bank of industrial credit in India.

IDBI

222.The first National Income Committee was constituted in the year-

1949

223.The full form of ‘P.P.P.’ in financial world-

Purchasing Power Parity

224.The prominent function of Central Statistical Organisation-

To collect national income statistics

225.The headquarters of Allahabad bank is in

Kolkata
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