WORLD ECONOMIC QUIZ ********************************** 1. In which one of the following places was the Asia’s First Export Processing Zone (EPZ) set-up? (a) Santa cruz (b) Kandla (c) Cochin (d) Surat 2. Which country started privatisation of state-owned enterprises as a major state policy? (a) UK under Margaret Thatcher (b) Russia in CIS (c) Maxico, Argentina and Brazil (d) Italy, France and Malaysia 3. Token privatisation or deficit privatisation of public sector units occurs when the government sells (a) 5% of shares (b) 10% of shares (c) 49% of shares (d) 51% of shares 4. The International Development Association, a lending agency is administered by the (a) IBRD (b) IFAD (c) UNDP (d) UNIDO 5. WTO came into existence at the conclusion of which round of GATT? (a) Singapore (b) Uruguay (c) Tokyo (d) Marrakesh 6. World Investment Report is published by which of the following? (a) WEF (b) WTO (c) GATT (d) UNCTAD 7. Which of the following group of countries has formed the NAMA - 11 of World Trade Organization? (a) developed countries (b) least developing countries (c) developing countries (d) None of the above 8. Which of the following agencies is not the rating agency of an economy? (a) Fitch Group (b) CRISIL (c) Moody’s Investor Service (d) Samuel’s Investor Group 9. Which one of the following organisations is related with Doha Development Agenda? (a) IMF (b) WTO (c) World Bank (d) UNO 10. Which of the following credit rating agencies is the ‘Big Three Credit rating agencies’ of the world? (a) Fitch Group (b) Moody’s corporation (c) Standard and poor’s (d) All of the above 11. Which one of the following International Institutions has offered the concessional loans and grants to the world’s poorest developing countries? (a) IFC (b) IDA (c) IMF (d) WB 12. Which one of the following major markets has the highest share of composition of exports of ores and minerals in the world? (a) United States (b) India (c) Brazil (d) China 13. The capital of IMF is generated by contribution of the (a) Credit (b) Deficit financing (c) Member nations (d Borrowings 14. Which one of the following countries is the first borrower of fund from the International Monetary Fund? (a) United States (b) France (c) Spain (d) India 15. Which one of the following institutions is related with the Green / Blue Box subsidies? (a) United Nations (b) World Bank (c) World Tourism Organization (d) World Trade Organization Answers: 01. b 02. a 03. a 04. a 05. d 06. d 07. c 08. d 09. b 10. d 11. b 12. d 13. c 14. b 15. d
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