Foreign Direct Investment in Retail Sector

Q. What do we call an investment made by a firm or an individual in one country in business interests in another country?

1. Foreign deposit investment
2. Provident fund
3. Foreign direct investment
4. Foreign direct interest

Q. FDI stands for _____.

1. foreign direct investment
2. foreign donor investment
3. foreign direct interest
4. foreign direct interface

Q. Which of the following policies allows foreign companies to set up retail shops to sell goods in India?

1. Outsourcing policy, 2010
2. New Economic Policy, 1991
3. Foreign Direct Investment policy, 2012
4. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 1947

Q. Jaeger Corp is a Japanese firm that has invested in setting up a company in Indonesia. What can Jaeger Corp be referred to as?

1. Foreign direct investment
2. Foreign direct investor
3. Foreign direct implant
4. Foreign direct investigator

Q. What is the reason for rapid expansion of service sector in India?

Q. Which of the following is/are argument(s) raised by critics of the Foreign Direct Investment policy, 2012?

1. Foreign powers will buy goods in large quantities and control the market.
2. FDI will reduce the number of jobs in the retail sector.
3. FDI will result in complications in storage issues of agricultural products.
4. FDI will result in surplus agricultural production.

Q. Which of the following has helped in the tremendous growth of India's service sector in recent times?

1. Foreign direct investments
2. Foreign deposit insurance
3. Foreign direct innovations
4. Foreign direct inventions

Q. XYZ company outsources its security to a security company. Select the probable reasons behind this move.

1. XYZ company will no longer have to spend its valuable time in recruiting and managing security guards.
2. XYZ company will not be required to pay for the health, pension, and provident fund of security guards.
3. XYZ company is doing this only to uphold its brand value.
4. XYZ company is doing this to decrease its efficiency at work.

Q. According to the supporters of the Foreign Direct Investment policy, 2012, which of the following is least likely to happen if foreign supermarkets purchase from India?

1. Increase in demand for agricultural produce
2. Increase in agricultural output
3. Decrease in demand for labour
4. Decrease in agricultural income