Privatisation

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What are the objectives of privatisation?

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What refers to the transfer of public sector units of equity in the market?

1. Liberalisation

2. Globalisation

3. Privatisation

4. Disinvestment

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Which of the following does not fall under the ambit of privatisation?

1. Contraction of public sector

2. Disinvestment

3. Sale of public sector's share in a PSU

4. None of the above

Q. The action of selling off or liquidating assets held by a government organisation or enterprise is called .

1. disinvestment
2. liberalisation
3. stake-out
4. sellout

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How can the gulf between capital expenditure and capital receipts be reduced without borrowing? Suggest two ways.

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The action of an organisation whereby an asset or a subsidiary is sold off is known as ___

Q. What is privatisation?

Q. During the LPG reforms, atomic energy sector was left to the sector.

1. the public
2. the private
3. the foreign
4. public-private

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Privatisation alone is not a cure for efficiency problems in the Indian economy. State true or false.

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The action of selling off or liquidating assets held by a government organisation or enterprise is called ___

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Act of selling a part or the whole of shares of selected public sector undertakings (PSU) held by the government to generate capital receipts is called _______.

1. disinvestment
2. investment
3. savings
4. none of the above

Q. The Government of India has been emphasizing on limiting the number of public sector banks and creating greater scope for the expansion of the private sector commercial banks. Give three positive aspects and two negative aspects of such a policy.

Q. Regulation & control over private sector involved _______.

1. industrial licensing & MRTP Act
2. high taxation, price & distribution controls
3. foreign exchange controls
4. all of the above

Q. All of the following developments were noticed during $1991$(when economic reforms were enforced), except _________.

1. inflation crossed double digits
2. national debt was nearly $60$ per cent of the GNP of India
3. foreign reserves were maintained at a very high level
4. none of the above

Q. Rajiv Gandhi Equity Saving scheme was announced in ____.

1. 2012
2. 2011
3. 2013
4. 2010

Q. In which year, did the realization from disinvestment exceed the targeted amount?

1. 2003-04.
2. 2000-01.
3. 1999-2000
4. None of the above.

Q. ______ is the personal income minus personal income tax and miscellaneous payments to government.

1. Surplus income
2. Disposable income
3. Expendable income
4. Residual income

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Why do you think privatisation helps improve the position of the economy?

1. Increased efficiency

2. More equitable

3. Cheaper products

4. Less corruption

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The well-performing PSUs were given a title as a reward. Which of these is the title?

1. Ratnas

2. Nakshatras

3. Prernas

4. Shraddhanjali

Q. Sale of a major portion of Government stake to a Strategic Buyer and also giving over the management control is called as ____________.

1. Strategic Sale
2. Retaining Golden Share
3. Cross Holding
4. Warehousing

Q. Warehousing method of disinvestment refers to __________.

1. government selling part of its shares in one PSU to other PSUs.
2. government's own financial institutions buying government's stake in select PSU's and holding them until any third buyer emerges.
3. none of the above.
4. government selling shares of PSUs to public sector financial institutions and banks.

Q. Cross holding method of Disinvestment refers to ____________________.

1. Government selling part of its Shares in one PSU to other PSUs
2. Government's own Financial Institutions buying Government's stake in select PSU's and holding them until any third buyer emerges
3. None of the above
4. Government selling Shares of PSUs to Public Sector Financial Institutions & Banks

Q. In an open economy GDP is the sum of ________.

1. Consumption, Gross Investment, Government expenditure, Net export
2. Consumption, Gross Investment, Government expenditure, Net import
3. Consumption, Gross Investment, Net export, Personal saving
4. Consumption, Gross Investment, Government subsidy, Net export

Q. ....... is a specific way of exposure netting.It involves a firm buying the raw material in the same currency in which it sells its products?

1. Sourcing
2. Set-off
3. Set-in
4. None of the above

Q. Which of these is not a method of disinvestments?

1. Strategic sale
2. Closure of the public sector unit
3. Initial public issue
4. Government selling stake in one PSU to another PSU

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The policy reforms through which the dominance of the public sector is reduced is called ___ .

Q. _____________ is the amount of investment after allowance has been made for depreciation of existing capital.

1. Net investment
2. Gross investment
3. Induced investment
4. None of the above

Q. Give two reasons in favour of privatisation of public sector enterprises.

Q. Explain the need for reduction in inequalities of income and wealth. Explain any two budgetary measures by which it can be done.

Q. For disinvestment of public sector shares, ___________ should be sufficiently developed.

1. money market
2. commodity market
3. bullion market
4. capital market