Prelims 2015 • Paper 2 (CSAT) • Q.61

Prelims 2015Paper 2 (CSAT) • Q.61
PrelimsPaper 2 (CSAT)2015 • Q.61
CSAT
Reading Comprehension Passage / Context

Directions for the following 7 (seven) items: Read the following four passages and answer the items that follow. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only. Passage - 1 India has suffered from persistent high inflation. Increase in administered prices, demand and supply imbalances, imported inflation aggravated by rupee depreciation, and speculation have combined to keep high inflation going. If there is an element common to all of them, it is that many of them are the outcomes of economic reforms. India's vulnerability to the effects of changes in international prices has increased with trade liberalisation. The effort to reduce subsidies has resulted in a continuous increase in the prices of commodities that are administered.

India has suffered from persistent high inflation. Increase in administered prices, demand and supply imbalances, imported inflation aggravated by rupee depreciation, and speculation have combined to keep high inflation going. If there is an element common to all of them, it is that many of them are the outcomes of economic reforms. India's vulnerability to the effects of changes in international prices has increased with trade liberalisation. The effort to reduce subsidies has resulted in a continuous increase in the prices of commodities that are administered. What is the most logical, rational and crucial message that is implied in the above passage?
2015 PrelimsPaper 2 (CSAT)

Syllabus Connection

Comprehension; (Prelims)

NCERT Connection

Ch.4: Globalisation and the Indian Economy

Economics • Class 10Class 10 Understanding Economic Development

Ch.2: Indian Economy 1950-1990

Economics • Class 11Class 11 Indian Economic Development

Ch.3: Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation: An Appraisal

Economics • Class 11Class 11 Indian Economic Development

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