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1. What was the rank of growth rate of service sector of India in world during the period 2001 to 2012 ?Asked in CGPSC Prelims Exam 2014
2. Number of books sold by store P in May is approximately what per cent less than the number of books sold by store T in July?Asked in GPSC Prelims CSP 1 2019
3. What is the ratio between the total number of books sold by store P in April and June together and total number of books sold by store T in May and July together approximately?Asked in GPSC Prelims CSP 1 2019
4. If 30% of total number of books sold by store Q, S and T together in April were academic books, how many non-academic books were sold by the same stores together in same months?Asked in GPSC Prelims CSP 1 2019
5. In terms of percentage of the cumulative FDI equity inflows during the period from April 2000 to March 2014, what is the share of FDI in the Indian Service Sector ?Asked in KPSC KAS Prelims 2014
6. Which of the following sectors now contributes the largest percentage towards GNP?Asked in OPSC CS Prelims 2018
7. The seasonally adjusted Nikkei India Services Business Activity Index has shown robust growth in service sector in India. The index in May 2018 has risen to 52.6 registering the fastest growth sinceAsked in PPSC CS Prelims 2018
8. Which of the following service sectors in India had the highest percentage share to India's GDP in the year 2010-2011?Asked in UPSC CAPF 2012
9. Consider the following countries: 1. China 2. Spain 3. India 4. Russia Which one of the following is the correct ascending order of the above countries in terms of their share of services sector to Gross Value Added (GVA) during the period 2001-2015?Asked in UPSC CAPF 2018
10. The sectoral shares of Gross Value Added (GVA) for the year 2009-10 to 2018-19 show that the share of service sector in GVA in India has increased over the years. Which among the following have driven the maximum increase?Asked in UPSC CAPF 2021
11. The service sector of India generates more thanAsked in WBPSC CS Prelims 2017
12. The Contribution of Service Sector in India's GDP isAsked in WBPSC CS Prelims 2020
13. For which of the following States the share of services sector in State GDP has been largest in 2008- 09?Asked in UPPSC Upper Mains 2010
14. Since 1980, the share of the tertiary sector in the total GDP of India hasAsked in UPPCS Prelims 1999
15. In 2017-18, what was the sectoral share of the services sector to the GDP at current prices ?Asked in APPSC Group II Prelims 2018
16. Which of the following are the two States whose gross contribution to the total service sector in the year 2023 is more than one-fourth ? - (5) Question not attemptedAsked in Asst. Engineer Comb. Comp. Exam (Pre) 2024
17. Consider the following statements regarding the service sector performance in F.Y. 23 : (A) Karnataka and Maharashtra together contribute to more than one-fourth of the total service sector GSVA of all states. (B) A group of 19 states collectively accounts for more than half of the total service sector GSVA of all states. Which of the above statements is/are correct ?Asked in Exam 2024 Group c 2024
18. Which of the following State/UTs of India are at the top with 80 percent share of services GSVA (Gross State Value Added) in year 2016-17 ?Asked in Protection Officer 2018
19. Considering the following statements about the service sector of India, choose the correct option. A. India is among top ten services exporter countries in 2020. B. Services sector is the largest recipient of FDI inflows in India in 2020-21. C. Due to COVID, services sector's share in India's GVA declined below 50 percent in 2020-21.Asked in Senior Physical Education Teacher Exam 2022
20. Read the following statements with regard to state-wise analysis of service sector performance in India in Financial Year 2023 and select correct answer using codes given below: (i) Maharashtra accounts for more than 20 percent of total service sector gross state value added of all the states. (ii) Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat together, share more than 50 percent of total service sector gross state value added of all the states. Codes: (1) Only (i) is correct. (2) Only (ii) is correct. (3) Both (i) and (ii) are correct. (4) Neither (i) nor (ii) is correct. (5) Question not attemptedAsked in Sr. Teacher (Sec. Edu.) Comp. Exam 2024 group a 2024
21. Which of the following statement is true? (A) Chandigarh reported highest share of services in GSVA while Sikkim remained lowest during the year 2020-21 in all Union Territories of India. (B) Maharashtra & Karnataka are the top two contributors to services GSVA during the year 2020-21 in all the states of India. Choose the correct answer :Asked in Sr. Teacher Gr II (Sec. Edu.) Comp. Exam 2022
22. Which of the following sector attracted highest FDI equity inflow during 2020-21 and 2021-22 (H₁)?Asked in Sr. Teacher Gr II (Sec. Edu.) Comp. Exam 2022
23. Which sector contributes maximum share in the National Income of India?Asked in Civil Judge 2018
24. India gets the largest share of its G.D.P. from which of the following sectors?Asked in Civil Judge 2018
25. 56 What was the share of service sector in India's Gross Value Added (GVA) in the year 55.2%Asked in Sub Inspector Comb. Comp. Exam 2016