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JAIIB IE&IFS Unit 7 — Economic Reforms: Free MCQs with Explanations

By Swarnakshi Jha (ex-banker) · Updated 20 September 2026 · Paper 1 of the November 2026 cycle (1 November 2026)

This page is a free slice of our JAIIB IE&IFS question bank for Unit 7 — Economic Reforms (Module A — Indian Economic Architecture). The Mock Centre holds 46 questions on this unit alone, every one with a why-right / why-wrong explanation; below are the facts examiners keep returning to, five of those questions to try, and the traps that cost marks.

IE&IFS · Module A46 MCQs in the Mock Centre5 free belowPaper on 1 November 2026

Key facts examiners test from this unit

  1. Reform = declining state role; pillars LPG (no 'automation'); launched 23/24 July 1991; goal — FDI, efficiency; 1980s phase = Washington Consensus.
  2. Crisis numbers: fiscal deficit 8.4% (from 5.1%), inflation 11.3% (from 6.4% avg), reserves $1.2 bn (2 weeks), Gulf-crisis oil shock (Iraq-Kuwait); gold pledged, rupee devalued, IMF loan.
  3. Bhagwati's 3-fold failure diagnosis; trade/GDP 15.5% (1991) → 55.6% (2011).

5 free practice questions — tap an option

Five basic questions from this unit. Answers lock on the first tap, exactly as in the exam, and a short explanation opens underneath. The Mock Centre adds the moderate and tough questions, why every other option is wrong, the concept capsule and the exam tip — with your score and revision dates tracked.

Question 1 of 5
Economic reform specifies a DECLINING role for the:
Why (b): Economic reform specifies a DECLINING role for THE STATE — government retreats from owning and licensing; markets take the space.
Question 2 of 5
The three main pillars (LPG) are:
Why (a): LPG = LIBERALISATION (free the rules), PRIVATISATION (shift ownership) and GLOBALISATION (open the borders) — the 1991 triad.
Question 3 of 5
The Narasimham Committee on Financial Sector Reforms relates to:
Why (b): The NARASIMHAM Committee on Financial Sector Reforms concerns BANKING — the 1991 and 1998 blueprints for prudential norms, competition and supervision.
Question 4 of 5
Which is NOT part of the CAMELS rating?
Why (c): CAMELS = Capital, Asset quality, Management, Earnings, Liquidity, Systems/Sensitivity.
Question 5 of 5
Which is NOT an instrument for Indian corporates to access INTERNATIONAL capital markets?
Why (d): Overseas access instruments: ADRs (American), GDRs (Global) and FCCBs (convertible bonds). A plain IPO is a HOME-market issue — not an international instrument.
0 of 5 answered.

Traps in this unit

Confusable AConfusable BThe difference
Narasimham-I (1991)Narasimham-II (1998)Financial system vs banking strengthening
ChakravartyChakrabartyMonetary policy (1985) vs IT Vision (2011-17)
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