Indian Economy for SSC, RRB and Banking: Chapter-Wise Guide

Economy is the section where aspirants either collect easy marks or lose them to one confusing term. Fiscal deficit versus revenue deficit, CRR versus SLR, GDP versus GNP: the questions look simple, yet a single mix-up costs a mark that a well-organised revision would have saved. The good news is that the static part of Indian Economy is small, repetitive and predictable. This guide breaks it into nine chapters, tells you what each chapter usually yields in SSC, railway (RRB), banking and police exams, how to study it, and ends with 30 practice questions with answers.

A note on numbers. Economic figures such as GDP size, repo rate, inflation readings, GST collections and rankings change all the time. This guide deliberately avoids quoting them. For anything numeric and current, use the latest Economic Survey, Union Budget documents, RBI releases and the current affairs file you follow, and always check the date on the source.

How Indian Economy is tested across exams

The four exam families treat economy differently, so adjust your depth.

• SSC (CGL, CHSL, MTS, GD): Economy sits inside General Awareness. Questions are mostly one-line static facts: who headed which committee, what a term means, which year an institution was set up. Direct and factual.
• Railway (RRB NTPC, Group D, ALP, JE): General Awareness again, with a stable mix of basic economy terms, five-year plans, banking institutions and recent budget or scheme news.
• Banking (IBPS, SBI, RRB Officers and Clerks): Banking and financial awareness is a large share of the General or Financial Awareness section. Monetary policy, RBI functions, financial institutions, budget and economic concepts are all fair game, and current developments matter more than for SSC.
• Police and state exams: Usually a few economy questions inside General Studies or GK, built on the same basics: planning, budget, taxes, banking, schemes.

We are not quoting how many questions each exam asks from economy, because the pattern differs by exam and year. Check the latest notification and the section-wise paper pattern for your target exam, then scan two or three previous papers to see the flavour.

Across all four, questions come in a few repeating shapes: definition ("which of the following is a direct tax?"), institution and year ("NABARD was set up in?"), committee or person, scheme purpose, and a small number of statement-based questions ("which of the statements is correct?"). If you can answer these shapes cleanly for each chapter below, you cover the bulk of what is asked.

Chapter 1: Basic concepts (GDP, GNP, growth, inflation, deflation)

What gets asked: definitions and relationships. This chapter is the foundation and the most common source of trap questions.

High-yield topics

• GDP is the total value of final goods and services produced within the country's borders in a year, regardless of who owns the producer.
• GNP = GDP + net factor income from abroad. It counts what the country's own residents earn, wherever they earn it.
• NNP = GNP minus depreciation. National income is generally treated as NNP at factor cost.
• Market price versus factor cost: GDP at market prices = GDP at factor cost + indirect taxes minus subsidies.
• Nominal versus real: nominal GDP uses current prices; real GDP uses constant (base-year) prices and removes the effect of price rise. Growth is normally reported in real terms.
• Per capita income = national income divided by population.
• Economic growth versus development: growth is a rise in output; development also covers health, education and living standards.
• Inflation: a sustained rise in the general price level. Deflation: a sustained fall. Disinflation: inflation continues but at a slower rate. Stagflation: high inflation together with stagnant growth and high unemployment. Reflation: deliberate push to lift prices and output after deflation.
• Demand-pull inflation: too much money chasing too few goods. Cost-push inflation: rising input costs push prices up.
• Price indices: CPI measures retail prices faced by consumers; WPI measures wholesale prices of goods. The RBI works under a flexible inflation targeting framework anchored on consumer price inflation. As of the sources we checked, the target is 4 per cent with a tolerance band of plus or minus 2 per cent, set by the government in consultation with the RBI, reviewed every five years. Check the latest position before an exam.
• Sectors that compile data: national accounts and GDP estimates come from the National Statistical Office under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The base year of the GDP and price series gets revised from time to time, so check the latest base year instead of memorising an old one.

How to study

Make one page with each term, a six-word definition and one example. Practise the relationships (GNP from GDP, NNP from GNP) as small equations. Then revise "who publishes what", because that is a favourite factual question.

Memory aid: GNP is about nationals, GDP is about domestic territory. Net means after subtracting, so NNP is GNP after depreciation.

Chapter 2: Planning, NITI Aayog and the 1991 reforms

What gets asked: year and model facts about five-year plans, the Planning Commission versus NITI Aayog, and the 1991 reform package. Very high repeat value in SSC and railway exams.

High-yield topics

• The Planning Commission was set up on 15 March 1950 with the Prime Minister as chairman. It was replaced by NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) on 1 January 2015. The last Five-Year Plan was the Twelfth (2012 to 2017).
• NITI Aayog is a policy think tank, not a funding body that allocates plan money. The Prime Minister chairs it, and its Governing Council includes Chief Ministers and Lieutenant Governors, which reflects the idea of cooperative federalism.
• First Plan (1951 to 56): Harrod-Domar model, priority to agriculture, irrigation and power.
• Second Plan (1956 to 61): Mahalanobis model, emphasis on heavy and basic industry.
• Rolling Plan: introduced by the Janata government for 1978 to 80; targets are reviewed and rolled forward every year.
• 1991 reforms are summed up as LPG: liberalisation, privatisation, globalisation, introduced under Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao with Manmohan Singh as Finance Minister, in response to a balance of payments crisis.
• Other terms: mixed economy, public sector, industrial licensing, disinvestment.

How to study

Build a three-column table: plan number, years, theme or model. Do not try to memorise every target figure. Questions overwhelmingly ask the theme, the model and the first or last of something. Spend extra time on what changed in 2015 and on the three letters in LPG.

Memory aid: Plan 1 is agriculture (Harrod-Domar), Plan 2 is industry (Mahalanobis). Remember "H then M" in alphabetical order.

Chapter 3: Sectors of the economy (agriculture, industry, services)

What gets asked: classification, landmark movements and institutions. Often one or two questions per paper.

High-yield topics

• Primary (agriculture, mining, fishing, forestry), secondary (manufacturing, construction), tertiary (services such as banking, transport, trade, IT). Know that banking is a tertiary activity.
• Green Revolution: high-yield variety seeds, fertilisers and irrigation, which began to spread in the mid-1960s, most strongly for wheat. M. S. Swaminathan is associated with it in India.
• White Revolution (Operation Flood): dairy cooperative movement started in 1970, associated with Verghese Kurien and Amul.
• Minimum Support Price (MSP): the government announces MSP for notified crops on the recommendation of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP).
• Kharif and rabi: kharif crops are sown with the monsoon and harvested in autumn; rabi crops are sown in winter and harvested in spring.
• Institutions: NABARD for agriculture and rural credit; Food Corporation of India for procurement and storage of foodgrains; Public Distribution System for subsidised grain.
• Industry basics: public versus private sector, MSMEs, special economic zones, Make in India (launched 2014) and production-linked incentive schemes.
• Services sector: in many economies it becomes the largest contributor to GDP as incomes rise. For the exact present shares of each sector, use the latest Economic Survey instead of memory.

How to study

Learn the "revolution" list (green, white, blue, yellow and so on) as colour plus product. Revise MSP, procurement and the PDS as one connected story. For sector shares and growth, do a single reading of the latest Economic Survey summary before the exam.

Chapter 4: Budget and fiscal policy

What gets asked: deficit types, budget terminology, Constitutional articles and the budget process. This chapter appears prominently in banking and SSC.

High-yield topics

• Article 112 requires the government to lay before Parliament an Annual Financial Statement, which is the Union Budget. India's financial year runs from 1 April to 31 March.
• Consolidated Fund of India (Article 266) holds government revenues and loans; money can be withdrawn only with Parliament's approval. Contingency Fund (Article 267) is an advance for unforeseen expenditure, at the President's disposal. Public Account holds money the government keeps as a banker, such as provident funds.
• Revenue receipts (taxes and non-tax income) versus capital receipts (borrowings, loan recovery, disinvestment proceeds).
• Revenue deficit = revenue expenditure minus revenue receipts.
• Fiscal deficit = total expenditure minus total receipts excluding borrowings. It equals the amount the government must borrow.
• Primary deficit = fiscal deficit minus interest payments.
• Fiscal policy means taxation and spending decisions of the government; monetary policy is run by the RBI through money supply and interest rates.
• FRBM Act, 2003 (Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management) lays down a path for deficit reduction and transparency.
• Vote on account allows spending for a part of the year until the full budget is passed. Appropriation Bill authorises withdrawal from the Consolidated Fund; Finance Bill gives effect to tax proposals.
• Economic Survey is presented by the Ministry of Finance, prepared under the Chief Economic Adviser, usually the day before the Budget. It is a report card of the economy and is not the Budget itself.
• The Union Budget is generally presented on 1 February, and the separate Railway Budget was merged with it from 2017. Check the latest announcement on dates each year.

How to study

Write the three deficits in a row, each with its formula, and solve three mini-sums. Learn the article numbers in a single line: 112, 266, 267. Keep the latest Budget's headline themes in your current affairs notes, because banking exams in particular ask about them.

Memory aid: revenue deficit looks only at the revenue account, fiscal deficit looks at everything except borrowing, primary deficit removes interest on top of that.

Chapter 5: Taxation and GST basics

What gets asked: direct versus indirect taxes, which tax is levied by whom, and GST structure.

High-yield topics

• Direct taxes: burden cannot be shifted; examples are income tax, corporation tax and wealth-type taxes. Indirect taxes: burden can be passed on to the consumer; examples are GST, customs duty and excise on items outside GST.
• Progressive, proportional and regressive taxes: progressive taxes take a larger share from higher incomes.
• GST came into effect on 1 July 2017 through the 101st Constitutional Amendment. It replaced a number of central and state indirect taxes such as service tax, central excise and state VAT.
• GST Council: a constitutional body under Article 279A, chaired by the Union Finance Minister, with state finance ministers as members. It recommends rates, exemptions and rules.
• Components: CGST (collected by the Centre), SGST (collected by the state), IGST (on inter-state supply, collected by the Centre and shared), and UTGST for union territories.
• Destination-based tax: GST is meant to go to the state where the goods or services are consumed. Input tax credit lets a business set off tax paid on inputs against tax payable on outputs, which removes the cascading "tax on tax" effect.
• Some items, for example alcohol for human consumption, stay outside GST. The status of petroleum products and the rate slabs have been revised over time, so check the latest GST Council decisions rather than relying on an old slab list.

How to study

For the first read, understand why GST was brought in (one nation, one tax, fewer cascading taxes). Then memorise the four components and the Council's constitutional basis. Treat rate slabs and recent Council decisions as current affairs content and learn them only from a recently dated source.

Chapter 6: Money and banking basics

What gets asked: the single biggest chapter for banking exams and a regular for SSC and RRB. Covers RBI, monetary tools, institutions and financial markets.

High-yield topics

• RBI: began operations on 1 April 1935 and was nationalised on 1 January 1949. It is the central bank, issuer of currency notes (rupee coins and the one-rupee note are issued by the Government of India), banker to the government and to banks, regulator of banks, and manager of foreign exchange.
• Bank nationalisation: 14 large banks on 19 July 1969 and 6 more in 1980.
• Monetary tools: repo rate is the rate at which the RBI lends short-term to banks against securities; reverse repo is the rate at which the RBI borrows from banks; CRR is the share of deposits banks keep with the RBI in cash; SLR is the share they keep in liquid assets such as cash, gold and government securities with themselves; Bank Rate is the long-term lending rate for banks; open market operations are buying or selling government securities.
• Monetary Policy Committee sets the policy rate. It has six members, headed by the RBI Governor, per the sources we checked. Always confirm the latest policy rates from RBI's website before an exam; we do not quote any here.
• Institutions: NABARD (set up 1982, rural and agricultural credit), SIDBI (small industries), EXIM Bank (trade finance), SEBI (securities market regulator), IRDAI (insurance regulator), PFRDA (pension), NPCI (retail payment systems such as UPI).
• Types of banks: commercial, regional rural, cooperative, small finance and payments banks.
• Money market versus capital market: money market deals in short-term funds (up to one year), for example treasury bills, call money and commercial paper; capital market deals in long-term securities such as shares and bonds.
• Financial inclusion: Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (launched 2014) for bank accounts for all.

How to study

Study the policy tools as a cause-effect chain: when the RBI wants to reduce money in the system, it raises rates or ratios; when it wants to inject money, it cuts them. A diagram with arrows works better than a list. Then make a one-page "regulator map" listing which body regulates which sector. For deeper revision, keep a single sheet of the latest policy rates with the date written on top.

Memory aid: CRR is Cash with RBI, SLR is Securities (and cash and gold) with the bank itself.

Chapter 7: External sector (trade, balance of payments, forex)

What gets asked: definitions of trade and payments terms, exchange-rate terms and international bodies. A modest but steady source of marks.

High-yield topics

• Balance of trade = value of exports minus value of imports of goods only. Balance of payments (BoP) records all economic transactions with the rest of the world and has two main parts.
• Current account: trade in goods, trade in services, income and transfers such as remittances. Capital account: foreign direct investment, portfolio investment, external loans and similar flows.
• FDI versus FPI: FDI means lasting ownership and control in a business; FPI means investment in shares and bonds without control, and can move out quickly.
• Exchange rate terms: appreciation and depreciation describe market-driven changes in a currency's value; devaluation is an official reduction under a fixed or managed system. India's currency moved to a market-determined exchange rate in the early 1990s as part of the reforms.
• Forex reserves include foreign currency assets, gold, SDRs and the reserve position with the IMF. They are managed by the RBI. The size changes weekly, so quote none from memory.
• International bodies: IMF (monetary cooperation and BoP support), World Bank (development lending), WTO (trade rules), and their headquarters and basic roles are standard questions.
• Trade policy terms: tariff, quota, anti-dumping duty, export promotion, import substitution.

How to study

Draw the BoP as a two-box diagram and drop each term into its box. For international organisations, use a four-column table: body, purpose, headquarters, a recent news hook. Rankings and indices (for example global ranking of any report) belong in current affairs, so check each source and year.

Chapter 8: Poverty and unemployment

What gets asked: committees, types of unemployment and measurement concepts. Mostly conceptual.

High-yield topics

• Poverty line: a minimum level of consumption expenditure. Expert groups that estimated it include Lakdawala, Tendulkar (report in 2009) and Rangarajan. Questions ask which committee did what, so pair each name with the idea of how it set the line.
• Multidimensional poverty: the global MPI (UNDP and OPHI) looks at health, education and standard of living. NITI Aayog has published a national version. Check the latest edition for figures.
• Absolute versus relative poverty: absolute is below a fixed minimum standard; relative compares groups within a society.
• Types of unemployment: disguised (more workers than needed, common in agriculture, where removing some does not reduce output), seasonal (work only in some months), structural (mismatch of skills and jobs), frictional (between jobs), cyclical (in downturns), open, and educated unemployment.
• Labour measurement: the Periodic Labour Force Survey of the National Statistical Office is the main source for employment data in India. Verify the latest release before quoting any rate.
• Related concepts: Gini coefficient measures inequality; Human Development Index combines health, education and income; Lorenz curve shows income distribution.

How to study

Learn unemployment types through one-line examples: farmers idle between harvests (seasonal), a family farm with too many hands (disguised), a graduate with the wrong skill set (structural). Keep the poverty committees in a single short list and avoid memorising numbers.

Chapter 9: Government schemes (well-established ones)

What gets asked: the purpose, the ministry or the year of launch. We list only well-established schemes; amounts, eligibility and coverage change, so always check the official scheme page for current details.

• MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005): legal guarantee of up to 100 days of wage employment per rural household per year to adult members willing to do unskilled manual work. Check the latest position, since the law and its scheme details can be amended.
• Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana: launched in 2014 for universal access to banking.
• MUDRA (Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana): launched in 2015 for collateral-free loans to micro and small enterprises, with categories named Shishu, Kishor and Tarun.
• Atal Pension Yojana: pension scheme aimed at the unorganised sector, launched in 2015.
• PM-KISAN: direct income support to farmer families, started in 2019.
• Make in India (2014) and Skill India (2015): manufacturing and skilling campaigns.
• Production Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes: incentives linked to incremental output in selected sectors.

How to study: a flash-card for each scheme with four fields: year, ministry, target group, one-line benefit. Spend most time on schemes announced in the last twelve months, as exams mix old and new, and verify each from an official government page.

Economic Surveys and reports: the sources worth using

You do not need to read the full Economic Survey. Use it in layers.

• Economic Survey: read the chapter summaries or an official overview of the latest edition, noting the themes and any new indices or concepts introduced.
• Union Budget: read the "Budget at a Glance" style summary and a trusted summary of major announcements and tax changes.
• RBI: the monthly policy statement and its basic explainer, the annual Report on Currency and Finance topic, and the RBI's own FAQ pages for terms.
• Reports with their publishers: know publisher-to-report pairs (for example which body publishes the Human Development Report or the World Economic Outlook). Verify each pairing from the publisher's own site.
• Standard textbook: a class 11 and 12 economics textbook or a basic Indian Economy handbook for static concepts, followed by a monthly current affairs compilation for dated facts.

A four-week plan to finish the static portion

1. Week 1: Chapters 1 and 2. Make definition sheets and the plan table. End the week with 20 questions.
2. Week 2: Chapters 3 and 4. Solve deficit sums by hand. Learn articles 112, 266, 267.
3. Week 3: Chapters 5 and 6. Draw the monetary-policy chain and the regulator map. This is the most important week for banking aspirants.
4. Week 4: Chapters 7, 8 and 9, then one full revision of all notes, then a timed sectional test.

After that, revise one chapter every two days, and update the "current" sheet (policy rates, budget themes, schemes) every month. Cycle through error notes rather than rereading everything.

Common traps

• GDP versus GNP: the formula direction (adding net factor income from abroad to GDP to get GNP) is often reversed under exam pressure.
• Fiscal versus revenue versus primary deficit: check which one the question asks for before picking.
• CRR versus SLR: cash with the RBI versus liquid assets held by the bank itself.
• Repo versus reverse repo: who lends to whom. In repo, the RBI lends.
• Balance of trade versus balance of payments: trade covers goods only.
• Planning Commission versus NITI Aayog: do not attribute allocation of plan funds to NITI Aayog.
• Economic Survey versus Budget: the Survey is a report; the Budget is the financial statement.
• Using stale numbers: if an option depends on a current figure or rate, a dated note can lead you wrong. Verify against a recent source.
• Extreme words in statement questions: "always", "only" and "all" usually signal a wrong statement.

30 PYQ-style practice questions with answers

These are original practice questions written in the style of previous-year papers, not actual past questions. Each answer is based on standard definitions and facts verified above.

1. GNP is equal to: (a) GDP minus depreciation (b) GDP plus net factor income from abroad (c) GDP minus indirect taxes (d) GDP plus subsidies. Answer: (b)
2. NNP is obtained by subtracting which item from GNP? (a) Indirect taxes (b) Subsidies (c) Depreciation (d) Imports. Answer: (c)
3. A sustained fall in the general price level is called: (a) Inflation (b) Deflation (c) Stagflation (d) Reflation. Answer: (b)
4. High inflation together with stagnant output and high unemployment is known as: (a) Disinflation (b) Stagflation (c) Hyperinflation (d) Deflation. Answer: (b)
5. The Planning Commission was replaced by NITI Aayog in: (a) 2012 (b) 2014 (c) 2015 (d) 2017. Answer: (c)
6. The First Five-Year Plan was based on which model? (a) Mahalanobis (b) Harrod-Domar (c) Gandhian (d) Rolling. Answer: (b)
7. The Second Five-Year Plan emphasised mainly: (a) Agriculture only (b) Heavy and basic industries (c) Services (d) Foreign trade. Answer: (b)
8. The Rolling Plan (1978 to 80) was introduced by: (a) Congress government (b) Janata government (c) United Front government (d) NDA government. Answer: (b)
9. The 1991 economic reforms were introduced under Prime Minister: (a) Rajiv Gandhi (b) V. P. Singh (c) P. V. Narasimha Rao (d) Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Answer: (c)
10. Banking is an example of which sector? (a) Primary (b) Secondary (c) Tertiary (d) None. Answer: (c)
11. Operation Flood is associated with: (a) Food grains (b) Milk (c) Fish (d) Eggs. Answer: (b)
12. Minimum Support Price is recommended by: (a) NITI Aayog (b) CACP (c) SEBI (d) NABARD. Answer: (b)
13. Fiscal deficit equals: (a) Revenue expenditure minus revenue receipts (b) Total expenditure minus total receipts excluding borrowings (c) Fiscal deficit minus interest payments (d) Imports minus exports. Answer: (b)
14. Primary deficit equals fiscal deficit minus: (a) Subsidies (b) Interest payments (c) Capital receipts (d) Defence spending. Answer: (b)
15. The Annual Financial Statement is provided for in which Article of the Constitution? (a) 110 (b) 112 (c) 266 (d) 280. Answer: (b)
16. The Contingency Fund of India is established under: (a) Article 266 (b) Article 267 (c) Article 270 (d) Article 112. Answer: (b)
17. India's financial year runs from: (a) 1 January to 31 December (b) 1 April to 31 March (c) 1 July to 30 June (d) 1 October to 30 September. Answer: (b)
18. Which of the following is a direct tax? (a) GST (b) Customs duty (c) Income tax (d) Service tax. Answer: (c)
19. GST came into effect on: (a) 1 April 2016 (b) 1 July 2017 (c) 1 April 2017 (d) 1 January 2018. Answer: (b)
20. The GST Council is established under which Article? (a) 265 (b) 270 (c) 279A (d) 280. Answer: (c)
21. The GST Council is chaired by: (a) Prime Minister (b) Union Finance Minister (c) RBI Governor (d) Chief Economic Adviser. Answer: (b)
22. IGST is levied on: (a) Intra-state supply (b) Inter-state supply (c) Exports of crude oil only (d) Land sales. Answer: (b)
23. The Reserve Bank of India was nationalised in: (a) 1935 (b) 1947 (c) 1949 (d) 1969. Answer: (c)
24. How many banks were nationalised on 19 July 1969? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 20. Answer: (c)
25. The rate at which the RBI lends short-term funds to banks is called: (a) Reverse repo (b) Repo rate (c) CRR (d) SLR. Answer: (b)
26. The share of deposits that banks must keep with the RBI in cash is called: (a) SLR (b) CRR (c) Bank Rate (d) MSF. Answer: (b)
27. NABARD was established in: (a) 1969 (b) 1975 (c) 1982 (d) 1991. Answer: (c)
28. Balance of trade records: (a) Only exports (b) Exports minus imports of goods (c) All capital flows (d) Only services. Answer: (b)
29. Foreign direct investment is recorded in which part of the balance of payments? (a) Current account (b) Capital account (c) Revenue account (d) Fiscal account. Answer: (b)
30. Disguised unemployment is most commonly found in: (a) Information technology (b) Agriculture (c) Banking (d) Mining. Answer: (b)

Score yourself, then write each wrong answer as a one-line rule in your error notebook. Redo only those after three days.

Frequently asked questions

How much time should I give Indian Economy? For SSC and railway exams, the static portion can be completed in about three to four weeks of focused daily study plus regular revision. Banking aspirants should add steady current affairs reading on top.

Is it necessary to read the whole Economic Survey? No. Read an official summary or chapter overview of the latest edition, then note new concepts and themes.

Should I memorise GDP numbers and rankings? No, unless the figure comes from a recent dated source and your exam is close. Numbers change; concepts remain.

Which chapter matters most for banking exams? Money and banking, followed by budget and fiscal policy, then external sector basics and schemes.

Which chapter is easiest to score in? Planning and basic concepts, because they are small and fact-based.

How do I remember so many terms? Use tables, formulas and one-line examples, and revise them on a fixed schedule instead of rereading chapters.

Are scheme details like amounts and eligibility safe to memorise? They change, so confirm them from official portals and the latest notification before an exam.

What if the GST slabs I studied have changed? Rates have been revised over time. Check the latest GST Council decisions and keep the concept (components, Council, input tax credit) as your static base.

Do police exams ask hard economy questions? Generally the level is basic: definitions, institutions and schemes. Check the syllabus in the latest notification.

How do I practise economy questions well? Solve topic-wise sets after each chapter, then mix them in sectional and full-length tests to practise recall under time pressure.

Final word

Economy rewards neat, small notes and regular revision, not long reading marathons. Finish the nine chapters once, solve questions chapter by chapter, and keep a monthly sheet for anything that changes. Then practise with full-length mocks and sectional tests on Pareeksha so you can see how economy questions appear inside the General Awareness section and how fast you can answer them.