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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS ON ECONOMICS
1. Economic efficiency means

a. Production of goods of mass consumption at lower cost
b. Production of goods and services for those who have purchasing power
c. Getting greatest satisfaction from available resources
d. Full employment of working force
2. Higher PPC curve indicates

a. More production of both the things with increase in technology or factor
inputs supply
b. More production of one at the expense of other
c. More production of one items at the expense of other with increase in technology
or factor input supply
d. Less than full employment situation
3. Any point beyond PPF curve can be attained by
a. Increasing supply of factor inputs
b. Technological innovation
c. Both
d. None
4. Economic growth is best depicted by
a. Outward shift in PPF
b. Upward movement in PPF
c. Inward movement in PPF
d. Downward movement in PPF
5. The relationship between aggregate consumption expenditure and aggregate income of
household sector is known as . Function
a. Consumption
b. Saving
c. Expenditure
d. Income
6. The .. Measurement method of national income aggregates all
the money spent by private citizens, firms and the government within the year.
a. Expenditure
b. Income
c. Input
d. Saving
7. If a firm is operating at any point inside the PPF, the firm is
a. Efficient firm
b. Inefficient firm
c. Poised for abnormal growth
d. None
8. Production possibility curves shows maximum combinations of -----products
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
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d. 4
9. GDP at market price exceeds GDP at factor cost by the amount of revenue raised through
.
a. Direct taxes
b. Indirect taxes
c. Income tax
d. Tax on rents
10. Macroeconomics is the study of
a. Inflation
b. Unemployment
c. Growth
d. All of (a), (b) and (c) above
11. In a closed economy savings are equal to .. At the equilibrium level of
income.
a. Investments
b. Wages
c. Income-Investments
d. Wages Consumption
12. Which of the following methods is/are used for measuring national income?
a. Output method
b. Expenditure method
c. Income method
d. All of (a), (b) and (c) above
13. Net factor income from abroad is equal to
a. NNP at market price NDP at market price
b. NDP at market prices Indirect taxes + Subsidies
c. NDP at factor cost + Depreciation
d. NNP at market prices + Depreciation
14. Personal disposable income is equal to ..
a. Wages and salaries + Dividends paid at home Personal income tax
b. Wages and salaries + Dividends paid at home + Factor income received from
abroad Personal income tax
c. Wages and salaries + Dividends paid at home + Factor income received from
abroad + Transfers from government Personal income tax.
d. Wages and salaries + Dividends paid at home + Factor income received from
abroad Transfers from government Personal income tax.
15. Personal income equals personal disposable income (Yd) plus
a. Personal savings
b. Transfers from government
c. Personal income taxes
d. Dividend payments
16. GDP at market prices is the sum of Consumption, Investment, Government Spending and
Net Exports.Net exports is
a. Gross exports minus depreciation
b. Exports minus imports

c. Gross exports earnings minus capital inflow
d. Export minus imports of merchandize
17. Macroeconomics is concerned with
a. The level of output of goods and services
b. The general level of prices
c. The growth of real output
d. All of the above
18. Personal income includes all of the following except

a. Transfer payments
b. Undistributed corporate profits
c. Personal income taxes
d. Dividend payments
19. Nominal GDP is

a. The total value of goods and services net of exports
b. The total value of goods and services produced during periods of low
unemployment
c. The total value of goods and services measured at current prices
d. The total value of goods and services produced at full employment.
20. GDP at factor cost exceeds GDP at market price

a. When the factor income from abroad is negative
b. When depreciation on fixed capital exceeds income in investment
c. When direct tax exceeds indirect tax
d. When subsidies exceeds indirect taxes
21. The difference between Gross National Product (GNP) and Gross Domestic Product
GDP) is
a. Excess of subsidies over indirect taxes
b. Depreciation
c. Net foreign income from abroad
d. Excess of indirect taxes over subsidies
22. NDP does not include

a. Payments made for income taxes
b. Depreciation allowances
c. Undistributed profits
d. The value added from intermediate goods.
23. National income is

a. NDP at market prices
b. NDP at factor cost
c. NNP at factor cost

d. GNP at market prices
24. The difference between personal disposable income and personal income is
a. Indirect taxes
b. Subsidies
c. Transfer payments
d. Personal taxes
25. Which of the following is an example of a government transfer payment?

a. Purchase of a new car for the Ministry of Finance
b. Funding of a clinic to provide free vaccinations
c. Free food coupons issued to persons in an anti-poverty program
d. Funding of a new bridge in an urban area
26. The net factor income earned within the domestic territory of a country must be equal to
a. Net Domestic Product at factor cost
b. Net Domestic Product at market price
c. Net National Product at market price
d. Personal income
27. By definition, the marginal propensity to consume

a. Equals C/Yd
b. Is the behavioral coefficient c in the equation C = a + cYd
c. Is the slope of the consumption function
d. All the above
28. Ceteris paribus, an income tax

a. Increases the value of the expenditure multiplier and decreases the value of the
net tax revenue multiplier
b. Decreases the value of the expenditure and net tax revenue multiplier
c. Decreases the value of the expenditure multiplier and increases the value of the
net tax revenue multiplier
d. None of the above
29. On the basis of the Keynesian model of output determination, a multiplier of 3 implies
that
a. An increase in consumption by `3 will result in an increase in investment by Re. 1
b. An increase in investment by Re. 1 will result in an increase in consumption by `3
c. An increase in investment by Re. 1 will result in an increase in consumption
by `2
d. An increase in investment by Re. 1 will result in an increase in consumption by
Re. 1
30. Consumption demand does not depend upon the level of

a. Income
b. Propensity to consume
c. Consumer spending
d. Marginal efficiency of investment
31. The slope of the consumption curve connotes

a. Average propensity to save
b. Marginal Propensity to consume
c. Marginal propensity to save
d. Level of consumption in the economy
32. Financial interrelation ratio is equal to

a. Total issues / National income
b. Primary issues / Net capital formation
c. Total issues / Net capital formation
d. Total stock of financial assets/Stock of fiscal assets
33. If the available workers are unaware of the jobs being offered and the employers are not
aware of the available workers, such type on unemployment is called
a. Frictional unemployment
b. Structural unemployment
c. Disguised unemployment
d. Demand pull unemployment.
34. Unemployment that arises when there is a general downturn in business activity is known
as
c. Cyclical unemployment
d. Disguised unemployment
35. Full employment is the level at which there is

a. Zero unemployment
b. Normal rate of unemployment
c. Lease supply of labor
d. Demand for goods is less than supply.
36. Natural rate of unemployment increases due to

a. General downturn in business activity
b. Changes in labor market
c. Structural changes in economy
d. Frequent changes of jobs by labor
37. If the actual rate of unemployment exceeds to natural rate of unemployment then
a. Actual output of the economy will fall below its potential
b. Production will increase more than potential
c. Consumption of goods decreases
d. Both (a) and (c) above
38. Unemployment that arises due to regional occupational pattern of job vacancies, which
does not match the pattern of workers availability and suitability, is known as
c. Cyclical unemployment
d. Demand pull unemployment
39. Disguised unemployment means

a. Unemployment in agriculture
b. Unemployment due to recession
c. Unemployment due to downturn in business activity
d. Marginal Productivity of Labor (MPL) is zero.
40. In which sector of Indian economy will we find a high rate of disguised unemployment?
a. Service sector
b. Agriculture sector
c. Manufacture sector
d. Mining sector
41. Unemployment that is caused by a mismatch between the composition of the labor force
(in terms of skills, occupation, industries, or geographic location) and the make-up of the
demand for labor is called
a. Real wage unemployment
b. Deficient-demand unemployment
c. Frictional unemployment
d. Structural Unemployment
42. During the recessionary phase of a business cycle:

a. The natural rate of unemployment will increase dramatically
b. Potential national income will exceed actual national income
c. Actual national income will exceed potential national income
d. The real rate of interest will exceed the nominal rate of interest.
43. The Philips curve shows that

a. High unemployment rates are associated with low increases in money wage rates
b. Low unemployment rates are associated with low rates of inflation
c. High unemployment rates are associated with low rates of inflation
d. High inflation rates are associated with small increases in money wage rates.
44. Full employment exists when there is

a. Zero unemployment
b. Natural rate of unemployment
c. Least demand for labor
d. Least supply of labor
45. Balance of trade is

a. The difference between balance on current account and capital account
b. Same as the balance of merchandize trade
c. Same as the balance of current account
d. Overall BoP balance.
46. All entries in the balance of payments should collectively sum to

a. GDP of that country
b. GNP of that country
c. Zero
d. Exports of that country
47. In the BoP statement, current account includes Merchandize, invisible item
(ii)Government loans from abroad
(iii) Foreign direct investment.
(i) only
Both (i) and (ii) above
Both (i) and (iii) above
Both (ii) and (iii) above
48. If the balance on current and capital accounts of Balance of Payments (BoP) taken
together is negative, then
a. It is a case of BoP surplus
b. It is a case of BoP surplus where the official reserve account is in surplus
c. It is a case of BoP deficit
d. It is case of BoP disequilibrium
49. Transfer Payments are

a. Payments made to a factor of production
b. Payments transferred from one sector to another
c. Payments made for no return service
d. Payments made by government of one country to another
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1. Economic efficiency means

2. Higher PPC curve indicates

b. Exports minus imports

18. Personal income includes all of the following except

19. Nominal GDP is

20. GDP at factor cost exceeds GDP at market price

22. NDP does not include

23. National income is

c. NNP at factor cost

25. Which of the following is an example of a government transfer payment?

27. By definition, the marginal propensity to consume

28. Ceteris paribus, an income tax

30. Consumption demand does not depend upon the level of

31. The slope of the consumption curve connotes

32. Financial interrelation ratio is equal to

35. Full employment is the level at which there is

36. Natural rate of unemployment increases due to

39. Disguised unemployment means

42. During the recessionary phase of a business cycle:

43. The Philips curve shows that

44. Full employment exists when there is

45. Balance of trade is

46. All entries in the balance of payments should collectively sum to

49. Transfer Payments are

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