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History of Economic Thought | Set 1

1. Which of the following is NOT an economic theory of Ricardo's discussed in this article?

Correct : C. Division of Labor

2. The concept Industrial Reserve Army is introduced by

Correct : B. Karl Marx

3. Who gives a welfare definition of economics?

Correct : B. Alfred Marshall

4. According to Ricardo, as an economy grows, the            are the only group that would benefit.

Correct : B. Land-owners

5. The type of equilibirium that deals with the determination of price and quantity of only one

Correct : A. General equilibrium

6. Adam Smith begins with the Wealth of Nations with an example of a pin factory in order to

Correct : B. the division of labor

7. The Classical theory did not provide any coherent theory of ------

Correct : D. Profit

8. In Case the supply of a factor of production is fixed , its entire income will be -----

Correct : A. Economic Rent

9. According to Adam Smith , employers earned profits due to ----------used by them

Correct : C. Capital

10. According the law of diminishing returns:

Correct : A. The marginal product of a variable factor

11. Communist Manifesto was authored by:

Correct : B. Karl Marx

12. For the classical economists, the quantity theory of money provided an explanation of movements in the price level. Movements in the price level result

Correct : A. solely from changes in the quantity of money

13. The book Principles of Economics was published in the year

Correct : C. 1890

14. The classical economists believed that if the quantity of money doubled,

Correct : C. prices would double

15. The main focus of Karl Marx's work was on which of the following social elements?

Correct : C. Worker\s conditions in factories

16. Which two philosophers developed the principal concept of Marxism?

Correct : A. Marx and Engels

17. Walras’ law implies that if there are N markets, we only need to find equilibrium prices in

Correct : A. N-1 markets.

18. The Fisher effect .

Correct : C. Predicts that as the expected inflation rate rises, so do nominal interest rates

19. If you want a 4% real interest rate and the expected inflation rate is 3%, you should set the

Correct : C. 7%

20. The average number of times that a dollar is spent in buying the total amount of final goods and

Correct : D. Velocity

21. Adam Smith begins with the Wealth of Nations with an example of a pin factory in order to

Correct : B. the division of labor

22. Ricardo Theory Of Rent is based on ------ reasoning

Correct : A. Deductive

23. According to Ricardo, as an economy grows, the            are the only group that would benefit.

Correct : B. Land-owners

24. According the law of diminishing returns:

Correct : A. The marginal product of a variable factor eventually falls as more units of it are added to a fixed factor

25. The quantity theory of money is expressed by the identity equation

Correct : D. MV=PY

26. Both sides of the quantity theory of money identity represent . *

Correct : C. Nominal GDP.

27. In the quantity theory of money, P and Y represent the price and quantity of:

Correct : D. all finished goods and services sold in an economy

28. Nominal GDP in terms of is represented by how much money there is and how many times it is spent, while Nominal GDP in terms of                  is represented by all goods and services and their prices.

Correct : A. buyers & sellers

29. Say's law states that

Correct : D. supply creates its own demand

30. Adam Smith in his book, The Wealth of Nations, developed a theory about:

Correct : B. capitalism