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Basics of Economics Studies | Set 2
1. The difference between GDP and NDP equals:
A. Transfer payments
B. Net indirect taxes
C. Net factor income from abroad
D. Depreciation
Correct : D. Depreciation
2. Which of the following is true?
A. GNP + Depreciation = NNP
B. GNP = GDP + Net factor income from abroad
C. NDP = GNP minus net indirect taxes
D. NNP = DGP minus depreciation
Correct : B. GNP = GDP + Net factor income from abroad
3. NNP is equal to:
A. GNP plus Depreciation
B. GNP minus depreciation
C. GNP minus exports
D. GNP plus exports
Correct : B. GNP minus depreciation
4. Which of the following is not a method of national income estimation?
A. Matrix method
B. Income method
C. Expenditure method
D. Product method
Correct : A. Matrix method
5. An accounting year in India is:
A. Calendar year
B. Academic year
C. Fiscal year
D. None of these
Correct : C. Fiscal year
6. Increase in real National Income (NI) means increase in:
A. NI at current prices
B. NI at constant prices
C. Both
D. None of these
Correct : B. NI at constant prices
7. Net indirect taxes means:
A. Indirect taxes plus subsidies
B. Income minus taxes
C. Indirect taxes minus subsidies
D. Exports minus imports
Correct : C. Indirect taxes minus subsidies
8. Net factor income from abroad shows the difference between:
A. GDP and NDP
B. NNP and NDP
C. GNP and GDP
D. GNP and NNP
Correct : C. GNP and GDP
9. Per capita income is equal to:
A. Population/National income
B. National income/population
C. National income/GDP
D. NNP/GNP
Correct : B. National income/population
10. National income in India is estimated by:
A. RBI
B. NSSO
C. CSO
D. World Bank
Correct : C. CSO
11. The first estimate of National income in India was done by:
A. K.N. Raj
B. V.K.R.V. Rao
C. Dadabai Naoroji
D. P.C. Mahalanobis
Correct : C. Dadabai Naoroji
12. Pick the odd one out:
A. Real national income
B. NI at constant price
C. NI at current prices
D. NI at base year price
Correct : C. NI at current prices
13. GDP deflator is given by:
A. Nominal NI/Real NI
B. Nominal DGP/Real GDP
C. Nominal GDP/ Nominal GNP
D. Real GDP/Real GNP
Correct : B. Nominal DGP/Real GDP
14. Wear and tear of capital due to constant use means:
A. Intermediate consumption
B. Final consumption
C. Depreciation
D. Devaluation
Correct : C. Depreciation
15. Value of output minus intermediate consumption is:
A. Depreciation
B. Value added
C. Net value added
D. Net exports
Correct : B. Value added
16. Personal income minus personal taxes is:
A. National Income
B. Private income
C. Disposable income
D. Per capita income
Correct : C. Disposable income
17. Primary sector includes:
A. Agriculture
B. Industry
C. Services
D. Banking
Correct : A. Agriculture
18. National income is a --------variable.
A. Flow
B. Stock
C. Static
D. Dynamic
Correct : A. Flow
19. In India, National income is estimated at:
A. Current prices
B. Constant prices
C. Both current and constant prices
D. None of these
Correct : C. Both current and constant prices
20. Which of the following is true:
A. GDP is a geographical concept
B. GDP is not a geographical concept
C. GDP and GNP are same
D. None of them
Correct : A. GDP is a geographical concept
21. GNP measured in terms of current market prices is called:
A. Nominal GNP
B. Real GNP
C. Both
D. None
Correct : A. Nominal GNP
22. In India, the current base year is:
A. 1980-81
B. 1993-94
C. 1999-2000
D. 2004-05
Correct : D. 2004-05
23. Which of the following doest not include in the group?
A. GDP
B. GNP
C. GVA
D. NDP
Correct : D. NDP
24. The term “Classical Economics” was first used by:
A. J.M. Keynes
B. Adam Smith
C. Karl Marx
D. David Ricardo
Correct : C. Karl Marx
25. Who is the leader of the Classical school?
A. Thomas Robert Malthus
B. J.S. Mill
C. David Ricardo
D. Adam Smith.
Correct : D. Adam Smith.
26. The core of classical economists is:
A. Effective Demand
B. Employment
C. Say’s Law of Market
D. Socialism
Correct : C. Say’s Law of Market
27. ‘Law of Market’ is attributed to:
A. J.S. Mill
B. J.B. Say
C. Alfred marshall
D. A.C. Pigou
Correct : B. J.B. Say
28. The Classicals adopted ---------policy:
A. Governmental policy
B. Laissez-faire
C. Policy of restriction
D. None of these
Correct : B. Laissez-faire
29. According to Classicals, full employment is a:
A. Rare phenomenon
B. Normal phenomenon
C. Abnormal phenomenon
D. None of these
Correct : B. Normal phenomenon
30. According to the Classical economists, general over production is:
A. Possible
B. Impossible
C. Both
D. None
Correct : B. Impossible
31. According to the Classical economists, savings and investments are:
A. Always unequal
B. Always equal
C. Never equal
D. Sometimes equal
Correct : B. Always equal
32. Wages and prices are ----------, according to the Classicals.
A. Rigid
B. Flexible
C. Both
D. All of these
Correct : B. Flexible
33. Classical aggregate supply curve is:
A. Perfectly elastic
B. Perfectly inelastic
C. More elastic
D. Unitary elastic
Correct : B. Perfectly inelastic
34. Pick the odd one from the following:
A. Law of Market
B. J.B. Say
C. Full employment
D. J.M. Keynes
Correct : D. J.M. Keynes
35. According to the Classicals, investment is a function of:
A. Saving
B. Income
C. Employment
D. Rate of Interest
Correct : D. Rate of Interest
36. “Supply creates its own demand” is called:
A. Law of supply
B. Law of market
C. Law of demand
D. Law of elasticity
Correct : B. Law of market
37. Under the classical system, the equilibrium will be at:
A. Under employment
B. Full employment
C. Voluntary employment
D. Disguised unemployment
Correct : B. Full employment
38. When savings exceeds the demand for savings, the rate of interest will:
A. Rise
B. Fall
C. Remain constant
D. None of these
Correct : B. Fall
39. Rate of interest will increase when the demand for saving is:
A. Less than its supply
B. Equal to its supply
C. More than its supply
D. Less than or equal to its supply
Correct : C. More than its supply
40. In the Classical system, the role of the government is:
A. The highest
B. Not at all needed
C. Limited
D. Important
Correct : C. Limited
41. Equilibrium in the economy is settled by ---------, according to the Classicals.
A. Centralized planning
B. Price mechanism
C. Both the planning and price mechanism
D. None of these
Correct : B. Price mechanism
42. Say’s Law of market was proved wrong by:
A. Industrial revolution
B. Great Depression
C. Green revolution
D. Gulf war
Correct : B. Great Depression
43. Self interest, competition, profit motive are the features of:
A. Socialism
B. Capitalism
C. Marxism
D. Mixed economy
Correct : B. Capitalism
44. The Great Depression was during:
A. 1930s
B. 1920s
C. 1940s
D. 1830s
Correct : A. 1930s
45. The equilibrium price is determined by the forces of:
A. Supply only
B. Demand only
C. Both Demand and Supply
D. None of these
Correct : C. Both Demand and Supply
46. Temporary unemployment is -------------, according to the Classical economists:
A. Impossible
B. Permanent
C. Possible
D. None of these
Correct : C. Possible
47. J.B. Say was a ---------------Economist.
A. Swedish
B. German
C. French
D. American
Correct : C. French
48. Pick the odd one out:
A. J.B. Say
B. David Ricardo
C. Adam Smith
D. J.M. Keynes
Correct : D. J.M. Keynes
49. Author of the book ‘The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money’:
A. Karl Marxq
B. J.B. Say
C. J.M. Keynes
D. Adam Smith
Correct : C. J.M. Keynes
50. ‘The General Theory’, was published in :
A. 1776
B. 1890
C. 1936
D. 1950
Correct : C. 1936
51. The branch of Economics that deals with economic aggregate is called:
A. Micro Economics
B. Development economics
C. Macro Economics
D. Welfare economics
Correct : C. Macro Economics
52. The central theme of Keynesian Theory is:
A. Laissez-faire
B. Free Trade
C. Effective demand
D. Self interest
Correct : C. Effective demand
53. Who repudiated Say’s law of market?
A. J.B. Say
B. David Ricardo
C. J.S. Mill
D. J.M. Keynes
Correct : D. J.M. Keynes
54. Effective demand is that demand when:
A. Aggregate demand is greater than aggregate supply
B. Aggregate demand is less than aggregate supply
C. Aggregate demand is equal to aggregate supply
D. All of these
Correct : C. Aggregate demand is equal to aggregate supply
55. The concept of effective demand is associated with the name of:
A. Marshall
B. Keynes
C. Krugman
D. Adam Smith
Correct : B. Keynes
56. The proportion between total income and total consumption is called:
A. Average propensity to consume
B. Average propensity to save
C. Marginal propensity to consume
D. Marginal propensity to save
Correct : A. Average propensity to consume
57. The proportion between incremental income and incremental consumption is called:
A. APC
B. APS
C. MPC
D. MPS
Correct : C. MPC
58. The proportion between total income and total saving is called:
A. APC
B. APS
C. MPC
D. MPS
Correct : B. APS
59. 1- MPC is called:
A. APC
B. APS
C. MPC
D. MPS
Correct : D. MPS
60. APC + APS is equal to:
A. 0
B. >0
C. 1
D. <0
Correct : C. 1
61. Multiplier is obtained by:
A. 1 – MPC
B. 1/1- MPS
C. 1/1- APC
D. 1/1-MPC
Correct : D. 1/1-MPC
62. Exports minus imports is termed as:
A. Net income
B. Net imports
C. Net exports
D. National Income
Correct : C. Net exports
63. As income increases consumption also increases, but:
A. Proportionately
B. More than proportionately
C. Less than proportionately
D. Equally
Correct : C. Less than proportionately
64. The expected return on investment is called:
A. Marginal propensity to save
B. Marginal propensity to consume
C. Marginal revenue
D. Marginal efficiency of investment
Correct : D. Marginal efficiency of investment
65. Marginal efficiency of investment curve is:
A. Slopping downwards
B. Slopping upwards
C. Parallel to X axis
D. Parallel to Y axis
Correct : A. Slopping downwards
66. According to Keynes, unemployment is due to:
A. Deficiency of capital
B. Deficiency of labour
C. Deficiency of education
D. Deficiency in effective demand
Correct : D. Deficiency in effective demand
67. “In the long run, we are all dead”. Who said this?
A. Keynes
B. Adam Smith
C. Karl Marx
D. David Ricardo
Correct : A. Keynes
68. According to Keynes, investment is a function of:
A. Rate of interest
B. Rate of profit
C. Rate of MEI
D. MEI and rate of interest
Correct : D. MEI and rate of interest
69. Keynes believed in :
A. Full employment equilibrium
B. Under employment equilibrium
C. Both
D. None
Correct : B. Under employment equilibrium
70. According to Keynes, wages and prices are:
A. Rigid
B. Flexible
C. Variable
D. Automatic
Correct : A. Rigid
71. In Economics, 1930s is popularly known as the period of:
A. Great Battle
B. Great Depression
C. Industrial Revolution
D. Great Devide
Correct : B. Great Depression
72. Keynesian aggregate supply curve is:
A. Perfectly elastic
B. Perfectly inelastic
C. Unitary elastic
D. Parabola
Correct : A. Perfectly elastic
73. Keynes strongly argued for:
A. Free Trade
B. Non-intervention of Government
C. Laissez-faire
D. Governmental intervention
Correct : D. Governmental intervention
74. Consumption expenditure directly varies with:
A. Savings
B. Investment
C. Disposable income
D. Rate of interest
Correct : C. Disposable income
75. An important issue of macro economics is the determination of:
A. Consumption
B. Production
C. Utility
D. Income and employment
Correct : D. Income and employment
76. Pick the odd one:
A. Aggregate demand
B. Effective demand
C. J.M. Keynes
D. Law of market
Correct : D. Law of market
77. Which of the following items does not include in the group?
A. Consumption
B. Investment
C. Rate of Interest
D. Net exports
Correct : C. Rate of Interest
78. If marginal propensity to consume is 0.8, the value of multiplier will be:
A. 1
B. 2.5
C. 5
D. 2
Correct : C. 5
79. Who is known as the father of Modern Economics?
A. Adam Smith
B. J.M.Keynes
C. Robinson
D. Ricardo
Correct : A. Adam Smith
80. Goods without which people can not live are called:
A. Comforts
B. Luxuries
C. Necessaries
D. None
Correct : C. Necessaries
81. The problem of what to produce is a problem of:
A. Distribution
B. Technological choice
C. Consumption
D. Allocation of resources
Correct : D. Allocation of resources
82. Those things that possess both utility and scarcity are called:
A. Economic Goods
B. Free goods
C. Intermediate goods
D. Luxuries
Correct : A. Economic Goods
83. If a worker specializes in the production of a single good, it is called:
A. Product based division of labour
B. Process based division of labour
C. Worker based division of labour
D. None of these
Correct : A. Product based division of labour
84. Goods produced for use in future productive process are called:
A. Intermediate goods
B. Final goods
C. Consumer goods
D. Capital goods
Correct : D. Capital goods
85. In a horizontal straight line demand curve, the price elasticity of demand is:
A. Unity
B. Infinity
C. Zero
D. Less than one
Correct : B. Infinity
86. Who wrote the article Laws of Returns Under Competitive Conditions?
A. Joan Robinson
B. E.H. Chamberlin
C. A.C. Pigou
D. P. Sraffa
Correct : D. P. Sraffa
87. Increase in output less than proportional to increase in inputs is called:
A. Increasing returns
B. Constant returns
C. Diminishing returns
D. Marginal returns
Correct : C. Diminishing returns
88. A simplified representation of a real situation is called:
A. Theory
B. Hypotheses
C. Evidence
D. Economic Model
Correct : D. Economic Model
89. When marginal product reaches its maximum, what can be said of total product?
A. Total product must be at its maximum
B. Total product starts to decline even if marginal product is positive
C. Total product is increasing if marginal product is still positive
D. Total product levels off
Correct : C. Total product is increasing if marginal product is still positive
90. When a firm doubles its inputs and finds that its output has more than doubled, this is known as:
A. Economies of scale.
B. Constant returns to scale.
C. Diseconomies of scale.
D. A violation of the law of diminishing returns.
Correct : A. Economies of scale.
91. When average product is at a maximum, marginal product is:
A. Zero
B. Increasing
C. Equal to average product
D. Greater than average product
Correct : C. Equal to average product
92. The want satisfying power of a commodity:
A. Satisfaction
B. Utility
C. Value
D. Marginal Utility
Correct : B. Utility
93. Supply curve represents -------- relationship between quantity and price.
A. Direct
B. Inverse
C. Either direct or inverse
D. None of the above
Correct : A. Direct
94. Laws of return shows ---------production function.
A. Short-term
B. Medium term
C. Long term
D. Annual
Correct : A. Short-term
95. In classical theory the level of employment is a function of:
A. Price level
B. Money wage rate
C. Quantity of money
D. Real wage rate
Correct : D. Real wage rate
96. Consumption of capital good in the process of production is called as:
A. Capital Consumption
B. Depreciation
C. Decay of Capital
D. None of the above
Correct : B. Depreciation
97. Economic Laws are:
A. Statement of tendencies
B. Exact and predictable
C. Definite
D. None
Correct : A. Statement of tendencies
98. Returns to scale examines the production function in the:
A. Short-term
B. Medium term
C. Long term
D. Quinquinial
Correct : C. Long term