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Business Economics | Set 3
1. An international trading company of the Government of India _.
A. State Transport Corporation
B. State Service Corporation
C. State Trading Corporation
D. All of the above
Correct : C. State Trading Corporation
2. Consular documents include _ _.
A. Certificate of origin
B. Export certificates
C. Uncertified consular invoices
D. Bills of exchange
Correct : A. Certificate of origin
3. Trade barriers are often called _ _.
A. Free trade
B. Protection
C. Trade wars
D. Economic integration
Correct : B. Protection
4. Redistribution effect is called _ .
A. Revenues effect
B. Consumption effect
C. Productive effect
D. Transfer effect
Correct : D. Transfer effect
5. Imposing of tariff, raises domestic prices causing fall in consumption of domestic goods is _ .
A. Protective effect
B. Revenue effect
C. Consumption effect
D. Terms of trade effect
Correct : C. Consumption effect
6. _ _ is the World’s largest single market area.
A. European Union
B. India
C. Pakisthan
D. Srilanka
Correct : A. European Union
7. At present, European Union consist of _ member countries.
A. 26
B. 27
C. 28
D. None of these above
Correct : C. 28
8. When an economy union involves unifying currency it becomes _ .
A. Customs Union
B. Trade Union
C. Economic and Monetary Union
D. Trade area
Correct : C. Economic and Monetary Union
9. _ _ is an official institution of the European Union.
A. European Council
B. European Parliament
C. European Commission
D. European Investment Bank
Correct : A. European Council
10. Euro is the official currency for _ _ member countries of European Union.
A. 16
B. 17
C. 18
D. 19
Correct : D. 19
11. The is the single currency of the European Union.
A. dollar
B. euro
C. yen
D. pound
Correct : B. euro
12. _ _ is the second largest currency in the world.
A. Dollar
B. Euro
C. Yen
D. Pound
Correct : B. Euro
13. _ _ became an ASEAN dialogue partner in 1995.
A. India
B. Pakisthan
C. Srilanka
D. USA
Correct : A. India
14. Look East Policy has now transformed into a _ _.
A. Act European Policy
B. Act East Policy
C. Act West Policy
D. East Asia Policy
Correct : B. Act East Policy
15. The referendum for Brexit was held on _ .
A. 2023-06-16 00:00:00
B. 2023-06-17 00:00:00
C. 2023-08-17 00:00:00
D. 2023-06-18 00:00:00
Correct : A. 2023-06-16 00:00:00
16. ASEAN was formed in .
A. 1947
B. 1967
C. 1977
D. 1987
Correct : A. 1947
17. _ is a statement of a systematic record of all economic transactions between one country and the rest of the world.
A. Deficit
B. Surplus
C. Balance of payments
D. Budget
Correct : C. Balance of payments
18. Pick out the wrong statement.
A. Tariff restricts t
B. Import quotas have a direct effect in reducing imports
C. Voluntary export restraint is an example of tariff barriers.
D. An export subsidy is a government grant given to an export firm
Correct : C. Voluntary export restraint is an example of tariff barriers.
19. The consumption effect of tariffs forces consumers to _ _.
A. increase their consumption due to tariffs.
B. pay lower price due to tariffs.
C. reduce their consumption due to tariffs.
D. depend on imports for consumption
Correct : C. reduce their consumption due to tariffs.
20. Import embargo is an important retaiatory measure against_ _.
A. dumping
B. exports
C. domestic producer
D. domestic farmers
Correct : A. dumping
21. Which of the following Non – Tariff Barriers prevents free movement of capital between countries?
A. preferential government procurement
B. Exchange Controls
C. Domestic subsidie
D. Local content requirement
Correct : B. Exchange Controls
22. _ is a measure under which a commodity of a specific volume or value is allowed to be imported in the country.
A. Voluntary Export Restraints
B. Combined duty
C. Import quota
D. Revenue tariff
Correct : C. Import quota
23. Which of these are objectives of import quotas?
A. Correcting disequilibrium in the balance of payment
B. To allow dumping
C. To allow speculative activities
D. To allow excess supply in the domestic economy
Correct : A. Correcting disequilibrium in the balance of payment
24. In the _ account, only transactions relating to goods are entered.
A. invisible account
B. Capital account
C. trade
D. Current account
Correct : C. trade
25. _ means a decline in the rate of exchange of one country in terms of another’s.
A. Deflation
B. Tariff
C. Exchange Depreciation
D. exchang devaluation
Correct : C. Exchange Depreciation
26. Restrictions on the use of foreign exchange by the Central bank are called _ .
A. exchange controls
B. Official transfers
C. Foreign exchange reserves
D. LAF
Correct : A. exchange controls
27. _ are duties levied on imports.
A. Tariffs
B. Deflation
C. Exchange control
D. Qoutas
Correct : A. Tariffs
28. Restrictions imposed on the quantity of imports is _ .
A. Surplus
B. Quotas
C. Balance
D. Tariffs
Correct : B. Quotas
29. Balance of payment always _ __.
A. Deficit
B. balances
C. Surplus
D. Equal
Correct : B. balances
30. _ term long run disequilibrium as fundamental disequilibrium.
A. Tariff
B. IMF
C. trade
D. WTO
Correct : B. IMF
31. WTO replaced _ in 1995.
A. GATT
B. WTO
C. UN
D. UNESCO
Correct : A. GATT
32. TRIPs deals with _ .
A. intellectual property rights
B. Foreign investment
C. Foreign aid
D. Agriculture
Correct : A. intellectual property rights
33. Protection is made available for _ years for patents.
A. 20
B. 30
C. 10
D. 40
Correct : A. 20
34. The terms of _ is 50 years.
A. copyright
B. Services
C. patent
D. Trademarks
Correct : A. copyright
35. The current account of balance of payment does not include :
A. Balance of visible trade
B. Import of services
C. Unilateral services
D. Foreign investment
Correct : D. Foreign investment
36. Pick out the item which is not a part of unilateral transfers.
A. Gifts
B. Grants
C. Loan
D. Donation
Correct : C. Loan
37. Donations, grants, gifts and such other payments which do not have counter obligations are known as :
A. Grants
B. Aid
C. Unilateral flows
D. Bilateral flow
Correct : C. Unilateral flows
38. If the deficits in a country’s BOP persists for a long time it is a case of :
A. Structural disequilibrium
B. Fundamental disequilibrium
C. Cyclical disequilibrium
D. temporary disequilibrium
Correct : B. Fundamental disequilibrium
39. Disequilibrium in the BOP caused by changes in the demand or supply relations of exports or imports or both refer to :
A. Cyclical disequilibrium
B. Short Run disequilibrium
C. Structural disequilibrium
D. Fundamental disequilibrium
Correct : C. Structural disequilibrium
40. Which of the following is not a non monetary measure to correct the disequilibrium in BOP ?
A. Tariff
B. Import quotas
C. Export promotion
D. Devaluation
Correct : D. Devaluation
41. TRIMS include measures to :
A. Treat foreign investment on par with domestic income
B. Remove quantitative restrictions
C. Treat foreign investment on par with domestic investment
D. Remove qualitative retrictions
Correct : C. Treat foreign investment on par with domestic investment
42. Pick out the one which is not true of GATS :
A. Services and service activities are covered under GATS
B. National treatment to members
C. No market access to service supplier’s
D. No discrimination between service suppliers
Correct : C. No market access to service supplier’s
43. Pick out the feature which is not true of the Agreement on Agriculture.
A. Reduce domestic subsidies
B. reduce export subsidies
C. Increase tariffs
D. Increase trade in agricultural goods
Correct : C. Increase tariffs
44. In balance of payment account, all goods exported and imported are recorded in _ .
A. Capital account
B. Merchandise account
C. Invisible account
D. Current account
Correct : C. Invisible account
45. Gifts and charities account are also known as :
A. Export
B. Unilateral transfer
C. Import
D. Long–term borrowing
Correct : B. Unilateral transfer
46. In BOP, total receipts must be equal to total _ .
A. payment
B. deficit
C. income
D. revenue
Correct : A. payment
47. Reducing the value of domestic currency in term of foreign currency :
A. Deflation
B. Exchange control
C. Tariff
D. Devaluation
Correct : D. Devaluation
48. The current account in the balance of payments _ .
A. is a total of all the visible items of trade
B. includes merchandise trade and services
C. always shows a surplus
D. includes autonomous and accommodating flows
Correct : B. includes merchandise trade and services
49. Good performance on _ has helped India to improve its current account balance in recent times.
A. trade account
B. invisible account
C. Capital account
D. reserves account
Correct : B. invisible account
50. After covering deficits on current account, excess capital account receipts are added to _.
A. IMF account
B. Official transfers
C. Foreign exchange reserves
D. Bank capital
Correct : C. Foreign exchange reserves
51. Reducing public expenditure to correct BOP disequilibrium is a _ __ measure.
A. Monetary
B. Fiscal
C. Special
D. Commercial
Correct : B. Fiscal
52. _ is not a cause of deficit in balance of payments.
A. increase in import
B. fall in exports
C. capital outflow
D. capital inflows
Correct : D. capital inflows
53. Devaluation of a currency is brought about by the _ .
A. World Bank
B. Asian Development Bank
C. International Finance Corporation
D. Government
Correct : D. Government
54. When total exports are more than total imports then current account of balance of payment is in _ .
A. Deficit
B. Balance
C. Surplus
D. Unequal
Correct : C. Surplus
55. _ _ disequilibrium is chronic in nature.
A. Cyclical
B. Fundamental
C. Structural
D. Monetary
Correct : B. Fundamental
56. Expenditure switching policy is also known as _ _ .
A. Devaluation
B. Revaluation
C. Appreciation
D. Depriciation
Correct : A. Devaluation
57. _ term long run disequilibrium as fundamental disequilibrium .
A. IMF
B. UN
C. WTO
D. World Bank
Correct : A. IMF
58. WTO replaced GATT and came into existence on
A. 1st January 1957
B. 1st January 1991
C. 1st January 1995
D. 1st January 1996
Correct : B. 1st January 1991
59. TRIPs stand for
A. Trade Related Investment Property Rights
B. Trade Related Investment Public Rights
C. Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
D. Trade Related Investment in services
Correct : C. Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
60. Under _ the foreign investors will be given same rights as the national investor in the matter of investment.
A. TRIPs
B. TRIMs
C. GATs
D. AoA
Correct : B. TRIMs
61. GATs deals with trade in _ .
A. Services
B. patent
C. copyright
D. trademarks
Correct : A. Services
62. TRIMs deals with _ .
A. Foreign investment
B. Foreign aid
C. Services
D. Goods
Correct : A. Foreign investment
63. _ agreement deals in trade in services
A. TRIMs
B. TRIPs
C. GATs
D. UNCTAD
Correct : C. GATs
64. The WTO agreements cover _ .
A. TRIPs
B. IMF
C. UNCTAD
D. ASEAN
Correct : A. TRIPs
65. WTO promote _ trade.
A. bilateral
B. multilateral
C. unilateral
D. restricted
Correct : B. multilateral
66. The only international organisation dealing with the global rules of trade between nations.
A. WTO
B. UN
C. IMF
D. World bank
Correct : A. WTO
67. Along with the world bank and WTO is the third economic pillar of world-wide dimensions.
A. International eco
B. International Monetar
C. International Develo
D. International funding or
Correct : B. International Monetar
68. TRIPS (trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights) agreement is administered by
A. world bank
B. united nations organiz
C. World trade organiz
D. United nations conferen
Correct : C. World trade organiz
69. Who is most recently appointed the Ambassador & Permanent Represantative of india to WTO?
A. JS Deepak
B. TS Deepak
C. Anwar Hussain Shai
D. Brajendra Navnit
Correct : D. Brajendra Navnit
70. Which of the institutions is not a part of the world bank community?
A. IFC
B. IDA
C. WTO
D. IBRD
Correct : C. WTO
71. Which of the following categories of agricultural subsidies are allowed under WTO?
A. Green box
B. Blue box
C. Red box
D. Amber box
Correct : A. Green box
72. The declaration recognised that the TRIPs agreement should protect public health.
A. Brazil
B. Doha
C. Bandung
D. Singapore
Correct : B. Doha
73. TRIMs deals with
A. Foreign investme
B. Foreign aid
C. Services
D. Goods
Correct : A. Foreign investme
74. _ refers to the rate at which the transaction take place at a future date.
A. Forward exchange rate
B. Arbitrage
C. Spot exchange rate
D. Hedging
Correct : A. Forward exchange rate
75. _ refers to the process of buying and selling a foreign currency in two different market at same time.
A. Arbitrage
B. Speculation
C. Spot exchange rate
D. Hedging
Correct : A. Arbitrage
76. Transactions in the foreign exchange market are carried out are termed as _.
A. fixed rate
B. forward rate
C. exchange rate
D. Hedging
Correct : C. exchange rate
77. Demand for foreign exchange varies _ with the exchange rates.
A. Direct
B. Negative
C. inversely
D. positive
Correct : C. inversely
78. When supply of foreign exchange is increased given the demand for foreign exchange, the rate of exchange _.
A. decrease
B. increases
C. Direct
D. upward
Correct : A. decrease
79. When demand for foreign exchange increases, the exchange rate _.
A. increases
B. inversely
C. decrease
D. unrelated
Correct : A. increases
80. The relative version is considered to be _ to absolute version.
A. superior
B. Gustav Cassel
C. selection of index numbers
D. inferior
Correct : A. superior
81. The relative version of the PPP theory is propounded by _.
A. Cassel
B. Adam Smith
C. J.S.Mill
D. Alfred Marshall
Correct : A. Cassel
82. According to _ theory, the exchange rate between two currencies is determined by their purchasing power.
A. Purchasing Power Parity
B. Balance of payment theory
C. Mint parity theory
D. Comparative advantage theory
Correct : A. Purchasing Power Parity
83. The -----------is the largest market in the world.
A. foreign exchange market
B. NSE
C. BSE
D. NASDAQ
Correct : A. foreign exchange market
84. The countries of the world are following the exchange rate system.
A. fixed
B. flexible
C. restrictive
D. strict
Correct : B. flexible
85. _ _ is a feature of the foreign exchange market which enables an investor to earn high returns.
A. cost
B. Leverage
C. revenue
D. profit
Correct : B. Leverage
86. _has enabled faster growth of the foreign exchange market.
A. Technology
B. Leverage
C. Internaltrade
D. exchange rate
Correct : A. Technology
87. __ function refer to the function of converting one currency into another.
A. Arbitrage
B. booking
C. asking
D. hedging
Correct : D. hedging
88. _ are authorized to deal in foreign exchange transactions.
A. Moneylenders
B. Money launderers
C. Commercial banks
D. RRBs
Correct : C. Commercial banks
89. Investment in financial assets like shares or bonds abroad will _- the demand for foreign exchange.
A. inceae
B. decrease
C. keep constant
D. fluctuate
Correct : A. inceae
90. A _ country requires more foreign exchange.
A. developing
B. developed
C. hermit nation
D. restrictive
Correct : A. developing
91. Services rendered by the domestic country to foreign counter parts increase the _ of foreign exchange.
A. supply
B. demand
C. manufacture
D. produce
Correct : A. supply
92. Unilateral payments received _ _ the supply of foreign exchange.
A. increase
B. decrease
C. does not change
D. drastically changes
Correct : A. increase
93. _ rate variations can affect the equilibrium exchange rate.
A. Birth
B. death
C. inflation
D. production
Correct : C. inflation
94. Interest rate differentials the exchange rate.
A. affect
B. tandardised
C. localise
D. neutralise
Correct : A. affect
95. The degree of _ achieved affect the exchange rate.
A. education
B. health
C. growth
D. currency
Correct : C. growth
96. The purchasing power parity theory the difference in the quality of goods.
A. considers
B. appreciates
C. ignores
D. values
Correct : C. ignores
97. The PPP theory _ capital transfers.
A. considers
B. appreciates
C. ignores
D. values
Correct : C. ignores
98. The _rate is determined by the demand for and supply of a currency.
A. spot
B. forward rate
C. option
D. futures
Correct : A. spot
99. The differencbetween bid price and ask price s the _
A. loss
B. profit
C. value
D. difference
Correct : B. profit
100. _ exchange rate may be either at a premium or discount or at par.
A. spot
B. forward
C. current
D. option
Correct : B. forward