Most impotent mcqs of economics, for all types of jobs test preparation with explanation, part 5

 



Increase in rate of interest is most likely to cause increase in:

1.                 Capital inflow

2.                 Capital outflow

3.                 Value of property

4.                 Volume of investment

In economics’capital-inflow is the amount of capital coming into a country, for instance, in the form of foreign investment and Capital outflow is the movement of assets out of a country.

Economic situation when there is a way to make some groups of people better off without making some other groups of people worse off:

1.                 Pareto substitution

2.                 Pareto monopoly

3.                 Welfare optimum

4.                 Pareto competition

The method, where some people have more money and this method does not affect other people at worse level.

An exchange rate is:

1.        Ratio of dollar volume of nation exports to dollar volume of its imports

2.        Measures interest rate ratios of any two nations

3.        Amount which one nation must export to obtain 1 dollar worth of import

4.        Price at which currencies of two nations exchange

Exchange rate means exchange of two nation’s currencies

Which one of the following is not a tool of monetary policy?

1.                 Change in margin requirement

2.                 Open market operation

3.                 Change in reserve requirements

4.                 Change in discount rate

By state bank, monetary policies are changed within three months or maybe after one month, as per requirements. These polices use to control the supply of money. Monetary policies tools are open market operation, change in reserve requirements and change in discount rate.

Demand curve that is equilateral hypr-bola is,

1.                 Perfectly elastic

2.                 Unit elastic

3.                 Relatively elastic

4.                 Perfectly inelastic

For elasticity measurement, marshal presents the method of unitary and these are greater than unit, equal to unit and less then unit.

Commercial banks are able to create money by:

1.                 Printing money

2.                 Making loans

3.                 Moral suasion

4.                 Selling government bonds

The function of Commercial banks is deposits and earning interest rate from loans.

Which of the following is mostly likely to discourage capital investment?

1.                 High saving rates

2.                 Increasing corporate profits

3.                 High interest rate

4.                 Moderate growth of GNP

Capital investment is to invest money on any project like assets purchasing and earnings from loan. Due to high interest rate people deposit their money rather than investment.

Which of the following is a characteristic of underdeveloped nation?

1.                 High per capita income

2.                 High growth rate of GNP

3.                 Relatively high educational levels

4.                 High population growth rates

Underdeveloped nation has less developed industrial system, low HDI and higher population growth as compare to other countries.

Acceleration is:

1.                 Ratio of change in income due to change in investment

2.                 Ratio of change in investment due to change in income

3.                 Inverse relationship between price and output

4.                 Trade off between unemployment and inflation

Keynes presents two theories namely acceleration and multiplier.

Due to change in income -purchasing power of people increase– people purchase more- factories invest more.

Purpose of tariff is to:

1.                 Reduce imports

2.                 Increase revenue

3.                 Reduce costs

4.                 None of these

Tariff is amount of tax which imposes on export and import and the purpose is to increase revenue of a country. There are three purpose of tariff such as 1) increase revenue 2) protection of domestic industries 3) remedy to trade distortion.

Which of the following is not a major impediment to free trade?

1.                 Quotas

2.                 Tariffs

3.                 Export subsidies

4.                 All are impediments

Impediment means barrier. Government-imposed limit on the quantity in international trade is known as Quota.  Quotas and tariffs are barriers on trade.

If 20 percent increase in tuition fee of an educational institute leads to 10 percent fall in admission, the price elasticity of demand will be:

1.                 2.0

2.                 0.3

3.                 0.2

4.                 0.5

When change in demand due to change in price is called price elasticity of demand.

Price elasticity of demand = %Change in quantity demanded/%change in price

                                                =10/20= 0.5>1 (less elastic)

Deferred incomes are incomes for which the recording moment:

1.                 Coincides with the moment they are received

2.                 Does not coincides with the moment they are received

3.                 They are not involve any receipts

4.                 None of these

Deferred income is known as unearned revenue for example advance payments before purchasing anything.

Competition between two companies that offer identical products meant to meet the same needs is called:

1.                 Enterprise competition

2.                 Brand competition

3.                 Formal competition

4.                 Generic competition

A rivalry will mark an appropriate finish to a broader project of school in which youthful people exercise a group activity to solve a challenge of real life business is known as enterprise competition.

 Competition among the companies presenting the same line of goods and services in the similar target-market is called brand competition.

A process of competitive-selection that applies a request for suggestions or other ways of competitive-selection approved by relevant law and outcome in procurement of a good and service is known as Formal competition.

A commodity is free if,

1.                 It is sold at zero price

2.                 If Govt. supplies it

3.                 If somebody gets it without sacrificing anything else of value

4.                 When everyone has it

Free commodities are sun, water, and air. Fee commodity is also called free good and non-economic good.

The form of international reserve currency created by IMF is called,

1.                 Common stock

2.                 Preferred stock

3.                 Bond

4.                 S.D.R’S (special drawing rights)

The objectives of IMF “International Monetary Fund” are to decreasing worldwide poverty, promoting international-trade, and encouraging financial stability and economic-growth.

When we reduce level of unemployment the effect may be?

1.                 Deflation

2.                 Inflation

3.                 Depression

4.                 Recession

Deflation is a situation where general decline in prices per goods and services for a long term period not for one day.

Inflation is a situation where general rise in prices per goods and services for a long  term period not for one day.

Recession is a situation where significant decline in economic activities in an economy for example GDP and GNP etc. Recession period is in between 3 to 6 month and maximum one year.

Depression is a situation where significant decline in economic activities in an economy in a long term period for example GDP and GNP etc.

According to Philips curve there is inverse relationship between unemployment and inflation.

Sunk costs are,

1.                 Part of variable costs

2.                 Another name for marginal costs

3.                 Non recoverable costs

4.                 Costs increase

A sunk cost refers to money dad which can’t be required.

If investment increase by 20 when income rise by 100, marginal propensity to investment will be,

1.                 20

2.                 100

3.                 5

4.                 0.2

Change in investment due to change in income.

Change in investment/ change in income

= 20/100= 0.2

 

 

 

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