economics MCQs – Page 182

Practise multiple-choice questions from economics for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

economics Mcqs
1. the national economy2. profit maximizing under perfect competition and monopoly3. application of economics4. the aggregate demand aggregate supply model5. surplus6. money interest rates and output7. average and total cost8. stabilization adjustment reform and privatization9. risks and diversification efficient market hypothesis10. the phillips curve11. supply and demand12. capital formation investment choice information technology and technical progress13. aggregate supply unemployment and inflation14. elasticity15. comparative gdp16. roots of modern macroeconomics17. production factors18. poverty malnutrition and income inequality19. trade regulations and industrial policies20. monetary union21. exchange rate systems and currency crises22. economic development in historical perspective23. exchange rate determination24. monopoly competition25. the balance of payments26. inflation productivity27. macroeconomic issues and analysis28. employment migration and urbanization29. macroeconomic policy tools30. supply side policies31. exchange rate adjustments and the balance of32. miscellaneous33. taxation34. trade policies for the developing nations35. markets efficiency and the public interest36. the external debt and financial crises37. budget deficits and the trade balance38. alternative theories of the firm39. public goods40. the meaning and measurement of economic development41. characteristics and institutions of developing countries42. agriculture irrigation system of pakistan43. education health and human capital44. economic problems of developing countries45. theories of economic development46. basic of economics47. consumer theory vs real consumers48. applied microeconomics49. long term economic growth50. externality internality51. fiscal and monetary policy52. prices wages taxes53. balance of payments aid and foreign investment54. international factor movements and multinational corporations55. entrepreneurship organization and innovation56. the international economy and globalization57. population and development58. non tariff trade barriers59. foundations of modern trade theory60. global economic development61. market62. rural poverty and agricultural transformation63. regional trading arrangements64. foreign exchange65. introduction to economics66. world economy miscellaneous67. sources of comparative advantage68. natural resources and the environment toward sustainable development69. monopoly70. asymmetric information71. income inequality72. labour market73. tariffs74. development planning and policy making the state and the market75. oligopoly76. industrial development77. costs supply and perfect competition78. human capital79. monetary fiscal and incomes policy and inflation80. stocks
3621. Bureaucracy is based on________________?
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A. lack of authority

B. unpredictability

C. specialization

D. ad hoc rules

3622. Which of the following is a group ?
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A. commuters riding a train

B. softball players performing in a playoff tournament

C. lines of people at a supermarket checkout counter

D. spectators watching the construction of a building

3624. Maturation is a term used by developmental psychologists to refer to______________?
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A. the development of personality

B. the aging process or senescence

C. physical(biological)development

D. the development of natural resources

3625. Industrial societies are based on____________?
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A. primary ties

B. smokestacks

C. machines for production

D. kinship

3626. Norms are__________________?
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A. guidelines for human behavior

B. all of the above

C. internalized in most cases

D. reflections of values

3628. The concept of deviance refers to________________?
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A. going in the wrong direction

B. reversing one,s opinion

C. departure from social norms

D. bad manners

3629. A makeshift organizational network which often parallels bureaucratic administration is called______________?
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A. scientific management

B. informal bureaucracy

C. oligarchy

D. humanized bureaucracy

3630. Laissez-faire______________?
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A. was Karl Marxs exhortation to the workers of the world

B. is the rallying cry of the Women Liberation Movement?

C. is the French expression Adam Smith used to mean that government should keep its hands off the economy?

D. is the economic theory introduced to the U.S by Keynes?

3631. Democracy is based on_______________?
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A. the value of the individual

B. ideal hopes for a future society

C. rule by the elite

D. leadership of a charismatic leader

3632. The high cost of fighting crime is due in large part to_______________?
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A. the increase in organized crime

B. an increase in prison inmates

C. high unemployment rates

D. tax cuts instituted by the present administration

3633. Kohlberg,s three stages of moral development are_______________?
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A. conventional post conventional and legal-rational

B. pre-conventional conventional and post-conventional

C. charismatic traditional and legal-rational

D. pre-conventional authoritarian and post-conventional

3636. Our type of society fosters______________?
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A. none of the above

B. a sense of calm

C. anxiety

D. love of all humans

3637. Social structure refers to_________________?
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A. what the individual becomes in society

B. norms roles and group in a social system

C. biological cell patterns

D. patterns of individual behavior

3639. A theory is a______________?
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A. scientific law

B. hunch regarding reality

C. speculation about truth and beauty

D. set of concepts and generalization
3640. During and after a depression the government can use fiscal policy through its powers of_____________?
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A. wage regulation

B. spending and taxation

C. bank regulation

D. income ceilings