economics MCQs – Page 228

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
4541. An example of a basic pivotal institution is_____________?
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A. show business

B. the family

C. sports

D. gossip

4542. Political power_______________?
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A. characterizes all dictatorships

B. is power exercised by the state through its government

C. appears only in capitalistic societies

D. belongs to a ruler in democratic regimes

4543. Kinsey maintained that______________?
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A. one is either a heterosexual or a homosexual

B. bisexuals lack specific hormones

C. people should have sex-change operations if they felt they were the wrong sex

D. sexuality exists on a continuum
4544. Crowds and masses differ in that___________________?
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A. masses are not personally connected to one another

B. masses of people must always be in the same physical setting

C. people in a crowd are in close proximity to one another

D. collective behavior cannot take place in masses

4546. The processes of cultural change include______________?
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A. conservatism and reactionism

B. conformity and obedience

C. nationalism and patriotism

D. innovation and invention

4547. The real revolution of the last twenty years according to one sociologist refers to_______________?
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A. serial or throwaway marriages

B. women,s lack of interest in marriage

C. the jailing of spouse abusers and marital rapists

D. male bonding and tribalism

4548. Cohabiting couples__________________?
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A. represent the great majority of couples

B. are predominantly homosexual

C. are an old phenomenon

D. represent an example of premarital life
4549. The noncustodial parent______________?
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A. is usually unfit to be a parent

B. none of the above

C. renounces all responsibility for his children

D. is often a deadbeat dad
4551. Oligopoly means:___________?
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A. None of the above

B. Monopoly shared by few large sellers

C. Just one supplier of an item

D. Business by rich people

4552. In his book The Inevitability of Patriarchy Steven Goldberg asserts that_____________?
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A. men perform the highest status non-maternal roles in all societies

B. matriarchal societies have never existed

C. men dominate male-female relationships

D. all of the above
4554. Structured inequality of gender roles_____________?
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A. began with hunting and gathering societies

B. has been with humans from the dawn of culture

C. has its origins in agricultural communities?

D. is peculiar to industrial societies

4555. Studies have found that__________________?
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A. the more severe the abuse the more extreme the later psychiatric symptoms

B. victims of child abuse become troubled adults

C. not all abused children go on to abuse their own children

D. all of the above
4556. Redemptive movements include________________?
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A. the civil rights movement

B. the antinuclear movement

C. the womens liberation movement

D. fundamentalist Christianity
4557. Power is legitimate if_________________?
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A. a majority of societal members accept its use as right and proper

B. it is enforced on members of society

C. it is rational

D. it has been transmitted in a traditional way

4558. Legal-rational authority is characteristic of________________?
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A. totalitarian societies

B. urban industrial developed societies

C. homogeneous societies

D. traditional agrarian societies

4559. In the case of the male twin castrated during circumcision________________?
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A. his case proves that nurture is stronger than nature

B. he was content living as a female

C. in spite of attempted socialization as a female he was unhappy in his gender

D. he behaved as a little girl once he was given female hormones

4560. Durkheim,s analysis suggests that so-called primitive people__________________?
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A. invented the concept of gods

B. though they were gods

C. saw themselves as clans of animals

D. projected their human ideals and personified them as gods