economics MCQs – Page 29

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
561. Which of the following organizations primarily provides long-term loans to developing countries to help them develop their infrastructure such as schools hospitals and roads ?
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A. International Monetary Fund

B. Council on Foreign Relations

C. Organization of petroleum Exporting Countries

D. World Bank
562. What is referred by the hard currency ?
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A. Any currency backed by gold or silver bullion rather than credit

B. Stable currency value of which does not fluctuate greatly

C. Both of them

D. None of them

563. When the stock market is rising it is ?
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A. Bullish

B. Rising up

C. Hottest

D. Bearish

564. Gross National income is always more than Net National income because it includes ?
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A. Indirect taxes

B. Foreign income

C. Direct taxes

D. Capital consumption allowance
565. Depression is a drastic decline in a national of international economy Its characteristic is ?
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A. Decreasing business activity

B. All of these

C. Falling prices

D. Unemployment

567. Two countries can gain from foreign trade if ?
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A. Cost ratios are different

B. Tariff rates are different

C. Price ratios are different

D. A and C of above
568. Government granted monetary assistance to a person or a group in support of an enterprise regarded as being in public interest. This is called subsidy. Point out the statement which is also a subsidy ?
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A. Financial assistance given by one person or government to another

B. Financial assistance given to aged people

C. Financial assistance given to poor people

D. Financial assistance given to small companies

569. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is__________________?
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A. Value of all economic activity with in a nations border

B. Economic activities of federal government

C. None of these

D. Economics output of a country

570. The result of antidumping tariffs is to ?
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A. impose a price ceiling on foreign price in the importing country

B. impose a price floor on foreign prices in the importing country

C. decrease producer surplus in the importing country

D. increase consumer surplus in the importing country

571. Developing countries that emphasize the production of raw materials or agricultural goods may realize a long-run deterioration in the international terms of trade because of ?
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A. declines in the supplies of these products on world markets

B. sluggish demand for these products in advanced countries

C. relatively low import tariffs maintained by advanced countries

D. highly elastic demand for these products in advanced countries

575. What would cause a countrys exchange rate to fall ?
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A. An increased inflow of capital

B. Increased demand for its imports

C. None of the above

D. An increases demand for its exports

576. Concerning dumping, which of the following is true ?
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A. U.S firms can obtain protection from foreign dumping, even though this protection tends to harm overall U.S welfare

B. dumping can never be a profit-maximizing strategy for U.S firms to pursue

C. U.S firms rarely if ever, engage in distress dumping or persistent dumping

D. predatory dumping represents the most common form of dumping by U.S firms

577. Which is most likely to cause a more even distribution of income ?
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A. An increase in progressive taxation

B. An increase in the rate of inflation

C. An increase in managers salaries

D. An increase in indirect taxes

578. Membership in the World Trade Organization for china ?
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A. was achieved in the early 1950s

B. has been a matter of low priority for the Chinese government

C. has had negligible effect on trade between china and the United States

D. has been opposed by a number of labor and human rights organizations in other countries
580. The arrangement where goods imported from trading partners in the developing world are subject to lower tariff rates than goods from other countries is referred to as ?
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A. Generalized System of Preferences

B. offshore assembly provisions

C. most favored nation status

D. normal trade relation status