economics MCQs – Page 298

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
5941. Social scientists are interested in collective behavior because it is________________?
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A. not tied to social factors

B. so predictable

C. reflective of purely animal behavior

D. often the basis of important social change
5942. Ageism asserts that___________________?
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A. wisdom accompanies advancing age

B. life begins forty

C. each stage of life has its own rewards

D. the young are superior to the old
5943. When one culture borrows traits from another culture the borrowing culture tends to be________________?
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A. selective in borrowing

B. nonselective in borrowing

C. gullible and impressionable

D. grateful

5944. Craft unions differed from industrial unions in that they______________?
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A. Welcomed minorities

B. Were horizontally organized

C. Were socialist

D. All of the above

5945. Women first assumed subordinate roles when they_________________?
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A. stayed home when men hunted

B. left home to gather food

C. ceased to gather the majority of the food supply

D. assumed primary child-care responsibilities

5946. Suburban growth was based on___________________?
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A. expensive suburban property

B. movement of factories out of the cities

C. wartime industrial expansions

D. the development of automobile travel
5947. It has been found that disengagement is usually________________?
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A. often forced

B. very voluntary

C. never forced

D. rarely enforced

5948. Which are the dimensions of stratification ?
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A. Family background attractiveness wealth

B. Talent service goodness

C. Caste estate feudalism

D. Class status and power
5949. Which statement appears to be most correct__________________?
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A. in a marriage spousal role are egalitarian

B. gender roles have been reversed

C. sex roles are blurred

D. housekeeping and childcare are still considered womens work
5952. The relationship between population and income is___________________?
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A. the birth rate rises because of an increase in education

B. working women have more children

C. an increase in income produces a decline in fertility

D. the rise in income and population results in a decrease of urbanization

5953. A problem with laissez-faire economic policy is that there is___________________?
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A. no flexibility

B. no profit motives

C. responsiveness to demand

D. no provision for public goods
5954. The difference between racial minorities and ethnic minorities is_______________?
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A. ethnic minorities do not suffer from discrimination but only from prejudice

B. in the size of each group

C. racial minorities have been here longer than ethnic minorities

D. racial minorities differ biologically ethnic minorities differ culturally from the dominant group
5955. Zero population growth_________________?
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A. means that no more children are born

B. is actively pursued by many of the underdeveloped nations

C. indicates that the fertility rate has dropped below the replacement level

D. must be achieved by all nations by the year 2005

5957. Which is NOT a form of collective behavior ?
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A. Panic

B. Dining out with a friend

C. Rumors

D. Fashions

5958. Members of the New Class occupy which of the following occupations_________________?
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A. MBAs staring their own firms

B. Out of work middle managers

C. journalists academics media commentators

D. Computer programmers

5959. Racism is based on the belief (s) that_________________?
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A. groups inherit certain traits that are inferior

B. minority groups should not have access to wealth and power

C. the dominant majority is the fittest from a Darwinian point of view

D. all of the above
5960. The failure of the League of Nation______________?
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A. occurred after President Wilson,s stroke

B. was due to Marxism-Leninism

C. illustrated that national interest is more important than collective security or moral opposition to aggression

D. was due to the Republican Senate,s opposition