economics MCQs – Page 299

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
5961. A countertrend observable since the 1950s is___________________?
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A. urban residents providing their own food supply by planting gardens

B. rural areas became very depopulated

C. a great increase in population in the cities

D. urban decentralization
5963. Scientists agree that________________?
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A. there are three races

B. there are fifty two races

C. there are no races

D. all of humankind is descended from the same common stock
5964. Adequate growth of the economy refers to the goals of__________________?
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A. maintaining current standards of living in spite of increasing population

B. approximately 4% growth rate per year

C. all of the above

D. increasing GNP per capita

5965. Change may be experienced on three levels__________________?
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A. planning reform revolution

B. personal impersonal social

C. micro middle and macro

D. invention discovery exploration

5966. Which of the following is an example of a sociological theory of deviant behavior ?
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A. Freud,s theory that anatomy is destiny

B. Cooley,s theory of original sin

C. None of the above

D. Mead,s theory of inherited criminality

5967. Land labor capital and entrepreneurship ?
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A. create a balance between humans and their environment

B. must be used separately to produce goods and service

C. have no function in the production of goods and service

D. must be combined in the production of goods and service
5968. Which statement is wrong regarding diplomacy? It_____________?
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A. has a long history predating the creation of the nation state?

B. is a recent addition to international relations?

C. and diplomats have been quite radically altered in recent years

D. has little to do with the failure to solve basic problems among nations

5969. The loss of entire categories of jobs without the creation of new occupations would be_______________?
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A. intragenerational mobility

B. structural mobility of a negative sort

C. horizontal mobility

D. status ambiguity

5970. The circular nature of the economic process occurs from_________________?
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A. household to firm to consumer and back again

B. firm to consumer

C. government to consumer

D. firm to firm

5971. It is fairly certain that male and female brains________________?
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A. are functionally identical

B. differ in size weight and capacity

C. distribute sensory functions differently

D. differ in left-right communication
5972. Approximately how many people inhabit the earth ?
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A. 12 billion

B. 6 billion

C. 50 billion

D. 1.2 billion

5973. Which is false ?
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A. more men than women live alone

B. only a small percentage of the 65- to 74- year olds live in nursing homes

C. older workers perform as well as younger workers

D. more elderly men than women are married

5974. The Industrial Revolution began with_________________?
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A. the founding of Sony in Japan

B. the overthrow of the British

C. the invention of a few basic machines

D. the proletariat in Russia

5975. According to the U.S Census Bureau a CMSA is defined as__________________?
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A. a relatively large dense permanent settlement of heterogeneous individuals

B. any locality with a population of one million people or more

C. an ecological system

D. any locality with a downtown and suburbs

5976. Most American cities have_________________?
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A. many high income taxpayers

B. a reduced tax base

C. large shopping malls

D. continual building of new industries

5977. The abolitionist movement sought the abolition of_______________?
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A. slavery

B. compulsory education

C. states rights

D. alcohol consumption

5978. Diplomacy today gives diplomats________________?
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A. great discretion in making policy decisions

B. limited roles as messengers

C. charge of summit conferences

D. starring roles as celebrities

5979. Gentrification is the trend of__________________?
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A. city residents returning to manor houses in country

B. middle class professionals renovating old city housing and using them as

C. city dwellers learning proper manners

D. continued movement to suburbs