economics MCQs – Page 308

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
6142. ideologies tend to arise during periods of_____________?
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A. conversations among intellectuals

B. natural disasters

C. prosperity

D. crisis
6143. Open stratification systems are associated with__________________?
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A. industrialization

B. pastoralism

C. hunter-gatherers

D. agriculture

6144. A prison is a______________?
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A. total institution

B. primary institution

C. secondary institution

D. tertiary socialization

6146. The social sciences were initially concerned with the consequences of_______________?
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A. the American Revolution

B. the Industrial Revolution

C. the French Revolution

D. the Russian Revolution

6147. Some American Indians cannot express the idea of time in their tribal languages This fact shows that_____________ ??
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A. like all lower-class persons they focus on the present

B. they have not yet reached the industrial stage of evolution when time is money

C. time is not an important value in their culture

D. their culture is still at a primitive stage

6148. The chief function of interest group is to________________?
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A. choose candidates for political office

B. provide group representation above and beyond that provided by our elected officials in Congress

C. bring into the open obscure problems to be solved

D. provide geographic representation

6149. Personal space is defined differently in different societies Therefore we can say that_____________?
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A. culture shapes both verbal and nonverbal behavior

B. personal space is controlled genetically

C. many people have no manners

D. nonverbal behavior is not part of culture

6150. Which of the following is NOT an interest group ?
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A. Lobbyists of America

B. The National Rifle Association

C. The American Association of Retired people

D. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference

6151. Social life is organized and structured through____________?
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A. group situations and the positions of individuals

B. patterns of actions

C. all of the above

D. rules and regulations

6152. Institution are_________________?
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A. unimportant

B. found among all animals

C. places like schools and banks

D. traditional habits centering around fundamental human needs
6153. The scientific method contains all but one of the following techniques ?
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A. systematic collection of data

B. selecting data to prove a point

C. scientific observation

D. making data public

6155. Four primary social processes are________________?
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A. accommodation assimilation conflict and coercion

B. conflict exchange cooperation and competition

C. differentiation stratification conflict and coercion

D. exchange reciprocity competition and conflict

6156. The writers of the Constitution intended the president to have________________?
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A. strong personal power

B. power only in declaring war

C. no power at all

D. weak personal power
6157. The first step in the scientific method is____________?
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A. observation and recording of data

B. selection of area to be researched

C. obtaining a government grant

D. classification and organization of data

6158. During the Enlightenment of the 18th century_______________?
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A. scholars denied the possibility of a scientific study of humans

B. a number of scholars believed human social life could be studied scientifically

C. none of the above

D. scholars emphasized the supernatural

6159. Social organization________________?
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A. is sometimes used interchangeably with social structure

B. is microsocial macrosocial and interchangeable with social structure

C. may be analyzed at the microsocial and the macrosocial levels

D. is a fixed set of rules?

6160. Like Freud Erik Erikson maintains that_______________?
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A. there are five psycho sexual stages

B. the personality is fixed by age five

C. psychoanalysis including dream analysis is the only way to overcome personality problems

D. none of the above