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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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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 economy 2. profit maximizing under perfect competition and monopoly 3. application of economics 4. the aggregate demand aggregate supply model 5. surplus 6. money interest rates and output 7. average and total cost 8. stabilization adjustment reform and privatization 9. risks and diversification efficient market hypothesis 10. the phillips curve 11. supply and demand 12. capital formation investment choice information technology and technical progress 13. aggregate supply unemployment and inflation 14. elasticity 15. comparative gdp 16. roots of modern macroeconomics 17. production factors 18. poverty malnutrition and income inequality 19. trade regulations and industrial policies 20. monetary union 21. exchange rate systems and currency crises 22. economic development in historical perspective 23. exchange rate determination 24. monopoly competition 25. the balance of payments 26. inflation productivity 27. macroeconomic issues and analysis 28. employment migration and urbanization 29. macroeconomic policy tools 30. supply side policies 31. exchange rate adjustments and the balance of 32. miscellaneous 33. taxation 34. trade policies for the developing nations 35. markets efficiency and the public interest 36. the external debt and financial crises 37. budget deficits and the trade balance 38. alternative theories of the firm 39. public goods 40. the meaning and measurement of economic development 41. characteristics and institutions of developing countries 42. agriculture irrigation system of pakistan 43. education health and human capital 44. economic problems of developing countries 45. theories of economic development 46. basic of economics 47. consumer theory vs real consumers 48. applied microeconomics 49. long term economic growth 50. externality internality 51. fiscal and monetary policy 52. prices wages taxes 53. balance of payments aid and foreign investment 54. international factor movements and multinational corporations 55. entrepreneurship organization and innovation 56. the international economy and globalization 57. population and development 58. non tariff trade barriers 59. foundations of modern trade theory 60. global economic development 61. market 62. rural poverty and agricultural transformation 63. regional trading arrangements 64. foreign exchange 65. introduction to economics 66. world economy miscellaneous 67. sources of comparative advantage 68. natural resources and the environment toward sustainable development 69. monopoly 70. asymmetric information 71. income inequality 72. labour market 73. tariffs 74. development planning and policy making the state and the market 75. oligopoly 76. industrial development 77. costs supply and perfect competition 78. human capital 79. monetary fiscal and incomes policy and inflation 80. stocks

7001. _________ are products bought by individuals and organizations for further processing or for use in conducting a business?
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A. Specialty products

B. Consumer products

C. Services

D. Industrial products

7002. When personal interviewing involves inviting six to ten people to gather for a few hours with a trained interviewers to talk about a product service, or organization the method is called ?
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A. focus group interviewing

B. Probing

C. Selective sponsorship

D. the Delphi method

7003. According to Engels law as income rises ?
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A. The percentage spent on savings remains constant

B. The percentage spent on food rises

C. The percentage spent on other categories increase

D. The percentage spent on housing increases

7004. Which of the following country was not a major LDC debtor in 2001 ?
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A. Argentina

B. Malaysia

C. Thailand

D. Brazil

7005. Which of the following is will NOT reduce capital flight from source countries ?
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A. more efficient state enterprises

B. dependable positive real interest rates

C. market liberalization

D. higher taxes on capital gains

7006. Shortly after 1979 World Bank introduced loans that emphasized reforms in trade, agriculture industry public enterprise financial energy education or other sectors and were know as ?
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A. external leverage loans

B. sectoral adjustment loans

C. Structural adjustment loans

D. internal adjustment loans

7007. Which of the following statement is Not true ?
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A. Many large LDC debtors borrowed heavily because of their excellent international credit ratings

B. The debt-burden of sub Saharan African countries may be as heavy as for middle income countries

C. Middle income countries account for almost four-fifths of the total outstanding debt of all LDCs

D. The ratio of debt service to GNP is very good indicator of the debt burden

7008. The debt-service ratio is the______________?
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A. interest and principle payments divided by exports of goods and services

B. default and reschedule debt minus annual export revenues that must be devoted to paying interest

C. ratio of debt net of portfolio investment financing and foreign direct investment

D. long-term debt divided by GDP of a country in a given year

7009. The policy cartel on debt reduction refers to the_______________?
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A. None of the above

B. screening of debtors based on their regional location

C. World Bank requiring LDCs seconded by a DC to get loan reduction

D. loan denial to crisis-stricken highly indebted countries

7010. Initial conditions in the year before the crisis in Thailand Indonesia Malaysia the Philippines and Korea in 1997 indicate that ?
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A. Nonperforming bank loan ratios were high

B. . current account deficits were high

C. credit growth was fast

D. capital inflows/GDP were very low

7011. Which of the following country did not experience large capital flights from 1976 to 1984 ?
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A. Argentina

B. Mexico

C. Canada

D. Venezuela

7012. Highly-indebted poor countries (HIPCs) include________________?
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A. Benin

B. Bolivia

C. Tanzania

D. #NAME?

7013. In 1990, during the Persian Gulf War, the U.S government extended generous terms to two middle-income countries by canceling or reducing their debt The two countries were ?
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A. Egypt and Poland

B. Saudi Arabia and Jordan

C. Pakistan and Afghanistan

D. Iraq and Iran

7014. Shortly after 1979 World Bank introduced loans that emphasized reforms in trade, agriculture industry public enterprise financial energy education or other sectors and were known as ?
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A. Structural adjustment loans

B. internal adjustment loans

C. external leverage loans

D. sectoral adjustment loans

7015. The Baker plan (1985) stressed _______ and the Brady Plan (1989) emphasized _______ respectively?
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A. new loans from multilateral agencies and surplus countries; debt reduction or write-downs

B. IMF decentralization; World Bank dissolution

C. structural adjustment loans for LDCs experiencing unanticipated external shocks; renewed emphases on macroeconomic stabilization programs

D. debt relief for at leas three-fourths of the eligible HIPCs; shorter requirements for adjustment programs

7016. Which of the following country did Not suffer from increased poverty from debt and financial crises in the 1990s ?
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A. Russia (1998)

B. Brazil (1998)

C. Singapore (1994)

D. Mexico (1994)

7017. Which of the following factors potentially increased the vulnerability to the 1997 Asian financial and currency crisis ?
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A. Symmetric informational in financial market

B. technological transfer from DCs

C. massive reverse outflows of capital

D. trade account surplus

7018. Mosley Harrigan and Toye refer to the IMF and World Bank as________________?
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A. excessively committed to writing down LDC debt

B. a managed duopoly of policy advice

C. a U.S monoply

D. the initiator of HIPCs debt forgiveness

7019. A countrys total external debt (EDT) includes ?
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A. short term debt with a maturity of one year or less

B. IV public official development assistance

C. long-term debt with a maturity of more than one year

D. . repurchase obligations to the IMF

7020. Net transfers are______________?
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A. net international resource flows minus net international interest payments and profit remittances

B. international resource outflows minus international balance of payments and profit remittances

C. foreign direct investment inflow minus investment loans and grants from overseas

D. investment loans, and grants from overseas minus international resource outflows

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