economics MCQs – Page 392

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
7821. Real business cycle theory suggests that ____ not important in explaining short-term fluctuations around actual output ?
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A. aggregate demand is

B. potential output is

C. aggregate supply is

D. real variables are

7822. Real business cycle theories suggest that _____ to correct departures from the desired growth path?
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A. There is a role for stabilizing output ever the business cycle

B. There is a role for supply-side policy

C. There is a role for monetary policy

D. There is a role for fiscal policy

7823. Supply side policies are considered effective in ?
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A. increasing the money supply

B. reducing taxation

C. encouraging technological progress

D. Increasing government expenditure

7824. The impossibility of negative gross investment provides a ______ to fluctuation in ______?
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A. floor, output

B. ceiling, stock building

C. floor, the capital-output ratio

D. ceiling, capital prices

7827. In the neoclassical theory of growth a higher saving rate leads to ?
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A. no change in the growth rate

B. a higher growth rates

C. a fluctuating growth rates

D. a fluctuating growth rate

7828. Identify below what does NOT affect productivity ?
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A. Private investment in new physical caital

B. The phase of the lunar cycle

C. Public investment in education

D. Innovation and the application of new technology

7829. Economic growth may depend upon _____ and _____?
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A. Population age distribution, education

B. Population size, x-efficiency

C. Population growth education

D. Population growth technical progress
7830. Policies to encourage productivity do not include ?
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A. encouraging risk-taking

B. encouraging R & D

C. encouraging innovation

D. building more retail outlets
7831. The best way to achieve economic growth is to ?
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A. increase government spending

B. reduce taxation

C. increase personal consumption

D. save more
7832. Governments can stimulate productivity by ?
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A. encouraging private investment

B. encouraging more labour intensive work to reduce unemployment

C. Imposing higher taxes on capital

D. reducing spending in education

7833. The neoclassical theory of growth identifier the steady state rate of growth as the ____ just sufficient to keep _____ constant while labor grows?
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A. labor growth, output

B. investment capital per person

C. saving, investment

D. capital per person, productivity

7834. The business cycle is not transmitted from one country to another through ?
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A. labor supply changes

B. private sector imports and exports

C. economic policy

D. the duration of compulsory education
7835. GDP per head may be an imperfect measure of economic welfare because it excludes ?
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A. Externalities

B. Change in the distribution of income

C. All of the above

D. Untraded goods

E. the value of leisure

7836. Potential output can be increased by ____ or by ______?
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A. increasing the use of all inputs, technical advances

B. increasing the use of labor increasing the use of land

C. increasing the use of land increasing the use of capital

D. increasing the use of capital increasing the use of labour

7837. The long run equilibrium level of national income is the level at which ?
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A. All investment is used in the manufacturing sector

B. economic growth is Zero

C. All investment is used to maintain the existing capital stock at its current level

D. Economic growth is growing

7838. Identify below what is NOT considered to be a cause of economic growth ?
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A. An increase in labor productivity

B. An increase in the money supply

C. An increase in technology

D. An increase in the quantity of labor and capital

7839. The theory that explains business cycles by the dynamic interaction of consumption and investment demand is the ?
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A. multiplier accelerator model

B. sun spot theory

C. Solow theory

D. New classical theory

7840. Real business cycles are cycles in ?
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A. real output

B. international trade

C. actual output

D. potential output