economics MCQs – Page 437

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
8721. The green house effect is the phenomenon by which ?
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A. biological diversity is dominant in agricultural production

B. the globes water pollution affects plankton

C. climatic changes occur naturally in the forest

D. the earths atmosphere traps infrared radiation
8722. According to Coases theorem when property rights are well defined and legally enforceable and transactions costs are not prohibitive ?
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A. participants will organize their transactions

B. population growth leads to rigid land rights

C. individuals overuse of the biosphere is curtailed

D. violence displacement erosion and poverty are minimized

8723. In a recession ?
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A. Unemployment is likely to be low

B. Growth is slow

C. Growth is negative

D. Prices are likely to increase

8727. If Pakistans GDP exceeds Pakistans GNP, then ?
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A. intermediate production exceeds final production

B. real GNP exceeds nominal GNP

C. foreigners are producing more in the Pakistan then Pakistanis are producing in foreign countries

D. real GDP exceeds nominal GDP

8728. Gross National Product equals ?
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A. Gross Domestic Product adjusted for inflation

B. Gross Domestic Product plus net property income from abroad

C. Net National Product plus net property income from abroad

D. Net National Product adjusted for inflation

8729. The value of plant and equipment worn out in the process of manufacturing goods and services is measured by ?
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A. intermediate production

B. consumption

C. depreciation

D. Net National Product

E. Investment

8730. Air pollution from automobile exhausts, and water pollution steel plants are examples of ?
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A. negative externalities

B. social distortion

C. internal spillover

D. external economies

8732. Which of the following would be excluded from UK GDP fro 2005? The sale of ?
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A. the value of a lawyers services

B. All of things mentioned in these answers should be counted in 2005 GDP.

C. a 2005 Honda made in Swindon

D. a haircut
8733. Theodore panayotou (1993) argues that environment degradation originates from the following EXCEPT ?
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A. defective economic policies

B. inadequate property

C. markets distortions

D. the expansion of capitalism
8734. Irreversibility refers to ?
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A. natural resource that cannot be reproduced in the future if we fail to preserve them now

B. industrialization replacing agriculture in LDCs

C. natural extinction of various species in DCs

D. obtaining intellectual property rights for products

8735. GDP would include which of the following ?
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A. the value of taking a day off from work

B. illegal drug sales

C. consulting services

D. housework

E. intermediate sales

8736. Net National Product equals ?
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A. Gross National Product minus depreciation

B. Gross Domestic Product plus net property income from abroad

C. Gross Domestic Product adjusted for inflation

D. Gross National Product adjusted for inflation

8737. Pakistans Gross Domestic Product (in contrast to Gross National Product) measures the production and income of ?
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A. Pakistan -owned firms no matter where they are located in the world

B. The domestic manufacturing sector only

C. none of these answers

D. People and factories located within the borders of the Pakistan

E. The domestic service sector only

8738. How is your purchase in Pakistan of a Rs40,000 BMW automobile that was produced entirely in Germany recorded in the Pakistans GDP accounts ?
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A. Net exports increase by Rs40,000

B. Consumption in increase by Rs40,000 and net export decreases by Rs40,000

C. Investment increased by Rs40,000 and net exports increases by Rs40,000

D. There is no impact because this transaction does not involve domestic production

8739. Gross Domestic Product can be measured as the sum of ?
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A. Net National Product Gross National Product, and Disposable personal income

B. final goods and services intermediate goods, transfer payments, and rent

C. investment wages profits and intermediate production

D. consumption investment government purchases and net exports

E. consumption transfer payments. wages and profits.

8740. Negative externality is also known as ?
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A. marginal damage

B. resource curse

C. public goods

D. external diseconomies