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
4251. Societies with landed gentry and inherited titles resemble_________________?
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A. estate systems

B. status systems

C. class systems

D. caste systems

4252. Latino neighborhoods have prospered because________________?
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A. they are well organized politically

B. they try to use English instead of their native Spanish

C. they have a common culture

D. Latinos have a strong sense of community
4253. A strong predictive factor of becoming an abusive parent is________________?
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A. none of the above

B. to have felt unloved and unwanted by one,s own parents

C. to have felt the injustice of abuse

D. to have come to believe that abuse is the way things are

4254. Economists chart the limits of resources and technology on output through_____________________?
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A. Venn diagrams

B. welfare functions

C. production-possibility schedules

D. product-moment correlations

4255. Products of the economy used in production as opposed to gifts of nature are______________?
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A. capital

B. entrepreneurship

C. land

D. labor

4256. Gentrification is the trend of__________________?
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A. city residents returning to manor houses in country

B. continued movement to suburbs

C. city dwellers learning proper manners

D. middle class professionals renovating old city housing and using them as
4257. The highest victimization rates occur________________?
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A. equally in all age groups

B. in the 10-15 years age group

C. in the teenage years

D. in the 0 to 3 year age group
4258. Functionalists approach the state as a tool to________________?
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A. maintain order

B. maintain the state of nature

C. protect private property

D. protect the privileged few

4259. Which of the following processes includes isolation of the minority population ?
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A. segregation

B. assimilation

C. acculturation

D. accommodation

4260. The author of a famous treatise on the origin of the state characterized existence in the state of nature as________________?
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A. a pre-Christian utopia

B. similar to an earthly paradise

C. solitary poor nasty brutish and short

D. among noble savages

4261. There is inequality among the Siriono of Bolivia in that_________________?
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A. none of the above

B. the families of the best hunters are permitted to hoard food

C. there is a priestly caste

D. the elder females make all the group,s rules

4262. The percentage of men filing divorce petitions is________________?
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A. slightly more than that of women

B. considerably more than that of women

C. equal to that of women

D. less than that of women
4263. The social class(es) least interested in church participation is (are)the_____________?
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A. lower-middle class

B. upper and lower classes

C. none of the above

D. upper-lower class

4264. Taxes may be considered_____________?
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A. withdrawals from the economic flow

B. as not affecting the economic flow

C. additions to the circular flow

D. injections into the economic flow

4265. Social scientists explain the incest taboo as_______________?
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A. all of the above

B. biologically programmed

C. way of reducing family conflict

D. a religious universal

4266. Marrying someone with similar traits is called_______________?
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A. hypogamy

B. exogamy

C. heterogamy

D. homogamy
4267. The urban trends resulting from the industrial Revolution include_________________?
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A. reduced family size

B. strengthening primary ties

C. homogeneous population

D. a return to Biblical religions
4268. Which elements are affected by pollution ?
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A. Land

B. all of the above

C. Air

D. Water

4269. The blended or reconstituted family________________?
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A. has its own set of problems

B. only a and b

C. is considered the wave of the future

D. is the best solution to a failing institution

4270. Agriculture in industrial nations is now based on_________________?
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A. many small farmers

B. increase in rural population

C. artificial food production

D. greater productivity of farms because of mechanization
4271. When one culture borrows traits from another culture the borrowing culture tends to be________________?
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A. selective in borrowing

B. gullible and impressionable

C. grateful

D. nonselective in borrowing

4272. The model in urban ecology that stresses distance of residence from central business based on social class is the_________________?
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A. concentric zone model

B. sector model

C. multiple nuclei model

D. wedge-shaped model

4273. The cottage or putting-out system refers to_________________?
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A. a type of architecture popular in Britain

B. The fact that in early industrialization work was done in the home

C. The way young people were put out to go work in factories

D. the housing given factory workers

4274. Population began to increase steadily________________?
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A. with improvements in agriculture technology and medicine

B. in the 17th century when agriculture technology and medicine

C. in the Bronze Age

D. by around the middle of the 18th century
4275. According to the U.S Census Bureau a CMSA is defined as__________________?
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A. any locality with a downtown and suburbs

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

C. a relatively large dense permanent settlement of heterogeneous individuals

D. an ecological system

4276. The realist school of international relations defines war and security as_____________?
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A. high politics

B. statecraft

C. low politics

D. brinkmanship

4277. Legal-rational authority tends to be characteristic of_________________?
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A. Central A Pakistan society

B. heterogeneous multicultural societies

C. simple agrarian societies

D. homogeneous single-culture societies

4278. The resources each spouse brings to a marriage include________________?
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A. the ability to earn income

B. income

C. all of the above

D. occupational prestige

4279. Which occupational categories received the greatest increase in compensation in the 1990s ?
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A. corporate attorneys

B. Domestic workers

C. Accountants and financial consultants

D. Senior and chief executive
4280. Urbanism is associated with_____________________?
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A. public transportation

B. Gemeinschaft society

C. increase in anomie and alienation

D. extended families

4281. The push for teaching people to read in the English-speaking world was based on a desire to read_______________?
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A. shop manuals

B. the Bible

C. maps

D. history

4282. Religion performs all but one of the following functions_______________?
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A. supports societal norms and values by transforming them into divine laws

B. helps people deal with guilt for their transgressions offering a way back to a constructive life

C. provides a single set of norms that are universally accepted and agreed upon

D. provides answers to basic s for which there is no other authority

4283. The highest percentage of humans live in________________________?
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A. the U.S

B. Russia

C. India

D. China
4284. The strongest urge that all living creatures feel is to__________________?
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A. feel respectable

B. reproduce themselves

C. avoid stress

D. be important

4285. Following a divorce both partners remarry in what percentage of cases ?
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A. 90%

B. 80%

C. 60%

D. 50%

4286. Which Catholic nation displays high birthrates ?
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A. Mexico

B. Ireland

C. Italy

D. France

4287. Death rates are highest in_______________?
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A. Turkey

B. Britain

C. Thailand

D. tropical African
4288. Middle-and upper-class parents foster the viewpoint that________________?
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A. occupational success is desirable

B. students should find peers with similar goals

C. success does not matter as much as happiness

D. their children should have a classical education

4289. In sociological studies of race and ethnic relations_______________?
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A. minority refers to the smaller group

B. majority represents the group in power because of its large numbers

C. minorities are described on the basis of biology

D. minority refers to an oppressed group
4290. The crude birthrate is the_________________?
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A. number of births a year in the world

B. number of births per thousand people per year

C. the same as the fertility rate

D. the same as the fecundity rate

4291. Durkheim,s approach to religion involved the opposed concepts of_________________?
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A. natural and supernatural

B. sacred and profane

C. children of light and children of darkness

D. good and evil

4292. Critics of our school system sate that _________________?
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A. none of the above

B. education makes no attempt to exercise social control

C. education is used to foster the acceptance of our political system without

D. education places too little emphasis on hard work and obedience

4293. Maintaining a groups distinctive customs and identity is called______________?
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A. cultural complex

B. cultural decline

C. cultural trait

D. cultural pluralism
4294. Members of an ethnic group_________________?
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A. share behavioral traits

B. share social and cultural traits

C. are heterogeneous

D. share physical traits

4295. Another way of talking about opportunity costs might be as________________?
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A. economic consequences

B. value of sacrificed resources

C. social consequences

D. parallel world

4296. The most common form of religious behavior is__________________?
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A. prayer

B. mana

C. taboo

D. tithing

4297. To use up the final products of production is to_______________?
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A. consume

B. distribute

C. appropriate

D. allocate

4298. The totality of the phenomenon under study is called the_______________?
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A. sample

B. universe

C. inferential

D. population
4299. The term minority may be defined as______________?
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A. a small group of people living within a large nation

B. a group of people who possess the same access to prestige privilege and power but who differ in looks

C. any group in society that is socially dominated by another group through discrimination because of race culture religion or sex

D. any small group in society which is disliked and abused

4300. The end of the Cold war_________________?
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A. created new possibilities for the world balance of power

B. has shifted American policy toward cooperative internationalism

C. raised new concerns about nuclear proliferation

D. All of the above