miscellaneous Mcqs
1151. The development of modern culture is CHIEFLY dependent upon ?
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A. bifocalism

B. complex symbolic communication

C. upright posture

D. grasping ability of the hand

1152. In perfect price discrimination ?
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A. The demand curve is the marginal cost curve

B. The demand curve is the marginal revenue

C. The average revenue equals the average cost

D. The marginal cost is the average cost curve

1153. When internal economies of scale occur ?
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A. Average costs fall

B. Revenue falls

C. Total costs fall

D. Marginal costs increase

1154. Which is an example of a pivotal social institution ?
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A. A symphony orchestra

B. The economy

C. A jail

D. A rock bands

1156. To be allocatively efficient a firm must produce where ?
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A. The price equals the average cost

B. The price equals the marginal cost

C. The total cost equals demand

D. The average revenue equals the marginal revenue

1157. Head hunting is wrong This statement is made from the point of view of______________?
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A. cultural relativity

B. ethnocentrism

C. ethnic uniformity

D. cultural pride

1158. In Price discrimination abnormal profits are made if ?
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A. Average revenue is greater than marginal revenue

B. Average revenue is greater than average cost

C. Average revenue is greater than average fixed cost

D. Average revenue is greater than average variable cost

1159. Economic growth can be shown by ?
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A. An inward shift of the production possibility frontier

B. A movement along the production possibility frontier

C. A decision by the government to produce inside the production possibility frontier

D. An outward shift of the production possibility frontier
1160. Society and culture______________?
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A. all of the above

B. are in continual conflict

C. are separate phenomena

D. are interrelated and interdependent
1161. To maximise growth without making a loss a firm should produce the highest output where ?
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A. Average revenue equals marginal cost

B. Average revenue equals average cost

C. Marginal revenue equals marginal cost

D. Average cost equals marginal cost

1162. A reduction in the money supply is likely to ?
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A. Increase inflation

B. Decrease deflation

C. Increase the interest rate

D. Reduce the interest rate

1163. According to supply-side economists if taxes are cut so that people have an increased incentive to work and businesses have an increased incentive to invest ?
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A. aggregate supply will increase , aggregate demand will decrease

B. aggregate supply will increase, aggregate output will increase and the price level will decrease

C. aggregate supply will increase aggregate output will increase and the price level will increase

D. both aggregate supply and demand will increase and the price level will increase

1164. Privatisation is the transfer out ?
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A. government businesses to the private sector

B. Publicly held stock to private individuals

C. Privately owned business to the government sector

D. corporately owned businesses to individuals

1165. An outward shift of the production possibility frontier may be caused by ?
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A. Better training of employees

B. Productive inefficiency

C. An increase in demand

D. More government spending

1166. If the marginal revenue is less than the marginal cost then to profit maximise a firm should ?
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A. Leave output where it is:

B. Increase costs

C. Reduce output

D. Increase output

1168. The total quantity of goods and services produced (or supplied) in an economy in a given period is ?
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A. aggregate output

B. aggregate expenditure

C. aggregate investment

D. aggregate demand

1170. The precautionary demand for money is ?
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A. An idle because

B. An active balance

C. Directly related to interest rates

D. Inversely related to income

1171. If firms earn normal profits ?
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A. No profit is made is accounting terms

B. Other firms will join the industry

C. The revenue equal total costs

D. They will aim to leave the industry

1173. Correlation differs from causation in that correlation ?
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A. occurs purely by chance

B. occurs among more than two variables

C. precedes causation

D. only indicates a probable relation

1174. A culture complex is_______________?
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A. a psychological condition

B. a theater symphony hall and museum

C. a cluster of traits centered around a common activity

D. one cultural trait

1175. In the equation C = a + bY, which describes the aggregate consumption function b stands for ?
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A. The average consumption level

B. The amount of income when consumption is zero

C. The marginal propensity to consume.

D. The amount of consumption when income is zero

1177. The social sciences have no laws because ?
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A. social science research techniques are flawed

B. social scientists are a lawless group

C. none of the above

D. the various disciplines squabble among themselves

1179. To be Productively efficient a firm must produce where ?
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A. Marginal costs are Minimized

B. Average costs are minimized

C. Average costs are maximized

D. Marginal costs are maximized
1180. The total costs are Rs2000 and 10 units are produced. The marginal cost of an 11th unit is Rs1300 Which of the following is true ?
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A. The average cost for 10 units is Rs1300

B. The average cost for 11 units is Rs1300

C. The average cost increase from Rs20 to Rs30

D. The total costs for 11 units are Rs700

1181. An increase in interest rates ?
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A. Is likely to reduce savings

B. Is likely to reduce the external value of the currency

C. Leads to a shift in the MEC schedule

D. Leads to a movement along the MEC schedule

1182. A profit maximising firm will invest up to the level of investment where ?
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A. The cost of borrowing equals the marginal efficiency of capital

B. The cost of borrowing is greater than the marginal efficiency of capital

C. The cost of borrowing equals the marginal propensity to consume

D. The cost of borrowing is less then the marginal efficiency of capital
1183. According the law of diminishing returns ?
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A. The marginal product fall as more units of a variable factor are added to a fixed factor

B. The marginal product increases as more units of a variable factor are added to a fixed factor

C. The total product falls as more units of a variable factor are added to a fixed factor

D. Marginal utility falls as more unity of a product are consumed

1184. If an economy is productively efficient ?
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A. Resources are unemployed

B. The distribution of income is eqal

C. More of one product can only be produced if less of another product is produced

D. Everyone is wealthy

1185. Variables that exercise influence on other variables are called ?
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A. independent variables

B. constants

C. dependent variables

D. none of the above

1186. Reaganomics was a radical shift in Policy aimed at direct tackling ?
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A. the supply side of the economy

B. The demand side of the country

C. The underground economy

D. The charities economy

1187. Labour Productivity measures ?
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A. The output per worker

B. Total output

C. The output per machine

D. Marginal output
1188. According to the quantity theory of money an increase in the money supply is most likely to lead to inflation if ?
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A. The velocity of circulation and the number of transactions is constant

B. The number of transaction decrease

C. There is deflation

D. The velocity of circulation decrease

1189. A benefit to consumers of price discrimination is that ?
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A. Producer surplus increases

B. Consumer surplus decreases

C. Some products are produced that would not otherwise be produced

D. Firms profits increase

1190. If marginal cost is positive and falling ?
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A. Total cost is falling

B. Total cost is increasing at a falling rate

C. Total cost is increasing at an increasing rate

D. Total cost is falling at a falling rate

1191. To reduce the supply of money the government could ?
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A. Reduce interest rates

B. Sell government bonds

C. Buy back government bonds

D. Encourage banks to lend
1192. History is often NOT considered a social science because_______________?
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A. historians do not use computers

B. it is not based on evidence

C. it does not study people

D. its primary concern is to record events of the past
1193. A reflationary policy ?
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A. Reducing interest rates

B. Reducing taxation rates

C. increase injections

D. Reducing government spending

1194. If marginal revenue equals marginal cost ?
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A. Profits are maximised

B. Total revenue equals total cost

C. No profit is being made

D. Producing another unit would increase profits

1195. The average variable cost curve ?
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A. is derived from the average fixed costs

B. Equals the total costs divided by the output

C. Converges with the average cost as output increases

D. Equals revenue minus profits

1196. Any combination of products inside the production possibility frontier is ?
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A. X inefficient

B. Allocatively inefficient

C. Productively inefficient

D. Consumer inefficient

1197. If injections are less than withdrawals at the full-employment level of national income, there is ?
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A. A deflationary gap

B. hyperinflation

C. an inflationary gap

D. hysteresis

1198. The proportion of an increase in national income paid in tax is ?
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A. the average tax propensity

B. the marginal tax propensity

C. the fiscal stance

D. the tax multiplier

1199. The law of diminishing returns assumes ?
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A. There are no fixed factors of production

B. There are no variable factors of production

C. Utility is maximised when marginal product falls

D. Some factors of production are fixed