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190+ Basics of Economics Studies Solved MCQs

These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Politics (BA Politics) .

101.

The difference between GDP and NDP equals:

A. Transfer payments
B. Net indirect taxes
C. Net factor income from abroad
D. Depreciation
Answer» D. Depreciation
102.

Which of the following is true?

A. GNP + Depreciation = NNP
B. GNP = GDP + Net factor income from abroad
C. NDP = GNP minus net indirect taxes
D. NNP = DGP minus depreciation
Answer» B. GNP = GDP + Net factor income from abroad
103.

NNP is equal to:

A. GNP plus Depreciation
B. GNP minus depreciation
C. GNP minus exports
D. GNP plus exports
Answer» B. GNP minus depreciation
104.

Which of the following is not a method of national income estimation?

A. Matrix method
B. Income method
C. Expenditure method
D. Product method
Answer» A. Matrix method
105.

An accounting year in India is:

A. Calendar year
B. Academic year
C. Fiscal year
D. None of these
Answer» C. Fiscal year
106.

Increase in real National Income (NI) means increase in:

A. NI at current prices
B. NI at constant prices
C. Both
D. None of these
Answer» B. NI at constant prices
107.

Net indirect taxes means:

A. Indirect taxes plus subsidies
B. Income minus taxes
C. Indirect taxes minus subsidies
D. Exports minus imports
Answer» C. Indirect taxes minus subsidies
108.

Net factor income from abroad shows the difference between:

A. GDP and NDP
B. NNP and NDP
C. GNP and GDP
D. GNP and NNP
Answer» C. GNP and GDP
109.

Per capita income is equal to:

A. Population/National income
B. National income/population
C. National income/GDP
D. NNP/GNP
Answer» B. National income/population
110.

National income in India is estimated by:

A. RBI
B. NSSO
C. CSO
D. World Bank
Answer» C. CSO
111.

The first estimate of National income in India was done by:

A. K.N. Raj
B. V.K.R.V. Rao
C. Dadabai Naoroji
D. P.C. Mahalanobis
Answer» C. Dadabai Naoroji
112.

Pick the odd one out:

A. Real national income
B. NI at constant price
C. NI at current prices
D. NI at base year price
Answer» C. NI at current prices
113.

GDP deflator is given by:

A. Nominal NI/Real NI
B. Nominal DGP/Real GDP
C. Nominal GDP/ Nominal GNP
D. Real GDP/Real GNP
Answer» B. Nominal DGP/Real GDP
114.

Wear and tear of capital due to constant use means:

A. Intermediate consumption
B. Final consumption
C. Depreciation
D. Devaluation
Answer» C. Depreciation
115.

Value of output minus intermediate consumption is:

A. Depreciation
B. Value added
C. Net value added
D. Net exports
Answer» B. Value added
116.

Personal income minus personal taxes is:

A. National Income
B. Private income
C. Disposable income
D. Per capita income
Answer» C. Disposable income
117.

Primary sector includes:

A. Agriculture
B. Industry
C. Services
D. Banking
Answer» A. Agriculture
118.

National income is a --------variable.

A. Flow
B. Stock
C. Static
D. Dynamic
Answer» A. Flow
119.

In India, National income is estimated at:

A. Current prices
B. Constant prices
C. Both current and constant prices
D. None of these
Answer» C. Both current and constant prices
120.

Which of the following is true:

A. GDP is a geographical concept
B. GDP is not a geographical concept
C. GDP and GNP are same
D. None of them
Answer» A. GDP is a geographical concept
121.

GNP measured in terms of current market prices is called:

A. Nominal GNP
B. Real GNP
C. Both
D. None
Answer» A. Nominal GNP
122.

In India, the current base year is:

A. 1980-81
B. 1993-94
C. 1999-2000
D. 2004-05
Answer» D. 2004-05
123.

Which of the following doest not include in the group?

A. GDP
B. GNP
C. GVA
D. NDP
Answer» D. NDP
124.

The term “Classical Economics” was first used by:

A. J.M. Keynes
B. Adam Smith
C. Karl Marx
D. David Ricardo
Answer» C. Karl Marx
125.

Who is the leader of the Classical school?

A. Thomas Robert Malthus
B. J.S. Mill
C. David Ricardo
D. Adam Smith.
Answer» D. Adam Smith.
126.

The core of classical economists is:

A. Effective Demand
B. Employment
C. Say’s Law of Market
D. Socialism
Answer» C. Say’s Law of Market
127.

‘Law of Market’ is attributed to:

A. J.S. Mill
B. J.B. Say
C. Alfred marshall
D. A.C. Pigou
Answer» B. J.B. Say
128.

The Classicals adopted ---------policy:

A. Governmental policy
B. Laissez-faire
C. Policy of restriction
D. None of these
Answer» B. Laissez-faire
129.

According to Classicals, full employment is a:

A. Rare phenomenon
B. Normal phenomenon
C. Abnormal phenomenon
D. None of these
Answer» B. Normal phenomenon
130.

According to the Classical economists, general over production is:

A. Possible
B. Impossible
C. Both
D. None
Answer» B. Impossible
131.

According to the Classical economists, savings and investments are:

A. Always unequal
B. Always equal
C. Never equal
D. Sometimes equal
Answer» B. Always equal
132.

Wages and prices are ----------, according to the Classicals.

A. Rigid
B. Flexible
C. Both
D. All of these
Answer» B. Flexible
133.

Classical aggregate supply curve is:

A. Perfectly elastic
B. Perfectly inelastic
C. More elastic
D. Unitary elastic
Answer» B. Perfectly inelastic
134.

Pick the odd one from the following:

A. Law of Market
B. J.B. Say
C. Full employment
D. J.M. Keynes
Answer» D. J.M. Keynes
135.

According to the Classicals, investment is a function of:

A. Saving
B. Income
C. Employment
D. Rate of Interest
Answer» D. Rate of Interest
136.

“Supply creates its own demand” is called:

A. Law of supply
B. Law of market
C. Law of demand
D. Law of elasticity
Answer» B. Law of market
137.

Under the classical system, the equilibrium will be at:

A. Under employment
B. Full employment
C. Voluntary employment
D. Disguised unemployment
Answer» B. Full employment
138.

When savings exceeds the demand for savings, the rate of interest will:

A. Rise
B. Fall
C. Remain constant
D. None of these
Answer» B. Fall
139.

Rate of interest will increase when the demand for saving is:

A. Less than its supply
B. Equal to its supply
C. More than its supply
D. Less than or equal to its supply
Answer» C. More than its supply
140.

In the Classical system, the role of the government is:

A. The highest
B. Not at all needed
C. Limited
D. Important
Answer» C. Limited
141.

Equilibrium in the economy is settled by ---------, according to the Classicals.

A. Centralized planning
B. Price mechanism
C. Both the planning and price mechanism
D. None of these
Answer» B. Price mechanism
142.

Say’s Law of market was proved wrong by:

A. Industrial revolution
B. Great Depression
C. Green revolution
D. Gulf war
Answer» B. Great Depression
143.

Self interest, competition, profit motive are the features of:

A. Socialism
B. Capitalism
C. Marxism
D. Mixed economy
Answer» B. Capitalism
144.

The Great Depression was during:

A. 1930s
B. 1920s
C. 1940s
D. 1830s
Answer» A. 1930s
145.

The equilibrium price is determined by the forces of:

A. Supply only
B. Demand only
C. Both Demand and Supply
D. None of these
Answer» C. Both Demand and Supply
146.

Temporary unemployment is -------------, according to the Classical economists:

A. Impossible
B. Permanent
C. Possible
D. None of these
Answer» C. Possible
147.

J.B. Say was a ---------------Economist.

A. Swedish
B. German
C. French
D. American
Answer» C. French
148.

Pick the odd one out:

A. J.B. Say
B. David Ricardo
C. Adam Smith
D. J.M. Keynes
Answer» D. J.M. Keynes
149.

Author of the book ‘The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money’:

A. Karl Marxq
B. J.B. Say
C. J.M. Keynes
D. Adam Smith
Answer» C. J.M. Keynes
150.

‘The General Theory’, was published in :

A. 1776
B. 1890
C. 1936
D. 1950
Answer» C. 1936

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