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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) .

151.

The branch of Economics that deals with economic aggregate is called:

A. Micro Economics
B. Development economics
C. Macro Economics
D. Welfare economics
Answer» C. Macro Economics
152.

The central theme of Keynesian Theory is:

A. Laissez-faire
B. Free Trade
C. Effective demand
D. Self interest
Answer» C. Effective demand
153.

Who repudiated Say’s law of market?

A. J.B. Say
B. David Ricardo
C. J.S. Mill
D. J.M. Keynes
Answer» D. J.M. Keynes
154.

Effective demand is that demand when:

A. Aggregate demand is greater than aggregate supply
B. Aggregate demand is less than aggregate supply
C. Aggregate demand is equal to aggregate supply
D. All of these
Answer» C. Aggregate demand is equal to aggregate supply
155.

The concept of effective demand is associated with the name of:

A. Marshall
B. Keynes
C. Krugman
D. Adam Smith
Answer» B. Keynes
156.

The proportion between total income and total consumption is called:

A. Average propensity to consume
B. Average propensity to save
C. Marginal propensity to consume
D. Marginal propensity to save
Answer» A. Average propensity to consume
157.

The proportion between incremental income and incremental consumption is called:

A. APC
B. APS
C. MPC
D. MPS
Answer» C. MPC
158.

The proportion between total income and total saving is called:

A. APC
B. APS
C. MPC
D. MPS
Answer» B. APS
159.

1- MPC is called:

A. APC
B. APS
C. MPC
D. MPS
Answer» D. MPS
160.

APC + APS is equal to:

A. 0
B. >0
C. 1
D. <0
Answer» C. 1
161.

Multiplier is obtained by:

A. 1 – MPC
B. 1/1- MPS
C. 1/1- APC
D. 1/1-MPC
Answer» D. 1/1-MPC
162.

Exports minus imports is termed as:

A. Net income
B. Net imports
C. Net exports
D. National Income
Answer» C. Net exports
163.

As income increases consumption also increases, but:

A. Proportionately
B. More than proportionately
C. Less than proportionately
D. Equally
Answer» C. Less than proportionately
164.

The expected return on investment is called:

A. Marginal propensity to save
B. Marginal propensity to consume
C. Marginal revenue
D. Marginal efficiency of investment
Answer» D. Marginal efficiency of investment
165.

Marginal efficiency of investment curve is:

A. Slopping downwards
B. Slopping upwards
C. Parallel to X axis
D. Parallel to Y axis
Answer» A. Slopping downwards
166.

According to Keynes, unemployment is due to:

A. Deficiency of capital
B. Deficiency of labour
C. Deficiency of education
D. Deficiency in effective demand
Answer» D. Deficiency in effective demand
167.

“In the long run, we are all dead”. Who said this?

A. Keynes
B. Adam Smith
C. Karl Marx
D. David Ricardo
Answer» A. Keynes
168.

According to Keynes, investment is a function of:

A. Rate of interest
B. Rate of profit
C. Rate of MEI
D. MEI and rate of interest
Answer» D. MEI and rate of interest
169.

Keynes believed in :

A. Full employment equilibrium
B. Under employment equilibrium
C. Both
D. None
Answer» B. Under employment equilibrium
170.

According to Keynes, wages and prices are:

A. Rigid
B. Flexible
C. Variable
D. Automatic
Answer» A. Rigid
171.

In Economics, 1930s is popularly known as the period of:

A. Great Battle
B. Great Depression
C. Industrial Revolution
D. Great Devide
Answer» B. Great Depression
172.

Keynesian aggregate supply curve is:

A. Perfectly elastic
B. Perfectly inelastic
C. Unitary elastic
D. Parabola
Answer» A. Perfectly elastic
173.

Keynes strongly argued for:

A. Free Trade
B. Non-intervention of Government
C. Laissez-faire
D. Governmental intervention
Answer» D. Governmental intervention
174.

Consumption expenditure directly varies with:

A. Savings
B. Investment
C. Disposable income
D. Rate of interest
Answer» C. Disposable income
175.

An important issue of macro economics is the determination of:

A. Consumption
B. Production
C. Utility
D. Income and employment
Answer» D. Income and employment
176.

Pick the odd one:

A. Aggregate demand
B. Effective demand
C. J.M. Keynes
D. Law of market
Answer» D. Law of market
177.

Which of the following items does not include in the group?

A. Consumption
B. Investment
C. Rate of Interest
D. Net exports
Answer» C. Rate of Interest
178.

If marginal propensity to consume is 0.8, the value of multiplier will be:

A. 1
B. 2.5
C. 5
D. 2
Answer» C. 5
179.

Who is known as the father of Modern Economics?

A. Adam Smith
B. J.M.Keynes
C. Robinson
D. Ricardo
Answer» A. Adam Smith
180.

Goods without which people can not live are called:

A. Comforts
B. Luxuries
C. Necessaries
D. None
Answer» C. Necessaries
181.

The problem of what to produce is a problem of:

A. Distribution
B. Technological choice
C. Consumption
D. Allocation of resources
Answer» D. Allocation of resources
182.

Those things that possess both utility and scarcity are called:

A. Economic Goods
B. Free goods
C. Intermediate goods
D. Luxuries
Answer» A. Economic Goods
183.

If a worker specializes in the production of a single good, it is called:

A. Product based division of labour
B. Process based division of labour
C. Worker based division of labour
D. None of these
Answer» A. Product based division of labour
184.

Goods produced for use in future productive process are called:

A. Intermediate goods
B. Final goods
C. Consumer goods
D. Capital goods
Answer» D. Capital goods
185.

In a horizontal straight line demand curve, the price elasticity of demand is:

A. Unity
B. Infinity
C. Zero
D. Less than one
Answer» B. Infinity
186.

Who wrote the article Laws of Returns Under Competitive Conditions?

A. Joan Robinson
B. E.H. Chamberlin
C. A.C. Pigou
D. P. Sraffa
Answer» D. P. Sraffa
187.

Increase in output less than proportional to increase in inputs is called:

A. Increasing returns
B. Constant returns
C. Diminishing returns
D. Marginal returns
Answer» C. Diminishing returns
188.

A simplified representation of a real situation is called:

A. Theory
B. Hypotheses
C. Evidence
D. Economic Model
Answer» D. Economic Model
189.

When marginal product reaches its maximum, what can be said of total product?

A. Total product must be at its maximum
B. Total product starts to decline even if marginal product is positive
C. Total product is increasing if marginal product is still positive
D. Total product levels off
Answer» C. Total product is increasing if marginal product is still positive
190.

When a firm doubles its inputs and finds that its output has more than doubled, this is known as:

A. Economies of scale.
B. Constant returns to scale.
C. Diseconomies of scale.
D. A violation of the law of diminishing returns.
Answer» A. Economies of scale.
191.

When average product is at a maximum, marginal product is:

A. Zero
B. Increasing
C. Equal to average product
D. Greater than average product
Answer» C. Equal to average product
192.

The want satisfying power of a commodity:

A. Satisfaction
B. Utility
C. Value
D. Marginal Utility
Answer» B. Utility
193.

Supply curve represents -------- relationship between quantity and price.

A. Direct
B. Inverse
C. Either direct or inverse
D. None of the above
Answer» A. Direct
194.

Laws of return shows ---------production function.

A. Short-term
B. Medium term
C. Long term
D. Annual
Answer» A. Short-term
195.

In classical theory the level of employment is a function of:

A. Price level
B. Money wage rate
C. Quantity of money
D. Real wage rate
Answer» D. Real wage rate
196.

Consumption of capital good in the process of production is called as:

A. Capital Consumption
B. Depreciation
C. Decay of Capital
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Depreciation
197.

Economic Laws are:

A. Statement of tendencies
B. Exact and predictable
C. Definite
D. None
Answer» A. Statement of tendencies
198.

Returns to scale examines the production function in the:

A. Short-term
B. Medium term
C. Long term
D. Quinquinial
Answer» C. Long term

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