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PPSC Economics Chapter 1 Basic Economics MCQs With Answers
Question # 1
Ordinal measurement approach was not presented by
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Allen
Hicks
Edge worth
Robbins
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Question # 2
As the MPS increases, the multiplier will
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Increase
Either increase or decrease depending on the size of the change in investment
Remain constant
Decrease
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Question # 3
If there is a price celling which of the following is NOT likely to occur.
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Rationing by first come first served
Black markets
Gray markets
Sellers providing goods for free that were formerly not free
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Question # 4
In monopoly in long run equilibrium.
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The firm is productively effieient
The firm is allocatively inefficient
The firm produces where marginal cost is less than marginal revenue
The firm produces at the sociality optimal level
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Question # 5
To be productively efficient a firm must produce where
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Marginal costs are maximized
Marginal costs are minimized
Average costs are minimized
Average revenue is maximized
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Question # 6
Occupational immobility of labour occurs if.
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People lack information
People do not want to work
People do not have the right skills to work
People cannot afford to move location
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Question # 7
Which does the government not control directly.
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Spending on health
spending on defense
Firm's investment decisions
spending on education
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Question # 8
An increase in aggregate demand if aggregate supply is totally inelastic will.
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Increase price but not output
Increase output but not price
Increase out put and price
Decrease output and price
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Question # 9
Injection are
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Assumed to be exogenous
Assumed to be a function of national income
Decrease aggregate demand
Decrease the investment into an economy
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Question # 10
Inflation.
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Reduces the cost of living
Reduces the standard of living
Reduce the price of products
Reduces the purchasing power of a price
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Question # 11
Demand for labour is more likely to be wage inelastic if.
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Wages are a small proportion of total costs
Demand for the final product is price elastic
It is easy to replace labour
Capital is a good substitute forlabour
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Question # 12
To reduce the supply of money the government could.
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Reduce interest rates
Buy back government bonds
Sell government bonds
Encourage banks to lend
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Question # 13
The law of demand states that.
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As the quantity demanded rises, the price rises.
As the price rises the quantity demanded rises
As the price rises, the quantity demanded falls.
As supply rises, the demand rises.
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Question # 14
Which of the following is a policy instrument .as opposed to a government objective.
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Lower interest rates
A better balance of trade position
Faster economic growth
Lower un employment
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Question # 15
In a recession
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Unemployment is likely to be low
prices are likely to increase
Growth is negative
Growth is slow
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Question # 16
The socially optimal rate of growth is
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Zero
Negative
Where the marginal social benefit the marginal social cost
total social costs are minimized
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Question # 17
Why might a country resist globalization.
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Greater choice of final products
Greater choice of supplies
Greater competition for domestic firms
More markets to sell to
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Question # 18
A reflationary policy
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Increases aggregate supply
Increases aggregate demand
Decreases the price level
Increase full employment
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Question # 19
Economic growth can be measured by
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The CPI
The CBI
GDP
MPC
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Question # 20
For equilibrium in an open four sector economy
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Actual injections = actual withdrawals
Planned injections = Planned withdrawals
Savings = investment
Government spending = tax revenue
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Question # 21
If one car company takes over another car company this is an example of which type of integration.
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Vertical
Horizontal
Conglomerate
Literal
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