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PPSC Economics Chapter 1 Basic Economics MCQs With Answers
Question # 1
Economics is the study of.
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All business, including how they operate why the exist and how they afect
Decisions that people must make because goods and services are limited.
How to save money, spend money invest savings, and balance a checkbook
The stock market the bond market and investment strategies
Big business and its impact on our live
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Question # 2
A significant increase in the government budget deficit is likely to.
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Reduce injections into the economy
Reduce national income
Move the economy away from full employment
Boost aggregate demand
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Question # 3
Menu costs in relation to inflation refer to
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Costs of finding better rates of return
Costs of altering price lists
Costs of money increasing its value
Costs of revaluing the currency
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Question # 4
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 # 5
What does ceteris paribus mean.
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"Scientific method"
"Rational thinking"
"Other things remaining the same"
"There is no such thing as a free lunc"
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Question # 6
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 # 7
Which of the following is an injection into the economy.
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Investment
Saving
Taxation
Import spending
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Question # 8
The agricultural price support program is an example of.
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A price celling
A price floor
Equilibrium pricing
None of these
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Question # 9
The accelerator assumes.
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The marginal propensity to consume is constant
The economy is at full employment
There is a constant relationship between net investment and the rate of change of output
The multiplier is constant
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Question # 10
In land intensive method which mean production is used comparativelymore
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Labour
Land
Capital
Organization
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Question # 11
If an economy is productively efficient.
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Everyone is wealthy
Resources are unemployed
More of one product can only be produced if less of another product is produced.
The distribution of income is equal
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Question # 12
Which of the following is a normative statement in economics.
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More spending by the government reduces poverty
Higher taxes lead to less desire to work
the UK Economy is growing fast relative to other European Union members
The Government should concentrate on reducing unemployment
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Question # 13
If employees cannot accept a job because of the costs of moving this is known as.
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Occupational immobility
Cyclical unemployment
Structural immobility
Geographical immobility
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Question # 14
If the marginal revenue is less than the marginal cost then to profit maximize a firm should.
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Reduce output
Increase output
Leave output where it is.
Increase costs
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Question # 15
Which kind economics deals with issues such as unemployment inflation, and economic growth.
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Macro economics
Micro economics
Growth economics
Political economics
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Question # 16
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 # 17
If the price was fixed below the equilibrium price there would be.
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Excess supply
Excess demand
Equilibrium
Down ward pressure on prices
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Question # 18
What does the phrases "there is no such thing as a free lunch'mean"
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Individuals must always pay money for the food the eat.
No restaurant wner will provide food to patrons unless they pay her
Restaurant owners act selfishly
Consumption of any good requires that other goods be given up
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Question # 19
The standard of living is often measured by
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Real GDP per capita
Real GDP
Real GDP * Population
Real GDP Plus depreciation
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Question # 20
If there is a price floor there will be.
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Shortages
Surpluses
Equilibrium
All of these
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Question # 21
An increase in price all other, things unchanged leads to.
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Shift demand outwards
Shift demand inward
A contraction of demand
An extension of demand
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