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PPSC Economics Chapter 1 Basic Economics MCQs With Answers
Question # 1
An economy may operate outside the production possibility frontier it.
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It is not utilizing its resources fully
It is being productively efficient
It is a maxed economy
It is trading with other economics
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Question # 2
When an economy first begins to frow more slowly.
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GDP increase
Inflation is likely to increase
Stock levels are likely to increse
Investment in equipment is likely to increase
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Question # 3
Which of the following is not one of the four Ps in marketing.
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Product
Price
Place
Presence
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Question # 4
According to schumpater
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Monopolies are inefficient
Monopoly profits act as an incentive for innovation
Monopolies are allocatively efficient
Monopolies are productively efficient
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Question # 5
Acquisition and merger are examples of.
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Internal growth
External growth
Organic growth
Underlying growth
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Question # 6
If the economy grows the government's budget position will automatically
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Worsen
Improve
Stay the same
Increase with inflaction
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Question # 7
In monopoly which of the following is true.
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There are many buyers and sellers
There is one main buyers
There is one main seller
The actions of one firm do not affect the market price and quantity.
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Question # 8
A multinational busniess
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Sells products abroad
Produces in more than one country
Imports from abroad
Sells only domestically
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Question # 9
If the fprice in a market is fixed by the government below equilibrium.
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There is excess equilibrium
There is excess supply
There is excess demand
There is equilibrium
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Question # 10
A government might use tax to.
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Discourage consumption of positive externalities
Discourage consumption of public goods
Discourage consumption of merit goods
Discourage consumption of negative externalities
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Question # 11
The natural rate of unemployment is likely to tall if
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Unemployment benefits increase
Income tax increases
More training is available for the unemployed
Geographical immobility increases
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Question # 12
If there is cyclical unemployment in the economy the government might.
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Increase interest rates
Encourage savings
Cut taxes
Reduce government spending
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Question # 13
To anticipate what the economy is going to do next the government will look at.
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Lagging indicators
Flashing indicators
Coincidental iindicators
Leading indicators
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Question # 14
The marginal propensity to consume in a less Developed Country is likely to be.
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Less than 0
Nearly 0
High
Low
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Question # 15
A study of how increase in the minimum wage rate will effect the national unemployment rate is an example of.
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Descriptive economics
Normative economics
Macro economics
Micro economics
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Question # 16
A reduction in the money supply is likely to
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Reduce interest rates
Increase the interest rate
Increase inflation
Decrease deflation
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Question # 17
World trade has been increasing due to.
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Increased tariffs
Increased legal barriers
Increased embargoes
Reduced protectionism
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Question # 18
Say's law states that
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Supply creates its own demand
Demand creates its own supply
There is no such things as a free lunch
Macro economics policy activism is essential to ensure full employment.
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Question # 19
The effects of inflation on the price competitiveness of a country's products may be offset by
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An appreciation of the currency
A revaluation of the currency
A depreciation of the currency
Lower inflation abroad
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Question # 20
A higher GDP per capita may not mean that the quality of life has really improved because.
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It measures wealth not income
It measures Gross Domestic product
It does not measure the quality of the items produced
it is only measured every five years
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Question # 21
A movement along the supply curve may be caused by
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A change in technology
A change in the number of producers
A shift in demand
A change in costs
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Question # 22
Supply side policies are most appropriate to cure.
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Involuntary unemployment
Cyclical unemployment
Voluntary unemployment
A fall in aggregate demand
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Question # 23
An increase in interest rates.
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Is likely to reduce savings
Is likely to reduce the external value of the currency
Leads to a shift in the MEC schedule
Leads to a movement along the MEC schedule
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