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PPSC Economics Chapter 1 Basic Economics MCQs With Answers
Question # 1
Price equal to.
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Total revenue -quantity
Total revenue/quantity sold
total quantity sold * quantity sold
Total revenue/total cost
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Question # 2
Normal profit occurs when
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Average revenue equals average variable cost
Marginal revenue equals marginal cost
Average revenue equals marginal cost
Average revenue equals average cost
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Question # 3
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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Question # 4
If the price in a market is fixed by the government above 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 # 5
In a less developed country.
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The infrastructure is likely to be good.
Real wages are likely to be high
Unemployment is likely to be low
The primary sector is likely to be significant
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Question # 6
An increase in national income is.
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Likely to increase exports
Likely to decrease savings
Likely to decrease investment
Likely to increase spending on imports
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Question # 7
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 # 8
Investment is an out stable element of aggregate demand because is depends heavily on.
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Government policy
Expectations
National income
Historic trends
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Question # 9
Aggregate demand will increase if
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Consumption falls
Investment falls
Exports fall
imports fall
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Question # 10
A deflationary policy could include
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Increasing injections
Reducing taxation rates
Reducing interest rates
Reducing government spending
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Question # 11
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 # 12
Friend man's theory of consumption focuses on
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Past income
Current income
Disposable income
Permanent income
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Question # 13
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 # 14
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 # 15
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 # 16
Sales taxes are generally considered to be.
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Proportional taxes
Regressive taxes
Progressive taxes
Indirect taxes
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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
The precautionary demand for money is
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An idle balance
An active balance
Directly related to interest rates
Inversely related to income
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Question # 19
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 # 20
Assuming a downward sloping demand curve and upward sloping supply curve a higher equilibrium price may be caused by.
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An fall in demand
An increase in supply
Improvements in production technology
An increase in demand
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Question # 21
Demand pull inflation may be caused by
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An increase in costs
A reduction in interest rate
A reduction in government spending
An outward shift in aggregate supply
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