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PPSC Economics Chapter 1 Basic Economics MCQs With Answers
Question # 1
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 # 2
Capital, as economists use the term.
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Is the money the firm spends to hire resources
Is money the firm raises from selling stock
Refers to the process by which resources are transformed into useful forms
Refers to things that have already been produced that are in turn used to produce other goods and services.
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Question # 3
Developing economics usually have
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Low GDP per captia
Low CPI
Large balance of payments surpluses
Large budget surpluses
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Question # 4
Prices that do not always adjust rapidly to maintain equality between quantity supplied and quantity demanded are.
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Market prices
Sticky prices
Fixed prices
Regulatory prices
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Question # 5
Finding a partner to work with abroad is called a.
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Takeover
Merger
Acquisition
Joint venture
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Question # 6
To adjust from gross National Product to Net National Product
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Deduct deprecation
Deduct indirect taxes
Deduct subsidies
Add inflation
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Question # 7
The first level of output at which the long run average costs are minimized is called.
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The minimum Efficient Scale
The minimum External scale
The Maximum External scale
The maximum Effective scale.
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Question # 8
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 # 9
An increase in aggregate demand is more likely to lead to demand pull inflation if.
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Aggregate supply is perfectly elastic
Aggregate supply is perfectly inelastic
Aggregate supply is unit elastic
Aggregate supply is relatively elastic
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Question # 10
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 # 11
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 # 12
All currencies other than the domestic currency of a given country are referred to as.
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Reserve currencies
Neal monies
Foreign exchange
Hard currency
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Question # 13
Which of the following best describes the selling of a production license to another firm.
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Hands over all rights to its products
Sells its products abroad
Sells the right to produce to another business
Sells the business to another business
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Question # 14
A demand switching policy could be.
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Higher interest rates
Higher income tax
Traiffs
Reduced government spending
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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
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 # 17
A shift in supply will have a bigger effect on price than output if demand is.
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Income elastic
Income inelastic
Price elastic
Price inelastic
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Question # 18
To maximize sales revenue a firm should produce where
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Marginal cost is zero
Marginal revenue is maximized
Marginal revenue is zero
Marginal revenue equals marginal cost
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Question # 19
In perfect competition.
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the products firm offer are very similar
Products are heavily differentiated
A few firms dominate the market
Consumers have limited information
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Question # 20
The free market involves
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The free provision of products
The subsidizing of products by the government
Market forces of supply and demand
All trade via barter
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Question # 21
If demand is price inelastic.
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An increase in price must raise profits
An increase in price decreases revenue
An increase in price increase revenue
A decrease in price reduces sales.
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