Q1:

Money & Banking

Medium

M3 is the most commonly used measure of money supply. It is also known as aggregate monetary resources. Which of the following is not a component of M3?

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Option 3
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Q2:

Production & Costs

Easy

Which of the following central problems deals with the choice of technique of production?

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Option 2
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Q3:

Money & Banking

Medium

Which of the following is/are a qualitative tool of credit control adopted by the central bank of a country?

(A) Repurchase agreement.

(B) Moral suasion.

(C) Open market operations.

(D) Margin requirements.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Option 2
Correct Answer
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Q4:

Production & Costs

Medium

Which of the following are correct about the short run cost concepts?

(A) Both the average cost and average variable cost curves are U-shaped.

(B) Average cost and average variable cost curves are parallel to each other.

(C) Marginal cost is equal to both average cost and average variable costs at their respective minimum levels.

(D) Average cost and average variable cost can never be equal to each other.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Option 4
Correct Answer
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Q5:

Income & Employment

Medium

Full employment, in context of determination of income, implies?

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Option 2
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Q6:

Government Budget

Medium

Which of the following represents the borrowing requirements of the government for the purposes other than interest payments?

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Option 3
Correct Answer
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Q7:

Consumer Behaviour

Hard

Anand consumes lesser units of good X when its price falls but more units of X when his income rises. Which of the following statements is true about good X.

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Option 4
Correct Answer
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Q8:

Production & Costs

Easy

If the average fixed cost of production is the fixed cost per unit of output produced. Then it will _______.

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Option 3
Correct Answer
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Q9:

National Income

Medium

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) Non-monetary exchanges(I) Can be positive or negative
(B) Externalities(II) Price Index
(C) Per capita income(III) Domestic services by housewives
(D) GDP deflator(IV) Total income/Population

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Option 3
Correct Answer
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Q10:

Government Budget

Medium

Match list I with List II in the context of the Government Budget:

List-IList-II
(A) Purchase of stocks of a private company by the general government(I) Capital receipts
(B) Sale of equity of a public sector enterprise to private sector(II) Revenue receipts
(C) Payment of interest by the government on loans from financial institutions(III) Capital expenditure
(D) Stamp duty received by the government on property transactions in the country(IV) Revenue expenditure

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Q11:

Production & Costs

Easy

A profit-maximizing firm will attain its equilibrium at that level of output where?

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Q12:

Consumer Behaviour

Medium

Lata likes to eat burgers and has already eaten two. Her marginal utility from the last burger she consumes is 90 utils. If the price of burger is Rs. 25 per unit and marginal utility of a rupee is 3 utils, then?

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Q13:

Introduction

Medium

Delhi has become the most polluted city in India. Due to this, how will the production possibility curve of Delhi be affected?

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Q14:

National Income

Medium

Which of the following are included while calculating national income by expenditure method?

(A) Expenditure on single-use producer goods purchased by firms.

(B) Expenditure incurred by a private trust running an orphanage on the education of the children.

(C) Expenditure incurred by the government on building dams and bridges across the nation.

(D) Expenditure by foreigners on the final goods produced in the country.

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Q15:

Income & Employment

Medium

Deficient demand is said to exist in the economy when-

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Q16:

Income & Employment

Medium

In an imaginary economy, the planned spending falls short of planned output at a certain level of employment. Arrange the following consequences of the same in sequential order.

(A) Unintended accumulation of inventories.

(B) The employment level falls.

(C) The output and income fall and the equilibrium is restored.

(D) Producers plan to produce less in the next period.

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Q17:

Government Budget

Medium

Which of the following statements is true about public goods?

(A) Public goods are non rival in nature.

(B) Public goods are non-excludable in nature.

(C) Public goods may be produced by the government or the private sector.

(D) Public goods and public production can be used interchangeably.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q18:

Income & Employment

Medium

The saving function of a two sector economy is given as S=(-)100+0.2Y. The equilibrium level of income of this economy is 1000, then calculate the value of consumption at equilibrium?

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Q19:

National Income

Medium

What is required to be subtracted from personal income in order to obtain personal disposable income?

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Q20:

Income & Employment

Medium

The ratio of increase in income to increase in investment is termed as

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Q21:

Forms of Market

Medium

In a particular country, there was a severe heatwave. Arrange the following in the sequence of order in context of the market of ice-creams.

(A) Rise in the price of ice cream.

(B) Supply will remain the same.

(C) Competition among the buyers of ice cream inceaseees.

(D) The demand for ice cream increases.

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Q22:

Consumer Behaviour

Medium

A consumer spends all his income of Rs 6000 on two goods - Food and clothing and is buying 12 units each of both the goods. At the present level of consumption, the marginal rate of substitution of clothing for food is 3. The price of food per unit is Rs. 400 whereas that of clothing is Rs. 100. What should a consumer do to attain the equilibrium?

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Q23:

Production & Costs

Medium

A firm is operating in a market where it can sell more only by lowering the price of the good. Arrange the changes in total revenue of this firm in a sequential order.

(A) Total revenue falls.

(B) Total revenue starts from origin.

(C) Total revenue increases at a diminishing rate.

(D) Total revenue reaches its maximum.

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Q24:

Income & Employment

Medium

The increase in income in an economy is four times more than the increase in investment. What is the value of marginal propensity to consume in this economy?

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Q26:

Market Equilibrium

Medium

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) Increase in demand > Increase in Supply(I) Increase in both equilibrium price and quantity.
(B) Increase in demand < Increase in Supply(II) Decrease in both equilibrium price and quantity.
(C) Increase in demand = Increase in Supply(III) Decrease in equilibrium price but increase in equilibrium quantity.
(D) Decrease in demand < Decrease in supply(IV) Increase in equilibrium quantity but no change in equilibrium price.

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Q27:

Government Budget

Easy

The progressive taxation system seeks to achieve which of the following objectives of the government budget?

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Q28:

Consumer Behaviour

Medium

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) Marginal rate of substitution(I) Slope of Budget line
(B) MUₓ/MUᵧ=Pₓ/Pᵧ(II) more of at least one good and no less of the other good
(C) -(Pₓ/Pᵧ)(III) Law of equi marginal utility
(D)Monotonic Preferences.(IV) Slope of Indifference curve

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Q29:

Government Budget

Medium

There may be times when demand exceeds available output under conditions of high employment and thus may give rise to inflation. In such situations, restrictive conditions may be needed to reduce demand. This intervention by the government is considered as

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Q30:

Money & Banking

Medium

During the period of COVID, there was an apprehension that the Indian economy might slip into recession. Therefore, to combat the situation, the Reserve bank of India reduced the Repo rate by 110 basis points. Arrange the consequences of the same in sequential order.

(A) Increase in aggregate demand.

(B) Reduction in the market lending rate by commercial banks.

(C) Increase in money supply.

(D) Increase in borrowings by the public.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q31:

Money & Banking

Easy

The RBI can influence money supply by changing the rate at which it gives long term loans to the commercial banks. This rate is called?

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Q32:

Money & Banking

Medium

Suppose an initial cash deposit of INR 100 crores has been made in a commercial bank where a total credit of INR 500 crores has been created in the economy. The required reserve ratio in this country is.............

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Q33:

National Income

Medium

The value of the nominal GNP of an economy was Rs 5000 crores in a particular year. The value of GNP of that country during the same year, evaluated at the prices of same base year, was Rs 6000 crores. What is the value of the GNP deflator of the year.

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Q34:

Income & Employment

Medium

Arrange the following in chronological order, starting from the earliest.

(A) Publishing of 'An inquiry into the Nature and Cause of the Wealth of Nations'.

(B) The Great Depression.

(C) Publishing of 'The Economic consequences of the Peace'.

(D) Publishing of 'General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money'.

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Q35:

National Income

Medium

There are 2496 students in a school as on 1st April 2023. During the session, there were 186 new admissions whereas 43 students withdrew from the school. At the end of the session, there were 2539 students in the school, out of whom 1800 were boys and the rest were girls. In this case, which of the following figures represent a flow variable?

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Q36:

Production & Costs

Easy

According to the law of variable proportions. Which among the the following option is correct?

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Q37:

Forms of Market

Medium

The total revenue of a firm is increasing at a constant rate. Which of the following is true about this firm?

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Q38:

Money & Banking

Medium

Which of the following is a quantitative tool of credit control by the reserve bank of India?

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Q39:

National Income

Hard

Which of the following statements is true?

(A) Gross domestic income is a subset of national income.

(B) Corporate profit tax is a factor in income earned by the government.

(C) The production of wheat by a farmer retained by himself for his self-consumption will be included in the national income of the country.

(D) All capital goods are producer goods, but all producer goods are not necessarily capital goods.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q40:

Consumer Behaviour

Medium

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) Decrease in consumer's income(I) Budget line becomes steeper
(B) Increase in price of Good X(II) Parallel and leftward shift in the budget line
(C) Equal reduction in price of both goods X and Y(III) Budget line becomes flatter
(D) Increase in price of Good Y(IV) No change in the slope of the budget line

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Q41:

Balance of Payments

Medium

Comprehension:

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions based on the passage:

Income and the Exchange Rate

When income of a country increases, consumer spending increases. Spending on imported goods is also likely to increase. When imports increase, the demand curve for foreign exchange shifts to the right. There is a depreciation of the domestic currency. If there is an increase in income abroad as well, domestic exports will rise and the supply curve of foreign exchange shifts outward. On balance, the domestic currency may or may not depreciate. What happens will depend on whether exports are growing faster than imports. In general, other things remaining equal, a country whose aggregate demand grows faster than the rest of the world’s normally finds its currency depreciating because its imports grow faster than its exports. Its demand curve for foreign currency shifts faster than its supply curve.

If the volume of imports of a country are growing faster than its volume of exports, its gross domestic product _______.

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Q42:

Balance of Payments

Medium

Comprehension:

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions based on the passage:

Income and the Exchange Rate

When income of a country increases, consumer spending increases. Spending on imported goods is also likely to increase. When imports increase, the demand curve for foreign exchange shifts to the right. There is a depreciation of the domestic currency. If there is an increase in income abroad as well, domestic exports will rise and the supply curve of foreign exchange shifts outward. On balance, the domestic currency may or may not depreciate. What happens will depend on whether exports are growing faster than imports. In general, other things remaining equal, a country whose aggregate demand grows faster than the rest of the world’s normally finds its currency depreciating because its imports grow faster than its exports. Its demand curve for foreign currency shifts faster than its supply curve.

Other things remaining same, if the income abroad increases, what is the likely effect of the same on national income of the domestic economy?

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Q43:

Balance of Payments

Medium

Comprehension:

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions based on the passage:

Income and the Exchange Rate

When income of a country increases, consumer spending increases. Spending on imported goods is also likely to increase. When imports increase, the demand curve for foreign exchange shifts to the right. There is a depreciation of the domestic currency. If there is an increase in income abroad as well, domestic exports will rise and the supply curve of foreign exchange shifts outward. On balance, the domestic currency may or may not depreciate. What happens will depend on whether exports are growing faster than imports. In general, other things remaining equal, a country whose aggregate demand grows faster than the rest of the world’s normally finds its currency depreciating because its imports grow faster than its exports. Its demand curve for foreign currency shifts faster than its supply curve.

A decrease in income of a country leads to?

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Q44:

Balance of Payments

Medium

Comprehension:

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions based on the passage:

Income and the Exchange Rate

When income of a country increases, consumer spending increases. Spending on imported goods is also likely to increase. When imports increase, the demand curve for foreign exchange shifts to the right. There is a depreciation of the domestic currency. If there is an increase in income abroad as well, domestic exports will rise and the supply curve of foreign exchange shifts outward. On balance, the domestic currency may or may not depreciate. What happens will depend on whether exports are growing faster than imports. In general, other things remaining equal, a country whose aggregate demand grows faster than the rest of the world’s normally finds its currency depreciating because its imports grow faster than its exports. Its demand curve for foreign currency shifts faster than its supply curve.

A country whose aggregate demand grows faster than the rest of the world's normally finds its currency______.

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Q45:

Balance of Payments

Medium

Comprehension:

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions based on the passage:

Income and the Exchange Rate

When income of a country increases, consumer spending increases. Spending on imported goods is also likely to increase. When imports increase, the demand curve for foreign exchange shifts to the right. There is a depreciation of the domestic currency. If there is an increase in income abroad as well, domestic exports will rise and the supply curve of foreign exchange shifts outward. On balance, the domestic currency may or may not depreciate. What happens will depend on whether exports are growing faster than imports. In general, other things remaining equal, a country whose aggregate demand grows faster than the rest of the world’s normally finds its currency depreciating because its imports grow faster than its exports. Its demand curve for foreign currency shifts faster than its supply curve.

If the income of the country and income abroad increase simultaneously, then the domestic currency will.............

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Q46:

Market Equilibrium

Easy

Comprehension:

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions based on the passage:

Concept of Price Ceiling

It is not very uncommon to come across instances where the government fixes a maximum allowable price for certain goods. The government-imposed upper limit on the price of a good or service is called a price ceiling. A price ceiling is generally imposed on necessary items like wheat, rice, kerosene, sugar etc. The objective of the price ceiling is to restrict the price of a good so that it becomes affordable for consumers to buy. However, it does not always generate the desired results. Most of the time, intervention by the government in the form of a price ceiling leads to various socio-problems.

Imposition of price ceilings usually results into?

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Q47:

Market Equilibrium

Easy

Comprehension:

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions based on the passage:

Concept of Price Ceiling

It is not very uncommon to come across instances where the government fixes a maximum allowable price for certain goods. The government-imposed upper limit on the price of a good or service is called a price ceiling. A price ceiling is generally imposed on necessary items like wheat, rice, kerosene, sugar etc. The objective of the price ceiling is to restrict the price of a good so that it becomes affordable for consumers to buy. However, it does not always generate the desired results. Most of the time, intervention by the government in the form of a price ceiling leads to various socio-problems.

Suppose the market determined rent for apartments is $200 per month. The government intervenes and sets the rent control at $250 per month. What is the likely impact of this intervention on market of apartments?

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Q48:

Market Equilibrium

Easy

Comprehension:

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions based on the passage:

Concept of Price Ceiling

It is not very uncommon to come across instances where the government fixes a maximum allowable price for certain goods. The government-imposed upper limit on the price of a good or service is called a price ceiling. A price ceiling is generally imposed on necessary items like wheat, rice, kerosene, sugar etc. The objective of the price ceiling is to restrict the price of a good so that it becomes affordable for consumers to buy. However, it does not always generate the desired results. Most of the time, intervention by the government in the form of a price ceiling leads to various socio-problems.

Price ceilings are also known as............

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Q49:

Market Equilibrium

Easy

Comprehension:

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions based on the passage:

Concept of Price Ceiling

It is not very uncommon to come across instances where the government fixes a maximum allowable price for certain goods. The government-imposed upper limit on the price of a good or service is called a price ceiling. A price ceiling is generally imposed on necessary items like wheat, rice, kerosene, sugar etc. The objective of the price ceiling is to restrict the price of a good so that it becomes affordable for consumers to buy. However, it does not always generate the desired results. Most of the time, intervention by the government in the form of a price ceiling leads to various socio-problems.

The market determined price of a good is Rs. 40.The government determines the price ceiling on the good as Rs. 25. Calculate the excess demand/excess supply it will cause if the demand and supply functions are Qd= 200 – p and Qs=120+ p respectively.

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Q50:

Market Equilibrium

Easy

Comprehension:

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions based on the passage:

Concept of Price Ceiling

It is not very uncommon to come across instances where the government fixes a maximum allowable price for certain goods. The government-imposed upper limit on the price of a good or service is called a price ceiling. A price ceiling is generally imposed on necessary items like wheat, rice, kerosene, sugar etc. The objective of the price ceiling is to restrict the price of a good so that it becomes affordable for consumers to buy. However, it does not always generate the desired results. Most of the time, intervention by the government in the form of a price ceiling leads to various socio-problems.

In order to be effective, the price ceiling should be determined _______.

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