Q1:
Macro
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?
Macro
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?
Micro
Production & Costs
Easy
Which of the following central problems deals with the choice of technique of production?
Macro
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.
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Micro
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.
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Macro
Income & Employment
Medium
Full employment, in context of determination of income, implies?
Macro
Government Budget
Medium
Which of the following represents the borrowing requirements of the government for the purposes other than interest payments?
Micro
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.
Micro
Production & Costs
Easy
If the average fixed cost of production is the fixed cost per unit of output produced. Then it will _______.
Macro
National Income
Medium
Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-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 |
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Macro
Government Budget
Medium
Match list I with List II in the context of the Government Budget:
| List-I | List-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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Micro
Production & Costs
Easy
A profit-maximizing firm will attain its equilibrium at that level of output where?
Micro
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?
Micro
Introduction
Medium
Delhi has become the most polluted city in India. Due to this, how will the production possibility curve of Delhi be affected?
Macro
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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Macro
Income & Employment
Medium
Deficient demand is said to exist in the economy when-
Macro
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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Macro
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.
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Macro
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?
Macro
National Income
Medium
What is required to be subtracted from personal income in order to obtain personal disposable income?
Macro
Income & Employment
Medium
The ratio of increase in income to increase in investment is termed as
Micro
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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Micro
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?
Micro
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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Macro
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?
Macro
Income & Employment
Medium
If the entire additional income is saved in an economy, the value of investment multiplier will be
Micro
Market Equilibrium
Medium
Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-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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Macro
Government Budget
Easy
The progressive taxation system seeks to achieve which of the following objectives of the government budget?
Micro
Consumer Behaviour
Medium
Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-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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Macro
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
Macro
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.
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Macro
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?
Macro
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.............
Macro
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.
Macro
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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Macro
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?
Micro
Production & Costs
Easy
According to the law of variable proportions. Which among the the following option is correct?
Micro
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?
Macro
Money & Banking
Medium
Which of the following is a quantitative tool of credit control by the reserve bank of India?
Macro
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.
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Micro
Consumer Behaviour
Medium
Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-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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Macro
Balance of Payments
Medium
Macro
Balance of Payments
Medium
Macro
Balance of Payments
Medium
Macro
Balance of Payments
Medium
Macro
Balance of Payments
Medium
Micro
Market Equilibrium
Easy
Micro
Market Equilibrium
Easy
Micro
Market Equilibrium
Easy
Micro
Market Equilibrium
Easy
Micro
Market Equilibrium
Easy
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