Q1:
Macro
National Income
Easy
National Disposable Income is equal to ___________.
Macro
National Income
Easy
National Disposable Income is equal to ___________.
Macro
Balance of Payments
Medium
Identify the correct statements with respect to current account:
A. Balance of trade is the difference between export and import of goods in given period of time.
B. Current account records all international transactions of assets.
C. Trade in services includes factor income and non-factor income transactions.
D. Current account is in balance when capital inflows are equal to capital outflows.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Indian Economic Development
Economic Reforms (1991)
Medium
Arrange the following in chronological order, starting from the oldest.
A. Introduction of New Economic policy
B. Formation of World Trade Organisation
C. Establishment of General Agreement on Trade and Tariff
D. Removal of quantitative restrictions on imports of manufactured consumer goods and agricultural products
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Micro
Production & Costs
Easy
The average fixed cost (AFC) decreases as output (q) increases. If we multiply any value q of output with its corresponding AFC, we always get a constant, namely ___________.
Indian Economic Development
Development Experience of India
Easy
Match the LIST-I with LIST-II
| LIST-I | LIST-II | |
|---|---|---|
| A. Great Leap Forward Campaign | I. | Students were sent to work and learn from the countryside |
| B. Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution | II. | Collectively cultivated lands by people |
| C. Special Economic Zones | III. | Industrialisation on massive scale |
| D. Commune system | IV. | To attract foreign investors |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Indian Economic Development
Employment
Easy
Worker Population Ratio indicates ___________.
Macro
Balance of Payments
Medium
Which of the following statements are correct in respect to Balance of payment?
A. Exports of goods are entered on debit side.
B. Transfer payments are receipts without rendering any services in return.
C. Capital account includes external borrowings.
D. Net invisibles are the part of current account.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Micro
Production & Costs
Easy
Match the LIST-I with LIST-II
| LIST-I | LIST-II | |
|---|---|---|
| A. Production function | I. | Additional Product with change in input. |
| B. Marginal Product (MP) | II. | Marginal product first increases and then begins to fall. |
| C. Law of variable proportions | III. | Change in output due to change in factors. |
| D. Returns to Scale | IV. | Relationship between inputs used and output produced. |
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Macro
Money & Banking
Easy
Suppose the initial deposits are Rs.1000 cr and the Statuary Liquidity Ratio is 20%. How much loan the bank can give from the given initial deposits?
Micro
Production & Costs
Easy
Keeping other factor constant, A change in the price of input brings about a change in the supply of a commodity.
Arrange the process of this change in the correct sequence:
A. The average cost of production of the commodity reduces.
B. The supply of a commodity increases.
C. The profit per unit of the producer rises.
D. If the price of input falls.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Micro
Consumer Behaviour
Medium
The total expenditure on a commodity rises from Rs.100 to Rs.150 as a result of an increase in the price of the commodity from Rs. 10 to Rs.15. Find out the elasticity of demand of this commodity by percentage method.
Macro
National Income
Medium
Based on given information, estimate the value of National Income:
A. Compensation to employees in cash 300 cr
B. Compensation to employees in kind 400 cr
C. Operating surplus 865 cr
D. Profits 280 cr
E. Mixed Income 620 cr
F. Net factor income from abroad (-) 30 cr
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Indian Economic Development
Development Experience of India
Easy
Identify the objective behind introduction of structural reforms in China.
Macro
Balance of Payments
Medium
Which one of the following statements is correct about the balance of payment (BOP)?
Macro
National Income
Medium
Given the Gross Domestic Product at market price if the country is not able to replace the capital stock lost through depreciation then the value of GDP will ___________.
Macro
Money & Banking
Easy
Identify the liabilities of the commercial banks from the following:
Macro
Money & Banking
Medium
Select the option which correctly describe the feature of Reverse Repurchase Agreement.
Macro
National Income
Easy
Which of the following activity is a limitation to GDP as an indicator of welfare?
Micro
Consumer Behaviour
Medium
Which one of the following statements is most suitable to the law of diminishing marginal utility?
Macro
Government Budget
Easy
Match the LIST-I with LIST-II
| LIST-I | LIST-II | |
|---|---|---|
| A. Tax revenue | I. | Interest receipts |
| B. Non-tax revenue | II. | Sale of shares in Public Sector Units |
| C. Capital receipts | III. | Loans from another country |
| D. Debt creating receipts | IV. | Corporation tax |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Macro
Money & Banking
Easy
Which of the following are the functions of money?
A. Intermediary between the buyer and the seller.
B. Expressing goods in monetary units.
C. Helps in deferred payments.
D. Helps in making a cashless society.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Indian Economic Development
Human Capital Formation
Easy
Human development is based on the idea that ___________ are the integral to human well being.
Macro
Government Budget
Easy
Which of the following statements explain the objectives (functions) of government budget?
A. Provide goods which are non-rivalrous in nature
B. Intervenes to stabilise the aggregate demand
C. Can stabilise economy through change in bank rate
D. Can change distribution of income and bring distribution which is fair by society
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Macro
Government Budget
Medium
In a hypothetical economy, the total expenditure is Rs.700 crore, revenue receipts are Rs. 300 crore, non-debt capital receipts is Rs. 250 crore and net interest liability is Rs. 50 crore. The primary deficit for such an economy would be ___________.
Macro
Government Budget
Easy
Revenue receipts are those receipts which___________.
Macro
National Income
Easy
Which of the following options related to the aggregates of national income is correct?
Macro
National Income
Medium
Identify the correct statement with regards two sector economy model:
A. Total factor income is equal to aggregate consumption expenditure.
B. Consumers can dispose off their earnings through spending their entire income on consumption.
C. Balance of trade surplus.
D. Fair society through progressive tax regime.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Micro
Introduction
Easy
Which one of the following statement is correct?
Micro
Production & Costs
Easy
The Total Fixed Cost of producing a good is Rs. 20. The Total Cost of producing 3 units of a good is Rs. 44 while that of producing 4 units is Rs. 49. What would be the Marginal Cost of producing the 4th unit of the good?
Indian Economic Development
Economic Reforms (1991)
Easy
Identify the correct option which describes the objective of the Goods and Service Tax (GST)?
Indian Economic Development
Development Experience (1947-90)
Easy
The most important characteristic of India's foreign trade throughout the colonial period was ___________.
Macro
Income & Employment
Medium
Arrange the following steps in ascending order in respect to determination of equilibrium level of income in an economy as a result of change in autonomous expenditure:
A. The output and aggregate demand will increase.
B. In the economy autonomous investment increased by Rs. 10 Cr.
C. The aggregate demand curve shifts in parallel upwards.
D. The investment multiplier works in forward direction.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Indian Economic Development
Development Experience of India
Medium
Arrange the following events chronologically, starting from the oldest:
A. Pakistan's first five-year plan
B. Formation of the People's Republic of China
C. India's first five-year plan
D. China's first five-year plan
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Indian Economic Development
Development Experience (1947-90)
Easy
Match the LIST-I with LIST-II
| LIST-I | LIST-II | |
|---|---|---|
| A. Land Reforms | I. | Portion of agricultural produce sold in the market. |
| B. Land Ceiling | II. | Replacing imports with domestic production |
| C. Marketed surplus | III. | Change in ownership of land holdings |
| D. Import Substitution | IV. | Fixing maximum size of land an individual could hold |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Micro
Market Equilibrium
Medium
Suppose the government sets a price for agricultural goods in the market. The market would react unless measures are taken by the government to maintain the price. Arrange the correct sequence for the procedure.
A. There would be excess supply in the market.
B. The government needs to buy the surplus at a pre-determined price.
C. The prices would fall.
D. Prices for agricultural goods are set higher than the market price by the government.
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Macro
Balance of Payments
Easy
Which one of the following is the major advantage of flexible exchange rate system?
Micro
Market Equilibrium
Easy
Suppose, there is an increase in the income of the consumers, that shifts the demand curve to the right. What will be the change in the equilibrium condition?
Macro
National Income
Easy
Match the LIST-I with LIST-II
| LIST-I | LIST-II | |
|---|---|---|
| A. Final goods | I. | Variables defined over a period of time |
| B. Flow | II. | Tools, machinery used in the production of goods and services |
| C. Stock | III. | Goods are available for consumption |
| D. Capital goods | IV. | Variables defined at a point of time |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Micro
Market Equilibrium
Easy
If there is excess demand in the market, the price would tend to change. How would the demand change to bring the market back to the equilibrium?
Indian Economic Development
Rural Development
Easy
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) was set up in 1982 as an apex body to ___________.
Indian Economic Development
Sustainable Economic Development
Easy
Indian Economic Development
Sustainable Economic Development
Easy
Indian Economic Development
Sustainable Economic Development
Easy
Indian Economic Development
Sustainable Economic Development
Easy
Indian Economic Development
Sustainable Economic Development
Easy
Macro
Income & Employment
Easy
Macro
Income & Employment
Easy
Macro
Income & Employment
Easy
Macro
Income & Employment
Easy
Macro
Income & Employment
Easy
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