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Q1:

2025: 13 May Shift 1

Balance of Payments

Medium

Suppose an Indian manufacturer of steel acquires a steel manufacturing unit in Europe. This type of transactions are recorded in which of the following.

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Option 2
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Explanation for 2025: 13 May Shift 1 ECO question 1

Q2:

2025: 13 May Shift 1

Balance of Payments

Easy

The difference between the value of exports and the value of imports of goods of a country in a given period of time is known as by what name?

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Option 1
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Explanation for 2025: 13 May Shift 1 ECO question 2

Q3:

2024: 16 May

Balance of Payments

Easy

Under flexible exchange rate, when the price of domestic currency in terms of foreign currency increases, it is called :

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Option 2
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Explanation for 2024: 16 May ECO question 3

Q4:

2024: 16 May

Balance of Payments

Medium

Match List-I with List-II:
List-IList-II
(A) Pegged exchange rate system(I) Setting up of IMF and World Bank
(B) Managed floating(II) Fixed exchange rate system
(C) Bretton Woods Conference(III) Dirty floating
(D) Third element in BOP(IV) Error and Omission Account

Match List-I with List-II :

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2024: 16 May ECO question 4

Q5:

2024: 16 May

Balance of Payments

Hard

(A) Smithsonian Agreement

(B) Bretton Woods Conference

(C) Establishment of WTO

(D) Gold Standard

Arrange the following elements in correct chronological sequence (earliest to latest) :

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Option 2
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Explanation for 2024: 16 May ECO question 5

Q6:

2023: 20 June Shift 1

Balance of Payments

Medium

Match List I with List II

LIST ILIST II
A. Accommodating itemsI. International purchases
B. Capital AccountII. Central Bank
C. Balance of tradeIII. Below the line items
D. Dirty FloatingIV. Visible items

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Q8:

2023: 20 June Shift 1

Balance of Payments

Easy

Full form of IBRD

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Q9:

2023: 20 June Shift 1

Balance of Payments

Easy

Exchange Rate is the price of a currency expressed in terms of.

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Q10:

2023: 20 June Shift 1

Balance of Payments

Easy

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is popularly known as_______.

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Q11:

2023: 11 June Shift 3

Balance of Payments

Medium

Profits obtained by a foreign firm's branch in India will be recorded on which side and in which account of balance of payment.

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Q12:

2023: 11 June Shift 3

Balance of Payments

Easy

The shape of supply curve of foreign exchange is :

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Q13:

2023: 11 June Shift 3

Balance of Payments

Easy

When autonomous receipts are less than autonomous payments. The balance of payments is in :

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Q14:

2023: 11 June Shift 3

Balance of Payments

Easy

A __________ account deficit is financed by net capital flows from the rest of the world, thus by a capital account surplus.

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Q15:

2023: 1 June Shift 1

Balance of Payments

Medium

Which of the following statements are true ?

(A) Managed floating is also called dirty floating.

(B) Making domestic currency cheaper by government is called devaluation

(C) Exchange rate determined by the market forces of demand and supply, known as floating exchange rate.

(D) In a fixed exchange rate system, the government fixes the exchange rate.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Q16:

2023: 1 June Shift 1

Balance of Payments

Easy

Decrease in value of domestic currency to foreign currency in fixed exchange rate system is called :

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Q17:

2023: 1 June Shift 1

Balance of Payments

Medium

Capital Account of balance of payment includes :

(A) Export and Import of goods

(B) Receipt of loans from abroad

(C) Purchase of shares in foreign countries

(D) Current transfers from Abroad

(E) Repayment of International loans

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Q18:

2023: 1 June Shift 1

Balance of Payments

Medium

Interest paid on loan taken from IMF will be recorded in ________ side of ________ account.

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Q19:

2023: 1 June Shift 1

Balance of Payments

Medium

The transactions which are determined by the gap in the balance of payments, whether a deficit or surplus is called :

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Q20:

2023: 30 May Shift 1

Balance of Payments

Easy

More foreign currency will flow into the home country when :

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Q21:

2023: 30 May Shift 1

Balance of Payments

Medium

Which of the following are the components of current Account ?

(A) Trade in Services

(B) Trade in Goods

(C) Investment

(D) External borrowings

(E) External Assistance

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Q22:

2023: 30 May Shift 1

Balance of Payments

Hard

Arrange the following statements in correct sequence relating to change in exchange.

(A) The Central Bank intervenes to purchase dollars rate between Dollars and Rupee in the foreign exchange market.

(B) The government sets the exchange rate above the equilibrium exchange rate.

(C) This will absorb the excess supply of dollars in the foreign exchange market.

(D) It will result in excess supply of dollars in the foreign exchange market.

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Q23:

2023: 30 May Shift 1

Balance of Payments

Medium

What are the major components of capital Account among the following ?

(A) Bank Deposits

(B) Investment

(C) External Borrowings

(D) External Assistance

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Q24:

2023: 29 May Shift 2

Balance of Payments

Medium

Which of the following statement is true about Autonomous transactions?

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Q25:

2023: 29 May Shift 2

Balance of Payments

Easy

People demand foreign exchange because:

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Q26:

2023: 29 May Shift 2

Balance of Payments

Medium

When nation is a borrower from other countries means:

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Q27:

2023: 29 May Shift 2

Balance of Payments

Medium

Which of the following statements is true. If exchange rate changes from $1 = Rs 72 to Rs 81.

A. Import will fall

B. Import will rise

C. Exports will rise

D. National Income will rise

E. National Income will fall

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Q28:

2023: 28 May Shift 2

Balance of Payments

Medium

Current Account components of trade in services include :

(A) Gifts, Remittances

(B) Net Non-Factor Income

(C) Net Investment Income

(D) Grants

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Q29:

2023: 28 May Shift 2

Balance of Payments

Medium

Match List - I with List - II.

List - I | List - II

(A) Flexible exchange rate | (I) Market forces

(B) Devaluation | (II) Pegged exchange rate

(C) Fixed exchange rate | (III) Floating exchange rate

(D) Depreciation | (IV) Government

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Q30:

2023: 28 May Shift 2

Balance of Payments

Easy

If Trade Deficit is Rs 2000 crores and imports is worth Rs 4000 crore, then the value of exports will be :

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