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Q1:

2025: 3 June Shift 1

Income & Employment

Easy

Comprehension:

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Along with the weakening of global economic activity, inflation the world over also remained muted in 2019. Inflation softened in advanced and emerging economies reflecting a slack in consumer demand. From the supply side, lower energy prices in 2019 also contributed to softening of inflation. In India, inflation rose slightly to 4.1% in April - December 2019, after a sharp decline from 5.9% in 2014 to 3.4% in 2018.

Due to weakening of global economic activity, level of aggregate demand ___________ in the economy.

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 3 June Shift 1 ECO question 1

Q2:

2025: 3 June Shift 1

Income & Employment

Medium

Read the following report carefully and answer the questions on the basis of the same:

Along with the weakening of global economic activity, inflation the world over also remained muted in 2019. Inflation softened in advanced and emerging economies reflecting a slack in consumer demand. From the supply side, lower energy prices in 2019 also contributed to softening of inflation. In India, inflation rose slightly to 4.1% in April - December 2019, after a sharp decline from 5.9% in 2014 to 3.4% in 2018.

The impact of the above situation under the Keynesian theory of income and employment in an economy is?

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Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 3 June Shift 1 ECO question 2

Q3:

2025: 3 June Shift 1

Income & Employment

Medium

Comprehension:

Read the following report carefully and answer the questions on the basis of the same:

Along with the weakening of global economic activity, inflation the world over also remained muted in 2019. Inflation softened in advanced and emerging economies reflecting a slack in consumer demand. From the supply side, lower energy prices in 2019 also contributed to softening of inflation. In India, inflation rose slightly to 4.1% in April - December 2019, after a sharp decline from 5.9% in 2014 to 3.4% in 2018.

The cause of the above situation is?

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 3 June Shift 1 ECO question 3

Q4:

2025: 3 June Shift 1

Income & Employment

Medium

Read the following report carefully and answer the questions on the basis of the same:

Along with the weakening of global economic activity, inflation the world over also remained muted in 2019. Inflation softened in advanced and emerging economies reflecting a slack in consumer demand. From the supply side, lower energy prices in 2019 also contributed to softening of inflation. In India, inflation rose slightly to 4.1% in April - December 2019, after a sharp decline from 5.9% in 2014 to 3.4% in 2018.

In case of an underemployment equilibrium, which of the following alternative is not true?

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Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 3 June Shift 1 ECO question 4

Q5:

2025: 3 June Shift 1

Income & Employment

Medium

Comprehension:

Read the following report carefully and answer the questions on the basis of the same:

Along with the weakening of global economic activity, inflation the world over also remained muted in 2019. Inflation softened in advanced and emerging economies reflecting a slack in consumer demand. From the supply side, lower energy prices in 2019 also contributed to softening of inflation. In India, inflation rose slightly to 4.1% in April - December 2019, after a sharp decline from 5.9% in 2014 to 3.4% in 2018.

Which of the following does not lead to fall in Aggregate Demand?

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 3 June Shift 1 ECO question 5

Q6:

2025: 2 June Shift 1

Income & Employment

Medium

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) Marginal Propensity to Consume(I) C/Y
(B) Marginal Propensity to Save(II) ΔC/ ΔY
(C) Average Propensity to Save(III) S/Y
(D) Average Propensity to Consume(IV) ΔS/ ΔY

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer options
Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 2 June Shift 1 ECO question 6

Q7:

2025: 2 June Shift 1

Income & Employment

Easy

__________ refers to that level of aggregate demand, which can be met by the corresponding supply in the economy.

Answer options
Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 2 June Shift 1 ECO question 7

Q8:

2025: 2 June Shift 1

Income & Employment

Hard

In an economy if all individual increases the proportion of income they save, then arrange following statements in their chronological order.

(A) Marginal propensity to consume decreases.

(B) The level of income decreases.

(C) The amount of savings remains the same.

(D) The aggregate demand curve rotates downwards.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer options
Option 4
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 2 June Shift 1 ECO question 8

Q9:

2025: 2 June Shift 1

Income & Employment

Medium

Comprehension:

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

Calculate various parameters of Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply and related concepts

Income (in ₹ Crore)Consumption (in ₹ Crore)
050
5075
100100
200150
300200
400250

When income is more than consumption, then value of Average Propensity to Save (APS) is.

Answer options
Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2025: 2 June Shift 1 ECO question 9

Q10:

2025: 2 June Shift 1

Income & Employment

Medium

Comprehension:

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

Calculate various parameters of Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply and related concepts

Income (in ₹ Crore)Consumption (in ₹ Crore)
050
5075
100100
200150
300200
400250

When income is less than consumption, value of Average Propensity to Consume (APC) is.

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Q11:

2025: 2 June Shift 1

Income & Employment

Medium

Comprehension:

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

Calculate various parameters of Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply and related concepts

Income (in ₹ Crore)Consumption (in ₹ Crore)
050
5075
100100
200150
300200
400250

From the given table, identify the level of income, where Average Propensity to Save (APS) becomes zero:

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Q12:

2025: 2 June Shift 1

Income & Employment

Medium

Comprehension:

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

Calculate various parameters of Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply and related concepts

Income (in ₹ Crore)Consumption (in ₹ Crore)
050
5075
100100
200150
300200
400250

_____________ is the minimum level of consumption done at zero income level and is independent of income.

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Q13:

2025: 2 June Shift 1

Income & Employment

Medium

Comprehension:

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

Calculate various parameters of Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply and related concepts

Income (in ₹ Crore)Consumption (in ₹ Crore)
050
5075
100100
200150
300200
400250

Calculate Marginal Propensity to Save (MPS) and Average Propensity to Consume (APC) at income level of 200.

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Q14:

2025: 31 May Shift 1

Income & Employment

Medium

Arrange the following statements in sequential order.

(A) Aggregate demand will increase.

(B) Induce the public to borrow more.

(C) Central Bank will decrease the reverse repo rate.

(D) Ex-ante aggregate demand is less than Ex-ante aggregate supply

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. (A), (B), (C), (D)
  2. (A), (C), (B), (D)
  3. (D), (C), (B), (A)
  4. (A), (B), (D), (C)
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Q15:

2025: 31 May Shift 1

Income & Employment

Easy

How much consumption will increase when income increases by Rs. 5000 at given marginal propensity to consume of 0.60.

  1. Increase in consumption= Rs. 5000
  2. Increase in consumption= Rs. 4000
  3. Increase in consumption= Rs. 3000
  4. Increase in consumption= Rs. 2000
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Q16:

2025: 31 May Shift 1

Income & Employment

Medium

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) An increase in proportional taxes(I) Decreases consumption by MPC times the change in taxes.
(B) An increase in lump-sum taxes(II) Automatic Stabilizer.
(C) Proportional income tax(III) Aggregate demand curve shift inwards.
(D) Lump sum taxes(IV) Do not depend upon income.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. (A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV)
  2. (A) - (I), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (IV)
  3. (A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (II), (D) - (IV)
  4. (A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)
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Q17:

2025: 31 May Shift 1

Income & Employment

Easy

In the consumption function C=Cˉ+cYC = \bar{C} + cY; autonomous consumption denoted by:

  1. CC
  2. cYcY
  3. Cˉ\bar{C}
  4. YY
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Q18:

2025: 31 May Shift 1

Income & Employment

Hard

Arrange the following statements in chronological order in respect to the increase in the proportion of income people save.

(A) Marginal propensity to consume decreases.

(B) The level of income decreases.

(C) The amount of savings remains the same.

(D) The aggregate demand curve shifts downwards.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. (A), (B), (C), (D)
  2. (A), (C), (B), (D)
  3. (B), (A), (D), (C)
  4. (A), (D), (B), (C)
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Q19:

2025: 31 May Shift 1

Income & Employment

Medium

When autonomous investment increases in a two-sector model, then.

  1. The aggregate demand curve shifts upwards.
  2. Output/GDP increases by the same magnitude as the change in investment.
  3. Autonomous expenditure increases by the same magnitude as the change in investment.
  4. The consumption curve shifts upwards.
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Q20:

2025: 31 May Shift 1

Income & Employment

Medium

Among the following, what is assumed as the appropriate justification for taking the price level as fixed?

  1. An economy with unskilled workforce.
  2. An economy having scarcity of resources.
  3. An economy with excess use of resources.
  4. An economy with unused resources.
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Q22:

2025: 30 May Shift 2

Income & Employment

Medium

By what value equilibrium output and aggregate demand will change, when the value of parameter c changes from 0.8 to 0.5 at a given A = 50?

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Q23:

2025: 30 May Shift 2

Income & Employment

Medium

If all the people in the economy increase the proportion of income they save, the total value of savings in the economy will not increase – it will either decline or remain unchanged. This situation is known as...................

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Q24:

2025: 30 May Shift 2

Income & Employment

Medium

The ratio of the total increment in equilibrium value of final goods output to the initial increment in autonomous expenditure is called...................

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Q25:

2025: 30 May Shift 2

Income & Employment

Medium

If the government changes transfer payments (TR‾\overline{TR}), autonomous spending (AA) will change by?

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Q26:

2025: 30 May Shift 2

Income & Employment

Medium

Comprehension:

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

Determination of Income and Employment

When, at a particular price level, aggregate demand for final goods equals aggregate supply of final goods, the final goods or product market reaches its equilibrium. Aggregate demand for final goods consists of ex ante consumption, ex ante investment, government spending etc. The rate of increase in ex ante consumption due to a unit increment in income is called marginal propensity to consume. For simplicity we assume a constant final goods price and constant rate of interest over short run to determine the level of aggregate demand for final goods in the economy. We also assume that the aggregate supply is perfectly elastic at this price. Under such circumstances, aggregate output is determined solely by the level of aggregate demand. This is known as effective demand principle. An increase in autonomous spending causes aggregate output of final goods to increase by a larger amount through the multiplier process. Full employment level of income is that level of income where all the factors of production are fully employed in the production process. The equilibrium attained at the point of equality of Y and AD by itself does not signify full employment of resources. Equilibrium only means that if left to itself the level of income in the economy will not change even when there is unemployment in the economy. The equilibrium level of output may be more or less than the full employment level of output.

A change in autonomous spending causes aggregate output of final goods to change by a large or small amount due to?

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Q27:

2025: 30 May Shift 2

Income & Employment

Medium

Comprehension:

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

Determination of Income and Employment

When, at a particular price level, aggregate demand for final goods equals aggregate supply of final goods, the final goods or product market reaches its equilibrium. Aggregate demand for final goods consists of ex ante consumption, ex ante investment, government spending etc. The rate of increase in ex ante consumption due to a unit increment in income is called marginal propensity to consume. For simplicity we assume a constant final goods price and constant rate of interest over short run to determine the level of aggregate demand for final goods in the economy. We also assume that the aggregate supply is perfectly elastic at this price. Under such circumstances, aggregate output is determined solely by the level of aggregate demand. This is known as effective demand principle. An increase in autonomous spending causes aggregate output of final goods to increase by a larger amount through the multiplier process. Full employment level of income is that level of income where all the factors of production are fully employed in the production process. The equilibrium attained at the point of equality of Y and AD by itself does not signify full employment of resources. Equilibrium only means that if left to itself the level of income in the economy will not change even when there is unemployment in the economy. The equilibrium level of output may be more or less than the full employment level of output.

When the aggregate output is determined solely by the level of aggregate demand. Then what it called?

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Q28:

2025: 30 May Shift 2

Income & Employment

Medium

Comprehension:

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

Determination of Income and Employment

When, at a particular price level, aggregate demand for final goods equals aggregate supply of final goods, the final goods or product market reaches its equilibrium. Aggregate demand for final goods consists of ex ante consumption, ex ante investment, government spending etc. The rate of increase in ex ante consumption due to a unit increment in income is called marginal propensity to consume. For simplicity we assume a constant final goods price and constant rate of interest over short run to determine the level of aggregate demand for final goods in the economy. We also assume that the aggregate supply is perfectly elastic at this price. Under such circumstances, aggregate output is determined solely by the level of aggregate demand. This is known as effective demand principle. An increase in autonomous spending causes aggregate output of final goods to increase by a larger amount through the multiplier process. Full employment level of income is that level of income where all the factors of production are fully employed in the production process. The equilibrium attained at the point of equality of Y and AD by itself does not signify full employment of resources. Equilibrium only means that if left to itself the level of income in the economy will not change even when there is unemployment in the economy. The equilibrium level of output may be more or less than the full employment level of output.

What is the equilibrium output when autonomous investment increases from 10 to 20 at a given C = 40 + 0.8Y?

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Q29:

2025: 30 May Shift 2

Income & Employment

Medium

Comprehension:

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

Determination of Income and Employment

When, at a particular price level, aggregate demand for final goods equals aggregate supply of final goods, the final goods or product market reaches its equilibrium. Aggregate demand for final goods consists of ex ante consumption, ex ante investment, government spending etc. The rate of increase in ex ante consumption due to a unit increment in income is called marginal propensity to consume. For simplicity we assume a constant final goods price and constant rate of interest over short run to determine the level of aggregate demand for final goods in the economy. We also assume that the aggregate supply is perfectly elastic at this price. Under such circumstances, aggregate output is determined solely by the level of aggregate demand. This is known as effective demand principle. An increase in autonomous spending causes aggregate output of final goods to increase by a larger amount through the multiplier process. Full employment level of income is that level of income where all the factors of production are fully employed in the production process. The equilibrium attained at the point of equality of Y and AD by itself does not signify full employment of resources. Equilibrium only means that if left to itself the level of income in the economy will not change even when there is unemployment in the economy. The equilibrium level of output may be more or less than the full employment level of output.

If the equilibrium level of output is more than the full employment level, it is due to the fact that the demand is more than the level of output produced at full employment level. This situation is called as.............

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Q30:

2025: 30 May Shift 2

Income & Employment

Medium

Comprehension:

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

Determination of Income and Employment

When, at a particular price level, aggregate demand for final goods equals aggregate supply of final goods, the final goods or product market reaches its equilibrium. Aggregate demand for final goods consists of ex ante consumption, ex ante investment, government spending etc. The rate of increase in ex ante consumption due to a unit increment in income is called marginal propensity to consume. For simplicity we assume a constant final goods price and constant rate of interest over short run to determine the level of aggregate demand for final goods in the economy. We also assume that the aggregate supply is perfectly elastic at this price. Under such circumstances, aggregate output is determined solely by the level of aggregate demand. This is known as effective demand principle. An increase in autonomous spending causes aggregate output of final goods to increase by a larger amount through the multiplier process. Full employment level of income is that level of income where all the factors of production are fully employed in the production process. The equilibrium attained at the point of equality of Y and AD by itself does not signify full employment of resources. Equilibrium only means that if left to itself the level of income in the economy will not change even when there is unemployment in the economy. The equilibrium level of output may be more or less than the full employment level of output.

Which parameter does not determine the income and employment in the economy.

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