Growth and Development-Online Practice Exam 2
Growth and Development-Online Practice Exam 2

Growth and Development-Online Practice Exam 2

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1. The vicious circle argument points out the connection between-

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Income and population

Productivity and income

Saving and capital

Investment and technology

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2. How can the nation close a saving gap ?

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By reducing its incremental capital

By reducing domestic consumption

By obtaining more foreign aid

All of the above

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3. Which type of indivisibilities did Rosenstein Rodan distinguishes in his theory of economic development ?

  1. Lumpiness of capital, especially in the creation of social overhead capital.

  2. Complementarity of demand.

  3. Indivisibility of savings

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Only I

Only II

I and II

All the three

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4. Social marginal productivity theory–

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Is subjective and does not supplant the need for linear programming and input-output analysis

Accounts for all the interconnections in the economies including externalities

Overcomes all of the weaknesses of marginal productivity theory

Is not different from marginal productivity theory

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5. Which one of the following is not consistent with Rosenstein-Rodan’s theory of ‘big push”?

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It highlights the efficiency of the price system to signal out the desirable direction of investment

International trade cannot itself obviate the need for ‘big-push’ altogether

It is concerned with imported market in under- developed countries

It is primarily a theory of investment

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6. Galenson and Leibenstein advocate investment projects that are-

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Capital-intensive because they will lead to greater saving and investment in the future

Labour-intensive because they will stimulate consumer demand 

Capital-intensive because this is the only way the economy can become competitive internationally

Labour-intensive because they will help the working class

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7. The economist who stressed the role of the entrepreneur in development was-

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Schumpeter 

Rosenstein-Rodan

Nurkse

Hirschman

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8. The ‘critical minimum effort’ theory is due to

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Rosenstein-Rodan

W.A. Lewis

H. Leibenstein

JH. Boeke

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9. Khan was among the first to include in his model

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The importance of exports for a developing country

An estimate of the difference between private and social costs and benefits

The marginal per capita reinvestment quota

None of the above

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10. Developing countries rely on industry

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To grow rapidly

To train labour and absorb it into high paying jobs

For reasons of security and national pride

All of the above

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