Chapter 1

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1) Macro Economics is also known as

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Income Theory

Aggregate Economics

Price Theory

Income Theory and Aggregate Economics

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2) The book ' An Enquiry into the nature and Causes of Wealth of Nations ' is written by

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Adam smith

Alfred Marshall

Lionel Robins

PA Samuelson

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3) The reward for entrepreneurship is

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Rent

Wage

Interest

Profit

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4) The term 'invisible hand' is the contribution of

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Alfred Marshall

Adam Smith

J,M Keynes

Samuelson

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5) All the central economic problems in a capitalist economy is solved by

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Planning authority

Government

Price mechanism

Planning and Price mechanism

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6) The collection of all possible combinations of the goods and services that can be produced from a given amount of resources and a given stock of technological knowledge is called

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Production Possibility Curve

Production Possibility Schedule

Marginal Opportunity Cost

Production Possibility Set

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7) The book ‘An Enquiry into the Nature and Causes of Wealth of Nations’ was published

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1876

1776

1964

1932

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9) For whom to produce implies

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Quantity of output

Choice of technology

Functional distribution

Quality of output

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10) As a result of liberalisation policy, inflow of foreign capital has increased. What is its impact on Production Possibility Curve

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Shifts rightwards

Shifts leftwards

No change

None of these

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11) Opportunity cost is

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Economic cost

Transfer earning

Alternative cost

All of the above

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12) Lionel Robins was a

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Wealth economist

Welfare economist

Growth economist

Scarcity economist

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13) State the economic terms. The allocations of scarce resources and the distribution of the final goods and services.

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Central Problems of an Economy

Production

Distribution

PPC

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14) What is the usual shape of a production possibility curve?

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Concave to origin

Convex to origin

Linear curve

Rectangular hyperbola

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15) Under Socialist Economic System central problems are solved by

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Price mechanism

Market forces

Government

Both government and price mechanism

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16) Under labour intensive production technique more of

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Labour is used

Capital is used

Capital and labour is used

Land is used

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17)  Reasons for economic problems in an economy

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Unlimited human wants

Limited resources

Alternative uses of resources and Different priorities of resources

All of the above

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18) Locus of combinations of two goods which an economy can produce with the available resources and the given level of technology is called

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Production Possibility Curve

Production Possibility Schedule

Production Possibility Set

Opportunity cost

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19) In the below given diagram, point 'c' means

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Fuller utilisation of resources

Under utilisation of resources

Efficient utilisation of resources

None of the above

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20) When marginal Opportunity Cost is decreased, shape of Production Possibility curve will be

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Concave to origin

Convex to origin

Linear curve

No shape

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