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PPSC Economics Chapter 1 Basic Economics MCQs With Answers
Question # 1
GDP plus net property income from aboard equals what.
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GNP
NNP
Depreciation
Real GDP
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Question # 2
If the price was fixed below the equilibrium price there would be.
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Excess supply
Excess demand
Equilibrium
Down ward pressure on prices
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Question # 3
The resources in an economy are
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Constantly increasing
Fixed at any moment
Constant decreasing
Able to be transferred easily between industries
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Question # 4
The resources in the economy do not include.
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Demand
Land
Labor
Capital
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Question # 5
An increase in productivity should.
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Lead to a contraction of supply
Lead to an expansion of supply
Lead to a shift in supply outwards
Lead to higher equilibrium and lower equilibrium quantity.
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Question # 6
A movement along the demand curve may be caused by
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A change in income
A change en the number of buyers
A change in advertising
A shift in supply
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Question # 7
An increase in price all other things unchanged leads to.
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A shift in supply out wards
A shift in supply in wards
A contraction of supply
An extension of supply
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Question # 8
If demand increase in a market this will usually lead to.
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A higher equilibrium price and output
a lower equilibrium price and higher output
A lower equilibrium price and output.
A higher equilibrium price and lower output
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Question # 9
If demand is price inelastic.
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An increase in price must raise profits
An increase in price decreases revenue
An increase in price increase revenue
A decrease in price reduces sales.
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Question # 10
A subsidy paid to producers.
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Shifts the supply curve
Shifts the demand curve
Leads to a contractional supply
Leads to an extension of supply
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Question # 11
To maximize sales revenue a firm should produce where
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Marginal cost is zero
Marginal revenue is maximized
Marginal revenue is zero
Marginal revenue equals marginal cost
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Question # 12
The concept of "Interdependence of markets" can refer to the interdependence between.
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Two or more factor markets
Goods and factor markets
Goods markets
All of the above
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Question # 13
If an increase in investment leads to a bigger increase in national income this is called the.
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Accelerator
Aggregate demand
Monetarism
Multiplier
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Question # 14
If the economy grows the government's budget position will automatically
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Worsen
Improve
Stay the same
Increase with inflaction
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Question # 15
An increase in the wage rate.
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Will usually lead to more people employed
Will decrease total earnings if the demand for labour is wage elastic
Is illegal in a free market
Will cause a shift in the demand for labour
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Question # 16
Why might a country resist globalization.
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Greater choice of final products
Greater choice of supplies
Greater competition for domestic firms
More markets to sell to
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Question # 17
Which of the following would decrease aggregate demand.
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Increased consumption
Increasing export revenue
Increased taxation revenue
Increased investment
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Question # 18
Which of the following is the government most likely to subsidies.
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Negative externalities
Positive externalities
Monopolies
O ligopojies
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Question # 19
When marginal revenue equals marginal cost
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Total revenue equal total cost
There is the biggest positive difference between total revenue and total cost
there is the biggest negative difference between total revenue and total cost.
Profits are zero
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Question # 20
If marginal revenue equals marginal cost
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No profit is being made
total revenue equals total cost
Profits are maximized
Producing another unit would increase profits
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Question # 21
The difference between gross investment and net investment is.
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Depreciation
Acceleration
Deceleration
Capital investment
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