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PPSC Economics Chapter 1 Basic Economics MCQs With Answers
Question # 1
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 # 2
According to classical models the level of employment is determined primarily by
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Interest rates
The level of prices
The level of aggregate supply in the economy
The level of aggregate demand for goods and services
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Question # 3
Which of the following rights be a scarce good.
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Love
faith
Self control
All of above
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Question # 4
Developing economics usually have
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Low GDP per captia
Low CPI
Large balance of payments surpluses
Large budget surpluses
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Question # 5
All currencies other than the domestic currency of a given country are referred to as.
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Reserve currencies
Neal monies
Foreign exchange
Hard currency
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Question # 6
Which is the most volatile component of aggregate demand.
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Net exports
Consumption
Investment
Government spending
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Question # 7
A contraction in supply occurs when
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Demand shifts out wards
The supply curve shifts inwards
The quantity supplied falls when the price falls
The supply curve shifts outwards
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Question # 8
Price equal to.
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Total revenue -quantity
Total revenue/quantity sold
total quantity sold * quantity sold
Total revenue/total cost
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Question # 9
A depreciation of currency occur when
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The value of the currency falls
The value of the currency increases
Inflation falls
The balance of payments improves
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Question # 10
A public good
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Is provided by the government
Is free
Has the properties of being non excludable and non diminishable
Has external costs
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Question # 11
A reflationary policy
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Increases aggregate supply
Increases aggregate demand
Decreases the price level
Increase full employment
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Question # 12
Which of the following is not one of the four Ps in marketing.
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Product
Price
Place
Presence
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Question # 13
An increase in aggregate demand if aggregate supply is totally inelastic will.
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Increase price but not output
Increase output but not price
Increase out put and price
Decrease output and price
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Question # 14
In the short term a firm will produce provided the revenue
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Covers fixed costs
Covers variable costs
Covers total costs
Covers revenue
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Question # 15
The best describes consumer surplus.
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The price consumers are willing to pay for a unit
The cost of providing a unit.
The profits made by a firm
The difference the price a consumer pays for an item and the price he is willing to pay.
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Question # 16
Friend man's theory of consumption focuses on
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Past income
Current income
Disposable income
Permanent income
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Question # 17
If employees cannot accept a job because of the costs of moving this is known as.
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Occupational immobility
Cyclical unemployment
Structural immobility
Geographical immobility
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Question # 18
The first level of output at which the long run average costs are minimized is called.
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The minimum Efficient Scale
The minimum External scale
The Maximum External scale
The maximum Effective scale.
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Question # 19
Which of the following is true.
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If the marginal cost is greater than the average cost the average cost fallls.
If the marginal cost is greater than the average cost the average cost increases.
If the marginal cost is positive total costs are maximized
If the marginal cost is negatives total costs increase at a decreasing rate if output increases
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Question # 20
Investment depend mainly on.
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Past levels of income
Future expected profits
Present national income levels
Historic data
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Question # 21
Economists use the term utility to mean
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The value of a product before it has been advertised
The satisfaction a consumer obtains from a good or service
any characteristic of a good or service which cannot be measured
The contribution a good or service makes to social welfare
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