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PPSC Economics Chapter 1 Basic Economics MCQs With Answers
Question # 1
In land intensive method which mean production is used comparativelymore
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Labour
Land
Capital
Organization
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Question # 2
The diamond water paradox can be explained by suggesting that the price of a product is determined by.
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Consumer incomes
Its marginal utility
Consumer surplus
Diminishing marginal utility
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Question # 3
If the price elasticity is -0.3 this means.
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Demand is upward sloping
Demand is price elastic
A price fall would increase revenue
Demand is price inelastic
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Question # 4
Which of the following is a determinant of consumption.
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Expectations about future prices
Level of indebtedness of consumers
The price level
All of the above
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Question # 5
If the price elasticity of demand for a product in market A is -0.2 and in market B is -3 a price discriminator will charge.
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The higher price in market A
The higher price in market B
The same price in both markets
There are many sellers
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Question # 6
Companies in the private sector are owned by
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The government
Shareholders
Employees
The community
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Question # 7
In a free market the combination of products produced will be determined by.
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Market forces of supply and demand
The government
The law
The public sector
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Question # 8
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 # 9
As income increases.
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the average propensity to consume gets nearer in value to the marginal propensity to consume
the average propensity to consume diverges in value from the marginal propensity to consume
the average propensity to consume falls
The averge propensity to consume always approaches 0
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Question # 10
In cartels.
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Firms complete against each other
Price wars are common
Firms use price to win market share from competitors
Firms collude
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Question # 11
An increase in aggregate demand is more likely to lead to demand pull inflation if.
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Aggregate supply is perfectly elastic
Aggregate supply is perfectly inelastic
Aggregate supply is unit elastic
Aggregate supply is relatively elastic
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Question # 12
The marginal propensity to consume in a less Developed Country is likely to be.
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Less than 0
Nearly 0
High
Low
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Question # 13
If input price adjusted very slowly to output prices, the Phillip's curve would be.
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Downward sloping
Vertical or nearly vertical
Upward sloping
Horizontal or nearly horizontal
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Question # 14
Investment is an out stable element of aggregate demand because is depends heavily on.
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Government policy
Expectations
National income
Historic trends
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Question # 15
Injection are
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Assumed to be exogenous
Assumed to be a function of national income
Decrease aggregate demand
Decrease the investment into an economy
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Question # 16
If injection are less than with drawls at the full employment level of national income there is.
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an inflationary gap
Equilibrium
A deflationary gap
Hyperinflation
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Question # 17
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 # 18
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 # 19
A significant increase in the government budget deficit is likely to.
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Reduce injections into the economy
Reduce national income
Move the economy away from full employment
Boost aggregate demand
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Question # 20
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 # 21
Which of the following is not an obvious or direct determinant of a country's imports.
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Real exchange rate
Income
Tariff rates
Interest rate
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