More Classes
5th Class
6th Class
7th Class
8th Class
9th Class
10th Class
11th Class
12th Class
NAT I
NAT II
CSS
IQ
General Knowledge
MDCAT
ECAT
GAT General
GAT Subject
Other Links
Go to Home
Online Tests
PPSC Economics Chapter 1 Basic Economics MCQs With Answers
Question # 1
Aggregate demand refers to the total demand for all domestically produced goods and services in an economy generated from.
Choose an answer
The household and government sectors
The household sector
All sectors except the rest of the world
All sectors including the rest of the world.
Previous
Skip
Next
Question # 2
Which of the following is not a supply side measure.
Choose an answer
Increased training
Providing more information
Helping individuals to move location to find work
Increasing spending on existing industries.
Previous
Skip
Next
Question # 3
Which of the following is a determinant of consumption.
Choose an answer
Expectations about future prices
Level of indebtedness of consumers
The price level
All of the above
Previous
Skip
Next
Question # 4
Price equal to.
Choose an answer
Total revenue -quantity
Total revenue/quantity sold
total quantity sold * quantity sold
Total revenue/total cost
Previous
Skip
Next
Question # 5
The first level of output at which the long run average costs are minimized is called.
Choose an answer
The minimum Efficient Scale
The minimum External scale
The Maximum External scale
The maximum Effective scale.
Previous
Skip
Next
Question # 6
Which of the following is not involved with fiscal policy.
Choose an answer
Income tax
National insurance
VAT
Interest rates
Previous
Skip
Next
Question # 7
Prices that do not always adjust rapidly to maintain equality between quantity supplied and quantity demanded are.
Choose an answer
Market prices
Sticky prices
Fixed prices
Regulatory prices
Previous
Skip
Next
Question # 8
An increase in productivity should.
Choose an answer
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.
Previous
Skip
Next
Question # 9
In economics we ofthe say that a particular event will occur "as long as other things stay the same. " The conduction that other thing saty the same is also called.
Choose an answer
Ceteris paribus
Marginal decision making
Incentives
Secondary effects
Previous
Skip
Next
Question # 10
If marginal cost is positive and falling.
Choose an answer
Total cost is falling
Total cost is increasing at a falling rate
Total cost is falling at a falling rate
Total cost is increasing at an increasing rate.
Previous
Skip
Next
Question # 11
Economics is the study of.
Choose an answer
All business, including how they operate why the exist and how they afect
Decisions that people must make because goods and services are limited.
How to save money, spend money invest savings, and balance a checkbook
The stock market the bond market and investment strategies
Big business and its impact on our live
Previous
Skip
Next
Question # 12
With a positive externality
Choose an answer
There is under consumption in the free market
There is over consumption in the free market
The government may tax to decrease production
Society could be made off if less was produced
Previous
Skip
Next
Question # 13
The marginal propensity to consume is equal to.
Choose an answer
Total spending /total consumption
total consumption/total income
Change in consumption/change in income
Change in consumption/change in savings
Previous
Skip
Next
Question # 14
All currencies other than the domestic currency of a given country are referred to as.
Choose an answer
Reserve currencies
Neal monies
Foreign exchange
Hard currency
Previous
Skip
Next
Question # 15
In perfect price discrimination
Choose an answer
Consumer surplus is maximized
Produce surplus is zero
Community surplus is maximized
Consumer surplus is zero
Previous
Skip
Next
Question # 16
The marginal rate of tax paid is.
Choose an answer
The total tax paid /total income
Total income/total tax paid
Change in the tax paid/change in income
Change in income/change in tax paid
Previous
Skip
Next
Question # 17
What does the phrases "there is no such thing as a free lunch'mean"
Choose an answer
Individuals must always pay money for the food the eat.
No restaurant wner will provide food to patrons unless they pay her
Restaurant owners act selfishly
Consumption of any good requires that other goods be given up
Previous
Skip
Next
Question # 18
According to Keynes, the level of employment is determined by
Choose an answer
Interest rates
The level of prices
The level of aggregate supply in the economy
The level of aggregate demand for goods and services.
Previous
Skip
Next
Question # 19
Which kind economics deals with issues such as unemployment inflation, and economic growth.
Choose an answer
Macro economics
Micro economics
Growth economics
Political economics
Previous
Skip
Next
Question # 20
A recurring theme in economics is.
Choose an answer
People have unlimited wants in the face of limited resources
There are unlimited resources
Our country is rich, we just don't realize it
People have limited wants in the face of limited resource.
Previous
Skip
Next
Question # 21
Which of the following is a policy instrument .as opposed to a government objective.
Choose an answer
Lower interest rates
A better balance of trade position
Faster economic growth
Lower un employment
Previous
Skip
Next
Back