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The short run fixed price analysis of the product market - class-XII

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Equilibrium beyond the full employment level does not lead to rise in output level. 

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The level of output will not rise as economy is already at full employment level and there is no idle capacity in the economy.

According to Keynes, the equilibrium level of income is always determined corresponding to full employment level. 

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

False.
 The equilibrium level on income may be determined at a level less than full employment where the market is clear even in under utilization of resources , more than the full employment where market is clear even if resources are over utilized or equal to level of full employment. 

 In determination of Equilibrium Level of Income by AD-AS approach, AD curve is represented by ____________.

  1. (C + S) curve

  2. (C + I) curve

  3. (S + I) curve

  4. (C +Y) curve


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Aggregate Demand refers to the desired level of expenditure in the economy during an accounting year. It is what people wish to spend on the purchase of goods and services during an accounting year.

The Ad curve in income determination analysis represents a two sector economy which only includes the expenditure made by the consumer sector and the producer sector.

Therefore, aggregate demand = consumption + investment = C + I.

The two approaches to determination of the equilibrium level of income are:

  1. Aggregate demand-Aggregate supply approach

  2. Saving-Investment approach

  3. Demand-Supply approach

  4. Both A & B


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Two approaches are:

1) Aggregate demand-Aggregate supply approach-
An economy is in equilibrium when aggregate demand for goods and services is equal to aggregate supply during a period of time.

So, equilibrium is achieved when:

AD = AS … (1)

We know, AD is the sum total of Consumption (C) and Investment (I):

AD = C + I … (2)

Also, AS is the sum total of consumption (C) and saving (S):

AS = C + S … (3)

Substituting (2) and (3) in (1), we get:

C + S = C + I.....(4)

2)Saving-Investment approach 

According to this approach, the equilibrium level of income is determined at a level, when planned saving (S) is equal to planned investment (I).

from equation( 4)

 S = I

When aggregate supply exceeds aggregate demand or when investment is less than savings, _____________ will decrease.

  1. savings

  2. price

  3. income

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

When aggregate supply is more than aggregate demand or when investment is less than savings, then the planned inventory rises above the desired level. To clear the unwanted increase in inventory, firms plan to reduce the production output till Aggregate demand becomes equal to Aggregate supply. Therefore, level of national income reduces to the level of aggregate demand in the economy.

When aggregate demand exceeds aggregate supply or when investment is greater than savings, _____________ will increase.

  1. price

  2. income

  3. savings

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

When aggregate demand is more than aggregate supply or when investment is more than saving in the economy , then the planned inventory would fall below the desired level. To bring back the Inventory at the desired level, the producers will expand the output. Therefore, as a result of more output in the economy, the income will increase. 

______________ propounded the Liquidity Preference Theory of Interest.

  1. Adam Smith

  2. Marshall

  3. Keynes

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Liquidity Preference theory refers to the preference of the people to hold wealth in the form of liquid cash rather than in other non-liquid assets like bonds, securities, bills of exchange, land, building, gold etc. According to the liquidity preference theory of interest, interest rates on short-term securities are lower because investors are not sacrificing liquidity for greater time frames as in medium or longer-term securities. 

The theory was propounded by Keynes as a part of his Macro economic studies. 

_______________ means the preference of the people to hold wealth in the form of liquid cash rather than in other non-liquid assets like bonds, securities, bills of exchange, land, building, gold etc.

  1. Demand preference

  2. Liquidity preference

  3. Supply preference

  4. Transaction preference


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Liquidity Preference theory refers to the preference of the people to hold wealth in the form of liquid cash rather than in other non-liquid assets like bonds, securities, land, building, gold etc. According to the liquidity preference theory of interest, interest rates on short-term securities are lower because investors are not sacrificing liquidity for greater time frames as in medium or longer-term securities.

Government expenditure is undertaken for ___________.

  1. consumption purpose

  2. investment purpose

  3. either A or B

  4. neither A nor B


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Government expenditure refers to the expenditure made by the government during the period of an accounting year which forms a part of the aggregate demand in the economy which is incurred either for consumption purpose like judiciary system or investment purpose like infrastructural development. 

Import and export are the two sides of ____________.

  1. market equilibrium

  2. international trade

  3. global currency valuations

  4. balance of payments


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Import and export are the two sides of international trade where import refers to purchasing of goods and services from international market in the country and export refers to selling goods and services in the international market. 

The ___________ net earning from foreign trade is added to the national income of the country.

  1. positive

  2. negative

  3. constant

  4. total


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Import refers to purchasing of goods and services from international market in the country and export refers to selling goods and services in the international market. So export is an income for the country whereas import is an expense for the country. Therefore, when export is higher than imports then the net earnings from the trade of a country is positive which in added to the national income of the economy. 

When a country's export is higher than the imports, the net earning from trade is ___________.

  1. negative

  2. constant

  3. positive

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Import refers to purchasing of goods and services from international market in the country and export refers to selling goods and services in the international market. So export is an income for the country whereas import is an expense for the country. Therefore, when export is higher than imports then the net earnings from the trade of a country is positive. 

When the net earning from foreign trade is zero, it largely impacts the national income.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Import refers to purchasing of goods and services from international market in the country and export refers to selling goods and services in the international market. So export is an income for the country whereas import is an expense for the country. Therefore, when export is equal to imports then the net earnings from the trade of a country is zero which does not impact the national income as the earnings from foreign trade is added to the national income of an economy. 

Net earnings from foreign transactions is symbolically expressed as _____________.

  1. $X-M$

  2. $X-I$

  3. $G-M$

  4. $M-X$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Import refers to purchasing of goods and services from international market in the country and export refers to selling goods and services in the international market. So export(X) is an income for the country whereas import(M) is an expense for the country. Therefore, the net earnings from the trade of a country is the excess of exports over import which is symbolically expressed as X-M. 

Government expenditure is a component of the ____________ in the economy

  1. aggregate supply

  2. aggregate income

  3. aggregate demand

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Government expenditure refers to the expenditure made by the government during the period of an accounting year which forms a part of the aggregate demand in the economy which is incurred either for consumption purpose like judiciary system or investment purpose like infrastructural development. 

The income received by a country through exports, in the form of _____________, can be utilized by the country to import required goods and services.

  1. domestic currency

  2. foreign currency

  3. SDRs

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Import refers to purchasing of goods and services from international market in the country and export refers to selling goods and services in the international market. So when foreign currency is received through exports from a certain country it can be utilized in importing the required goods and services from that country. 

Match the following:

List - I(Type of Unemployment) List - II(Associated Fact)
A. Frictional Unemployment 1. Non-availability of job
B. Structural Unemployment 2. Marginal productivity is zero
C. Seasonal Unemployment 3. Use of obsolete technology for production
D. Disguised Unemployment 4. Population pressure on land
  1. $4, 2, 1, 3$

  2. $1, 3, 4, 2$

  3. $4, 3, 1, 2$

  4. $1, 2, 4, 3$


Correct Option: B

Sir Charles Wood's Despatch on Educational reform led to the establishment of first three universities in India.they were established during the year _____________.

  1. 1854

  2. 1857

  3. 1858

  4. 1904


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In 1854 , Sir Charles Wood in his Despatch on Educational Reforms led to the establishment of first three universities in India at Bombay , Calcutta and Madras.

Frictional unemployment is consistent with full employment.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Frictional unemployment is an unemployment situation where people are not unemployed owing to not getting any job but they are unemployed because they are searching for a new job or they are getting transferred from one employment to the other. Frictional unemployment remains consistent with full employment if it is at a rate of 3-4% of the full employment. 

Frictional unemployment rate of ________ is consistent with full employment level, as per the experience of developed countries.

  1. 3 to 4%

  2. 5 to 8%

  3. upto 2%

  4. 10 to 15%


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Frictional unemployment is an unemployment situation where people are not unemployed owing to not getting any job but they are unemployed because they are searching for a new job or they are getting transferred from one employment to the other. Frictional unemployment remains consistent with full employment if it is at a rate of 3-4% of the full employment. 

When the aggregate spending is not sufficient to produce that level of output which requires full employment of the available resources, it results in ______________.

  1. inflation

  2. unemployment

  3. social problems

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

When the aggregate spending is not sufficient to produce an adequate level of output which requires full employment of available resources then it means aggregate demand is less than aggregate supply, then the planned inventory rises above the desired level. To clear the unwanted increase in inventory, firms plan to reduce the output which reduces the employment in the economy. 

The equilibrium below full employment level is termed as _____________.

  1. underemployment equilibrium

  2. over employment equilibrium

  3. aggregate disequilibrium

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

When the aggregate spending is not sufficient to produce an adequate level of output which requires full employment of available resources then it means aggregate demand is less than aggregate supply, then the planned inventory rises above the desired level. To clear the unwanted increase in inventory, firms plan to reduce the output which reduces the employment in the economy and results in AD=AS. This equilibrium point is below the full employment level of equilibrium which is called underemployment equilibrium. 

_____________ may be defined as the situation when all those persons who are willing to work at the prevailing wage rate are getting work and are employed.

  1. Disguised employment

  2. Full employment

  3. Voluntary employment

  4. Involuntary employment


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Full employment refers to the situation when all the people who are willing to work in the economy at a prevailing wage rate are getting work and are employed to produce the desired level of output in the economy. 

Excessive aggregate spending leads to full employment level of output accompanied with ____________.

  1. lower income level

  2. poverty

  3. inflation

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

When the aggregate spending is excessive then it leads to output which has full employment of available resources then it means aggregate demand is more than aggregate supply, then the planned inventory would fall below the desired level. To bring back the Inventory at the desired level, the producers expand the output but due to full employment of the available resources the output remains the same which leads to inflation in the economy.

Unemployment prevailing in Indian farms is _______.

  1. open unemployment

  2. disguised unemployment

  3. seasonal unemployment

  4. none of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Economists call unemployment prevailing in Indian farms as disguised unemployment. One study conducted in the late 1950s showed about one-third of agriculture workers in India as disguisedly unemployed. Suppose a farmer has four acres of land and he actually needs only two workers and himself to carry out various operations on his farm in a year, but if he employs five workers and his family members such as his wife and children, this situation is known as disguised unemployment.
Productivity does not increase with additional workers.

Fill in the blanks from the alternatives given in the brackets.
Post graduate working as a peon is called ______.

  1. under employment

  2. unemployment

  3. structural unemployment

  4. seasonal employment


Correct Option: A

When due to introduction of new machinery, some workers tend to be replaced by machines, it is termed as ____________ unemployment.

  1. structural

  2. technological

  3. mechanical

  4. seasonal.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

When due to introduction of new machinery (change in technology) some workers tend to be replaced by machines; their unemployment is termed as Technological unemployment.

Aggregate Supply and __________ are always equal.

  1. National Income

  2. Aggregate Demand

  3. Marginal Propensity to save are always equal.

  4. Average Propensity to Consume


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Aggregate supply refers to the desired level of output in the economy during an accounting year. It is through this output only that the producer sector generates income. Therefore, aggregate supply= consumption + savings. 

The gap by which actual aggregate demand exceeds the aggregate supply required to establish full employment equilibrium is known as ______.

  1. Deficient Demand

  2. Deflationary gap

  3. Inflationary Gap

  4. Excess Demand


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Inflationary gap is the excess of aggregate demand over and above its level required to maintain full employment equilibrium in the economy. It implies two things-
1) Planned aggregate demand in the economy happens to exceed its full employment level.
2) The level of aggregate demand surpasses the level of aggregate supply even when the available factors are fully utilized.

Effective demand is determined at the point of equality between aggregate demand and aggregate supply. 

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The point at which aggregate demand (AD)  is equals aggregate supply (AS) is the point of effective demand  because at this level there is no tendency for income and output to change and the market is entirely clear.

If aggregate demand exceeds aggregate supply, the income rises. 

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

True.

When Aggregate demand  is more than Aggregate supply, then the planned inventory would fall below the desired level. To bring back the Inventory at the desired level, the producers expand the output More output means more income. Rise in output means rise in AS and rise in income means rise in AD. 

Which among the following determinants of aggregate supply are held to be constant in the short run?

  1. Natural resources

  2. Stock of capital

  3. State of technical knowledge

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Aggregate supply refers to the sales proceeds from the desired level of output in the economy during an accounting year. It is through this output only that the producer sector generates income in the economy at any given level of employment. The determinants of aggregate supply are natural resources, Human resources which refers to labor, stock of capital which refers to machinery and tools used in production and state of technical knowledge.

Which among the following determinants of aggregate supply is held to be variable in the short run?

  1. Human resources

  2. Stock of capital

  3. State of technology

  4. Natural resources


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Aggregate supply refers to the sales proceeds from the desired level of output in the economy during an accounting year. Human resources which refers to labor is held to be variable in short run as its application can be changed depending on the requirement of the output in the market. Human resources can be increased or decreased as per the requirement in the market. 

Aggregate supply refers to the total value of output of goods and services produced in an economy in a year.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Aggregate supply refers to the desired level of output in the economy during an accounting year. It is through this output only that the producer sector generates income. Therefore, aggregate supply= consumption + savings.

_____________ refers to the minimum amount of sales proceeds which entrepreneurs expect to receive from the sale of output at any given point level of employment.

  1. Aggregate revenue

  2. Aggregate supply

  3. Aggregate income

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Aggregate supply refers to the sales proceeds from the desired level of output in the economy during an accounting year. It is through this output only that the producer sector generates income in the economy at any given level of employment. Therefore, aggregate supply= consumption + savings.

Natural resources, also termed as land in economics, include all those natural gifts which are on the surface, below the surface and above the surface of the earth.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Natural resources which a determinant of aggregate supply also known as land in economics refers to all the natural gifts which are present in the nature including air, water and land that can be used in the production process for the production of desired level of output in the economy. 

The aggregate supply and employment in the economy depends upon the stock of __________, its quality and use.

  1. inventory

  2. capital

  3. either A or B

  4. neither A nor B


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Capital refers to the amount which is been invested by the owners of the firm which is used to employ people to work in the production process and also to acquire assets which is used in the production process, Therefore, he aggregate supply and employment depends on the quality and use of this stock of capital because if it is not used efficiently then it will not yield the desired level of output. 

The productive efficiency of labour and capital increases with the use of __________.

  1. natural resources

  2. technology

  3. both A and B

  4. neither A nor B


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The productive efficiency of labour and capital increases with the use of technology as it refers to the technical way of doing something in a more efficient and easy manner with discovery of some new techniques which increases the efficiency in production when mixed with other factors of production. 

_____ refers to that period in which supply of a commodity cannot be increased beyond its existing stock even if the demand has increased.

  1. Very short period

  2. Short period

  3. Long period

  4. Very long period


Correct Option: A

Deficiency in demand has no effect on the country's output and prices.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Deficiency in demand causes deflation. Deflation refers to the reduction of the general level of prices in an economy. Thus, deficient demand has effect on the country's output and prices.

Increase in margin requirements helps to control the situation of deficient demand.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Margin requirements needs to be reduced to enhance the credit creating power of commercial banks and to correct the deficient demand.

If planned investment falls short of planned saving, then stock of goods tend to pile up.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

True. 

When Planned investment is less than the planned savings , then the planned inventory will accumulate as their will be less consumption due to high savings in the economy.

When aggregate demand is greater than aggregate supply, inventories: 

  1. Fall

  2. Rise

  3. Do not change

  4. First fag, then rise


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

When Aggregate demand  is more than Aggregate supply, then the planned inventory would fall below the desired level as the demand is more than the supply in the market. To bring back the Inventory at the desired level, the producers expand the output More output means more income. Rise in output means rise in AS and rise in income means rise in AD. 

If net income from abroad is negative it means value of exports is less than value of imports.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

Aggregate demand in an economy is measured in terms of the total expenditure on goods and services.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

True.

Aggregate Demand refers to the desired level of expenditure in the economy during an accounting year. It is what people wish to spend on the purchase of goods and services during an accounting year.

_______________ is the minimum amount of money, which all the entrepreneurs in the economy must receive from the sale of output produced by them, at any given level of employment.

  1. Aggregate supply price

  2. Aggregate profit

  3. Aggregate demand price

  4. Aggregate income


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Aggregate supply price refers to the minimum value of money which all the entrepreneurs  in the economy must expect from the sale of output produced by them using the factors of production, at any given level of employment. This is the rate of return from the  business according to which the firms make their long term and short term plans. 

Aggregate demand function represents a ________ relationship between the level of output and employment and the aggregate demand price.

  1. positive

  2. negative

  3. constant

  4. non-linear


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Aggregate demand function represents the relation between the level of out produced in an economy to the level of employment in the economy and aggregate demand price where the level of output and level of employment has a direct relationship due to which if one increases then the other one also increases and vice versa as employees directly contribute in the production of output and level of output and demand price have an inverse relationship as level of output increases in the economy then the aggregate demand price decreases due to demand deficiency and vice versa.

Aggregate demand function is represented by a downward sloping curve.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

False.

AD curve is upward sloping owing to increasing income in the economy. As the income increases, the expenditure by the people also increases which leads to rising AD and vice versa. Therefore, income and AD has a positive relationship between them due to which AD curve is upward sloping. 

Aggregate supply curve becomes a ____________, after the full employment level has been achieved in the economy.

  1. vertical line

  2. downward sloping curve

  3. horizontal line

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Aggregate supply refers to the desired level of output in the economy during an accounting year. It is through this output only that the producer sector generates income. Aggregate supply function is a upward sloping curve which denotes the direct relation between the level of output produced in the economy and income generates. The curve become vertical after full employment level of output indicating the maximum amount of output which can be produced in the economy generating the respective national income. 

The aggregate demand curve intercepts on the _________.

  1. Y-axis

  2. X-axis

  3. point of origin

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Aggregate Demand refers to the desired level of expenditure in the economy during an accounting year. It is what people wish to spend on the purchase of goods and services during an accounting year.

Aggregate demand= C+I+G+ (X-M) where

C= Consumption expenditure

I= Investment expenditure

G= Government expenditure

(X-M)= Net export

Aggregate demand curve is upward sloping showing a positive relation between level of income and overall expenditure in the economy. The curve intercepts on Y-axis because even at zero level of income, there is some consumption which is required for the very existence of life. 

_____________ refers to what the households and firms are expected to spend on the purchase of different goods and services in the economy.

  1. Aggregate supply price

  2. Aggregate demand price

  3. Aggregate expenditure

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Aggregate demand price refers to the the maximum value of money which the households and firms expect to spend on the purchase of different goods and services for consumption and production purpose respectively in the economy. 

The aggregate supply function starts from the origin.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Aggregate supply refers to the desired level of output in the economy during an accounting year. It is through this output only that the producer sector generates income. Aggregate supply function is a upward sloping curve which denotes the direct relation between the level of output produced in the economy and income generates. The curve starts from the origin indicating the income at zero level of output in the economy. 

Aggregate supply function is a ___________ curve.

  1. upward sloping

  2. horizontal curve, followed by a upward sloping

  3. downward sloping

  4. upward sloping curve at first, followed by a vertical


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Aggregate supply refers to the desired level of output in the economy during an accounting year. It is through this output only that the producer sector generates income. Aggregate supply function is a upward sloping curve which denotes the direct relation between the level of output produced in the economy and income generates. The curve become vertical after full employment level of output indicating the maximum amount of output which can be produced in the economy generating the respective national income. 

Aggregate supply function becomes parallel to the Y-axis, after the full employment level has been achieved in the economy.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Aggregate supply refers to the desired level of output in the economy during an accounting year. It is through this output only that the producer sector generates income. Aggregate supply function is a upward sloping curve which denotes the direct relation between the level of output produced in the economy and income generates. The curve become vertical i.e. parallel to Y-axis after full employment level of output indicating the maximum amount of output which can be produced in the economy generating the respective national income. 

Which of the following is a correct statement?

  1. Every registered taxable person other than ISD, non-resident tax payer & a person paying tax under section 10, 51 or 52 shall verify, validate, modify or delete the details communicated in Form GSTR 2A

  2. The details of outward supplies communicated in Form GSTR 2A cannot be modified or altered

  3. The registered taxable person should accept the details communicated in Form GSTR 2A by 12th of the succeeding month

  4. The registered taxable person other than ISD, non-resident tax payer & a person paying tax under section 10, 51 or 52 shall furnish the details of inward supplies of goods or services excluding tax payable on reverse charge basis.


Correct Option: A

Aggregate supply is a function of the level of employment in the short run.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

Changes in level of income and employment can be brought by changing aggregate demand.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

For open economy aggregate demand is equal to Consumption + Investment + Government expenditure.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

An open economy is an economy in which there are economic activities between the domestic country with the other countries.

Hence, for an open economy, aggregate demand is equal to Consumption + Investment + Government expenditure + (X-M) where X is the income from Exports and M is the expenditure on imports

AD = C + I + G + (X-M)

Equilibrium price and quantity is determined by ___________.

  1. Mid-point of demand curve

  2. Central planning agency

  3. Intersection of demand and supply curve

  4. Mutual discussion of trade and consumer associations


Correct Option: C

Sweezy's model does not explain ______________.

  1. price rigidity

  2. price determination

  3. output determination

  4. kinked demand determination


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Sweezy's kinked demand curve model advocates the behavior of oligopolistic organizations when the price and output are determined. Therefore, Instead of laying emphasis on price-output determination, the model explains the behavior of oligopolistic organizations when price and output is determined. 

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