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According to Keynes, investors prefer holding money rather than bonds when they expect

  1. interest rates to fall

  2. bond prices to rise

  3. interest rates to rise

  4. interest rates to remain constant


Correct Option: A

'Liquidity trap' refers to

  1. unitary elastic liquidity preference curve

  2. perfectly inelastic liquidity preference curve

  3. inelastic liquidity preference curve

  4. perfectly elastic liquidity preference curve


Correct Option: D

Net National Product (NNP) is equal to

  1. GNP - Foreign Aid

  2. GNP - Depreciation

  3. GNP - Total Taxes

  4. GNP - Indirect Taxes


Correct Option: B

Who among the following held the view that 'savings and investment are always equal but they are not always in equilibrium'?

  1. J. M. Keynes

  2. A. Marshall

  3. K. Wicksell

  4. D. Robertson


Correct Option: A

What is the most important item of expenditure of the Union Government in India?

  1. Subsidies

  2. Defence

  3. Wages and salaries

  4. Interest payments


Correct Option: D

Public Debt constitutes

  1. external public debt

  2. external liabilities and external commercial borrowings

  3. national debt and other miscellaneous debt for which the government is ultimately responsible

  4. both (2) and (3)


Correct Option: D

What is the direct effect of deficit financing?

  1. It leads to extra money supply which in turn pushes up prices.

  2. It leads to extra money supply which in turn makes market more and more competitive.

  3. The price situation comes under complete control.

  4. Demand and supply both increase.


Correct Option: A

On which of the following assumptions the comparative cost theory of trade is based upon?

  1. The labour theory of value

  2. Two nations and two commodities

  3. Zero transportation cost

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

A progressive tax

  1. imposes the same amount of tax on every individual

  2. imposes a higher percentage of tax as income rises

  3. imposes a higher percentage of tax as income decreases

  4. imposes the same percentage of tax on every individual


Correct Option: B

Which of the following items is called a visible item in the balance of payment?

  1. Export of the commodities

  2. Freight charges of the shipping

  3. Capital investment by the foreigners

  4. Government expenditure in foreign countries


Correct Option: A

Who is credited with developing the concept of 'income terms of trade'?

  1. Jacob Viner

  2. G. S. Dorrance

  3. J. S. Mill

  4. F. W. Taussig


Correct Option: B

Which of the following relationships correctly represent the acceleration principle as defined by Paul A. Samuelson?

  1. Iut = β Δ Yt - 1

  2. Iut = β (Ct - Ct - 1)

  3. Iut = β (Yt - Yt - 1)

  4. Iut = β (Ct - 1 - Ct - 2)


Correct Option: B

Fiscal deficit as a percentage of GDP in the Union Budget, 2007-08 is estimated at

  1. 3·8 per cent

  2. 4·0 per cent

  3. 3·3 per cent

  4. 4·5 per cent


Correct Option: C

The terms of trade is the name given to

  1. the excess of imports over exports

  2. unilateral trade agreements between countries

  3. the comparative advantage of one country over another in the production of certain goods

  4. the relationship between prices of imports and prices of exports.


Correct Option: D

The law of Equi-Marginal Utility states

  1. MUx/Px > MUy/Py > MUz/Pz

  2. MUx/Px = MUy/Py = MUz/Pz

  3. MUx/Px < MUy/Py < MUz/Pz

  4. MUx.Px = MUy.Py = MUz.Pz


Correct Option: B

For a monopolist, the slope of the total cost curve is 12 and the average cost is 15 at that level of output. For maximum profit, the marginal revenue will be

  1. 12

  2. 27

  3. 3

  4. 15


Correct Option: A

The term 'demographic dividend' applies to

  1. declining total fertility rate

  2. declining crude birth rate

  3. young population and a declining dependency ratio

  4. increasing life expectancy at birth of females only


Correct Option: C

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) was launched in

  1. 2000

  2. 1999

  3. 2001

  4. 2004


Correct Option: A

Food subsidy as a percentage of GDP in India is at present

  1. less than 0·5 per cent

  2. between 0·5-1·0 per cent

  3. between 1·0-3·0 per cent

  4. between 3·0-5·0 per cent


Correct Option: C

In which of the following states, the population is the least as per 2001 Census?

  1. Andhra Pradesh

  2. Bihar

  3. Madhya Pradesh

  4. Rajasthan


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Population of various states is as under: Rajasthan - 5·65 crore Madhya Pradesh - 6·03 crore Andhra Pradesh - 7·62 crore Bihar - 8·29 crore Hence, the correct answer is (D).

When the price of a normal goods falls, more of it is purchased because of

  1. positive substitution effect only

  2. positive income effect only

  3. both (1) and (2) above

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: C

For a normal commodity, the substitution effect is

  1. always positive

  2. always negative

  3. zero

  4. either positive or negative


Correct Option: B

Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below: List-I (Programme) (a) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (b) Swarnajayanti Shahri Rojgar Yojana (c) Prime Minister's Rojgar Yojana (d) Golden Jubilee Rural Housing Finance Scheme List-II (Year of Launch)

  1. 1999
  2. 1997
  3. 1993
  4. 1997-98 Codes:
  1. (a)1 (b)2 (c)3 (d)4

  2. (a)1 (b)3 (c)2 (d)4

  3. (a)2 (b)1 (c)3 (d)4

  4. (a)4 (b)3 (c)1 (d)2


Correct Option: A

Which of the following economists has called the 'Law of Equi-Marginal Utility' as 'Principle of Income Allocation'?

  1. Leibhafsky

  2. Leftwich

  3. Marshall

  4. Koopmans


Correct Option: C

The other name by which the Average Revenue Curve is known is

  1. Indifference Curve

  2. Income Consumption Curve

  3. Demand Curve

  4. Envelope Curve


Correct Option: C
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