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General Economics

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M1 includes

  1. mutual funds

  2. credit cards

  3. checkable deposits

  4. money market instruments

  5. stock


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'M1' is a measure of the money supply that includes all physical money, such as coins and currency, as well as demand deposits, checking accounts and Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) accounts. Checkable deposits are any demand deposit account against which checks or drafts of any kind may be written.

Which of the following is not a form of tax revenue?

  1. Customs

  2. Excise duty

  3. License fee

  4. Sales tax

  5. Income tax


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

An amount of money paid by an individual or business to a government agency for the privilege of performing a certain service or engaging in a certain line of business

The annual yield from which of the following Union Government taxes is the highest?

  1. Custom duties

  2. Corporation tax

  3. Inheritance tax

  4. Excise duties

  5. Wealth tax


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

An indirect tax charged on the sale of a particular commodity

Which of the following is the best indicator of economic development of any country?

  1. Agriculture

  2. National income

  3. Gross domestic product

  4. Per capita income

  5. Net domestic product


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A measure of the amount of money that is being earned per person in a certain area

When the current expenditure of the government exceeds its current income, it is known as

  1. budget deficit

  2. fiscal deficit

  3. revenue deficit

  4. primary deficit

  5. budget surplus


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A status of financial health in which expenditures exceed revenue is called "budget deficit".

Which sector is engaged in production of services?

  1. Tertiary sector

  2. Primary sector

  3. Secondary sector

  4. Joint sector

  5. Public sector


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

An intermediary space between business and government where private energy can be deployed for public good

Which among the following does not affect credit creation power of Commercial Banks?

  1. Cash reserve ratio

  2. Statutory liquidity ratio

  3. C adequacy ratio

  4. Currency deposit ratio

  5. Repo rate


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A measure of a bank's capital. It is expressed as a percentage of a bank's risk weighted credit exposures.

While computing Gross National Product (GNP), which among the following is not required?

  1. Net foreign investment

  2. Private investment

  3. Per capita income of citizens

  4. Purchase of goods by government

  5. Disposable income


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate (such as GDP or Gross national income) and dividing it by the total population.

The period in which real GDP of the business cycle is increasing is called

  1. expansion

  2. peak

  3. recession

  4. trough

  5. stagflation


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The phase of the business cycle when the economy moves from a trough to a peak is called expansion.

Which among the following is not shared by the Centre and the States?

  1. Sales tax

  2. Corporation tax

  3. Income tax

  4. Union excise duties

  5. VAT


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A tax imposed by the government at the point of sale on retail goods and services is called sales tax. It is collected by the retailer and passed on to the state.

What do we call the sum of NNPMP and net current transfers from abroad?

  1. Gross national disposable income

  2. Discretionary income

  3. Personal disposable income

  4. Personal income

  5. Net national disposable income


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Net disposable income is the income which is at the disposal of the nation as a whole for spending or disposal.

The definition of scarcity in economics was given by

  1. Adam Smith

  2. Marshall

  3. Robbins

  4. Robertson

  5. Keynes


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

He is known for his proposed definition of economics, and for his instrumental efforts in shifting Anglo-Saxon economics from its Marshallian direction.

Induced investment is related to

  1. marginal propensity to consume

  2. marginal propensity to save

  3. marginal efficiency of capital

  4. government

  5. marginal utility


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Induced investment is investment expenditures by the business sector that are based on the level of income or production. The marginal propensity to save is the fraction of an increase in income that is not spent on an increase in consumption.

Which of the following is a direct tax?

  1. Sales tax

  2. Income tax

  3. Value added tax

  4. Entertainment tax

  5. Corporate tax


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A tax that governments impose on financial income generated by all entities within their jurisdiction.

What do we call the Net Domestic Product at factor cost?

  1. Domestic income

  2. National income

  3. Private income

  4. Personal income

  5. Disposable income


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Revenue derived from the internal sources of the country

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