Economy Set 1 MCQs

Economy GK

Economy Set 1 MCQs

Practice Economy GK MCQs on basic economic concepts including economy, economics, microeconomics, macroeconomics, goods and services, demand and supply, factors of production, opportunity cost, economic activities, sectors of economy and other fundamental concepts frequently asked in SSC, Railway, Banking, UPSC, JKSSB, JKPSC, Police, Defence and other competitive examinations.

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Question #681
Which of the following is a characteristic of the 'New Economic Geography' associated with Paul Krugman?
A. It focuses only on comparative advantage
B. It ignores agglomeration forces
C. It assumes constant returns and no transport costs
D. It explains the spatial concentration of economic activity through increasing returns and transport costs
Discuss
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
New Economic Geography models show how increasing returns, transport costs and factor mobility can lead to the endogenous agglomeration of economic activity in particular locations.
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Question #682
In the context of monetary policy transmission, the 'Credit Channel' emphasises:
A. Only wealth effects on consumption
B. Only exchange-rate effects
C. Only the interest-rate effects on investment
D. The effects of monetary policy on the supply of bank loans and external finance premia
Discuss
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
The credit channel (or financial-accelerator mechanism) stresses that monetary policy affects real activity not only through interest rates but also through changes in the availability and cost of external finance for borrowers.
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Question #683
Which of the following is a feature of the 'Purchasing Power Parity' theory in its absolute form?
A. The exchange rate between two currencies equals the ratio of the countries’ price levels
B. Exchange rates are determined only by trade balances
C. Only relative changes in prices matter
D. The exchange rate equals the interest differential
Discuss
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Absolute purchasing power parity states that the nominal exchange rate should equal the ratio of the domestic to the foreign price level so that a basket of goods costs the same in both countries.
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Question #684
The concept of 'Financial Accelerator' refers to:
A. The amplification of shocks through endogenous changes in credit conditions and asset prices
B. The automatic stabilisers in the fiscal system
C. Only the direct interest-rate channel
D. Only the exchange-rate channel
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
The financial accelerator describes how deteriorations in borrowers’ balance sheets raise external finance premia, further reducing spending and amplifying the effects of the original shock.
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Question #685
Which of the following is a characteristic of the 'Classical Dichotomy'?
A. Real and nominal variables are determined separately and money is neutral
B. Money affects real output in the long run
C. Real and nominal variables are always interdependent
D. Only fiscal policy is neutral
Discuss
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
The classical dichotomy is the proposition that real variables (output, employment, relative prices) are determined independently of nominal variables and that money is neutral in the long run.
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Question #686
In the context of trade policy, the 'Optimal Tariff' argument suggests that:
A. Only small countries can benefit from tariffs
B. Tariffs are always welfare-reducing for the imposing country
C. Free trade is never optimal
D. A large country may improve its terms of trade by imposing a tariff, provided foreign retaliation is absent
Discuss
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
A large country can improve its terms of trade by restricting imports, thereby extracting some monopoly or monopsony rent; the optimal tariff balances this gain against the efficiency loss.
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Question #687
Which of the following is a feature of the 'Real Exchange Rate'?
A. It is simply the nominal exchange rate
B. It is independent of price levels
C. It is determined only by interest rates
D. It is the nominal exchange rate adjusted for relative price levels between countries
Discuss
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
The real exchange rate is defined as the nominal exchange rate multiplied by the ratio of foreign to domestic price levels (or the relative price of foreign to domestic goods).
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Question #688
The concept of 'Adverse Selection' in insurance markets leads to:
A. Higher-risk individuals being more likely to purchase insurance
B. Only moral hazard problems
C. No effect on the pool of insured
D. Lower-risk individuals being more likely to purchase insurance
Discuss
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Because high-risk individuals have a greater incentive to buy insurance at any given premium, the insured pool tends to be riskier than the population average, driving up premiums and potentially causing market unraveling.
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Question #689
Which of the following is a characteristic of the 'New Classical' policy ineffectiveness proposition?
A. Monetary policy is always effective
B. Fiscal policy is always effective
C. Only unanticipated monetary policy can affect real output
D. Anticipated monetary policy systematically affects real output
Discuss
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Under rational expectations and continuous market clearing, only unanticipated policy shocks can affect real variables; anticipated policy is neutral.
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Question #690
In the context of growth theory, the 'AK Model' is an example of:
A. An endogenous growth model without diminishing returns to capital
B. A model with exogenous technological progress only
C. A model without capital accumulation
D. A neoclassical model with diminishing returns
Discuss
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
The AK model assumes a production function linear in capital (Y = AK), thereby eliminating diminishing returns and generating endogenous long-run growth driven by capital accumulation.
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Question #691
Which of the following is a feature of the 'J-Curve' effect?
A. Appreciation always improves the trade balance
B. After a depreciation, the trade balance improves immediately
C. After a depreciation, the trade balance first deteriorates before improving
D. Depreciation has no effect on the trade balance
Discuss
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
The J-curve describes the short-run deterioration of the trade balance following a depreciation (because quantities adjust slowly while prices change immediately), followed by a longer-run improvement.
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Question #692
The concept of 'Liquidity Trap' is most relevant when:
A. The economy is at full employment with high inflation
B. Money demand is interest-inelastic
C. Interest rates are very high
D. Nominal interest rates are close to zero and money demand is perfectly elastic
Discuss
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
In a liquidity trap, the nominal interest rate is at or near zero and further increases in the money supply are absorbed entirely as idle balances, rendering conventional monetary policy ineffective.
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Question #693
Which of the following is a characteristic of the 'Balanced Growth' path in the Solow model?
A. Only capital grows while output is constant
B. There is no steady state
C. Per capita variables grow at different rates
D. Capital, output and effective labour all grow at the same rate
Discuss
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
On the balanced-growth path of the Solow model, aggregate capital, output and effective labour grow at the exogenous rate of technological progress plus population growth, so that capital and output per effective worker are constant.
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Question #694
In the context of international macroeconomics, the 'Twin Deficits' hypothesis links:
A. The fiscal deficit and the current-account deficit
B. Only the trade deficit and the capital-account surplus
C. Only domestic saving and investment
D. Only the revenue deficit and the primary deficit
Discuss
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
The twin-deficits hypothesis posits a positive relationship between the government budget deficit and the current-account deficit, arising from the national accounting identity linking private saving, investment and the twin deficits.
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Question #695
Which of the following is a feature of the 'Quantity Theory of Money' in its modern restatement by Friedman?
A. Interest rates do not affect money demand
B. Velocity is highly unstable and unpredictable
C. Money demand is a stable function of a limited number of variables and the velocity is predictable
D. Only the transactions motive matters
Discuss
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Friedman’s restatement treats the demand for money as a stable function of permanent income, interest rates and other variables, implying that velocity, while not constant, is predictable.
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Question #696
The concept of 'Human Capital' in growth theory refers to:
A. Only natural resources
B. Only financial assets
C. The stock of skills, knowledge and health embodied in the labour force
D. Only physical capital
Discuss
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Human capital comprises the knowledge, skills, health and other attributes of individuals that affect their productivity and are accumulated through education, training and health expenditure.
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Question #697
Which of the following is a characteristic of the 'Speculative Attack' models of currency crises?
A. Crises occur only gradually
B. Reserves never matter
C. A fixed exchange rate may collapse suddenly when reserves reach a critical threshold
D. Only current-account deficits cause crises
Discuss
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
First-generation speculative-attack models show that an inconsistent policy mix (e.g., persistent money-financed deficits under a fixed exchange rate) leads to a sudden attack that exhausts reserves and forces abandonment of the peg.
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Question #698
In the context of public economics, 'Pigouvian Taxes' are designed to:
A. Subsidise positive externalities only
B. Internalise negative externalities by setting the tax equal to marginal external cost
C. Only redistribute income
D. Raise revenue without affecting behaviour
Discuss
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
A Pigouvian tax is levied on an activity that generates a negative externality and is set equal to the marginal external damage at the socially optimal quantity, thereby aligning private and social costs.
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Question #699
Which of the following is a feature of the 'Life-Cycle' and 'Permanent-Income' hypotheses taken together?
A. Both assume infinite horizons only
B. Both ignore the role of wealth
C. Both emphasise that consumption depends on long-run resource constraints rather than current income alone
D. Both claim that only current income matters
Discuss
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Both the life-cycle hypothesis and the permanent-income hypothesis assert that forward-looking consumers base consumption on expected lifetime or permanent resources rather than on current income alone.
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Question #700
The concept of 'Natural Monopoly' arises when:
A. A single firm can supply the entire market at lower cost than two or more firms because of large fixed costs and declining average costs
B. Many firms can produce at the same minimum cost
C. There are no economies of scale
D. The market is perfectly competitive
Discuss
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
A natural monopoly exists when subadditive costs (typically due to large fixed costs and declining average costs) make it more efficient for a single firm to serve the entire market.
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