The concept of 'Average Propensity to Consume' is defined as: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

The concept of 'Average Propensity to Consume' is defined as:
A. Total saving divided by total income
B. Change in consumption divided by change in income
C. Change in saving divided by change in income
D. Total consumption divided by total income
Answer: Option D
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Average Propensity to Consume (APC) = Total Consumption / Total Income. Marginal Propensity to Consume is the change in consumption divided by the change in income.

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Question #1
In the context of behavioural finance, the 'Disposition Effect' refers to:
A. The tendency of investors to sell winning investments too early and hold losing investments too long
B. The tendency to sell losers and hold winners
C. Perfectly rational realisation of gains and losses
D. Only the effect of taxes on trading

Correct Answer: Option A


Explanation:
The disposition effect is the empirical regularity that investors are more likely to realise gains than losses, consistent with prospect-theory value functions and the reluctance to admit mistakes.

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Question #2
Which of the following is a characteristic of the 'Easterlin Paradox'?
A. Only relative income matters and absolute income is irrelevant even within countries
B. Within countries, higher income is associated with higher happiness, but over time average happiness does not rise with average income
C. Income has no relation to happiness at any level
D. Happiness always rises proportionally with income both within and across countries

Correct Answer: Option B


Explanation:
The Easterlin Paradox observes that, while richer individuals within a country tend to report higher happiness, average national happiness does not increase systematically as national income grows over the long run.

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Question #3
The 'European Central Bank' headquarters is in:
A. Frankfurt
B. Brussels
C. Berlin
D. Paris

Correct Answer: Option A


Explanation:
ECB headquarters is in Frankfurt.

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