The term 'Budgetary Deficit' in the earlier classification referred to: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

The term 'Budgetary Deficit' in the earlier classification referred to:
A. Fiscal deficit
B. Primary deficit
C. Difference between revenue expenditure and revenue receipts plus capital receipts excluding borrowings
D. Excess of total expenditure over total receipts excluding borrowings
Answer: Option C
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
In the older classification, budgetary deficit was the difference between total expenditure and total receipts (both revenue and capital, excluding borrowings). It is no longer widely used.

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Question #1
Which of the following is included in the current account of the Balance of Payments?
A. Foreign direct investment
B. Trade in goods and services
C. NRI deposits
D. External commercial borrowing

Correct Answer: Option B


Explanation:
The current account includes trade in goods and services, income and current transfers.

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Question #2
The 'consumption function' in Keynesian economics is usually expressed as:
A. C = a + bY
B. MV = PT
C. S = I
D. Y = C + I

Correct Answer: Option A


Explanation:
The Keynesian consumption function is C = a + bY, where a is autonomous consumption and b is MPC.

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Question #3
Which of the following is a major challenge for monetary policy in an open economy?
A. No impact of capital flows
B. Complete control over all three objectives simultaneously
C. Absence of any trade-off
D. Impossible trinity or trilemma of fixed exchange rate, free capital flows and independent monetary policy

Correct Answer: Option D


Explanation:
The impossible trinity states that it is impossible to have a fixed exchange rate, free capital mobility and an independent monetary policy simultaneously; only two of the three can be achieved.

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