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				This section includes 406 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Economics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. | Which of the following terms refers to income that is saved and not invested ? | 
| A. | Capital | 
| B. | Deposit | 
| C. | Hoarding | 
| D. | Profit | 
| Answer» D. Profit | |
| 2. | Which of the following would cause income to become more unequal ? | 
| A. | Increased employment | 
| B. | Increased unemployment allowance | 
| C. | More progressive taxes | 
| D. | More regressive taxes | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. | Which of the following would increase national income ? | 
| A. | Increase in taxation | 
| B. | Increase in savings | 
| C. | Increase in govt. spending | 
| D. | Decrease in consumption spending | 
| Answer» D. Decrease in consumption spending | |
| 4. | Which property the paper money does not process ? | 
| A. | Acceptability | 
| B. | Divisibility | 
| C. | Durability | 
| D. | Portability | 
| Answer» D. Portability | |
| 5. | Which situation will a country face, if the birth rate falls sharply, while the death rate remains unchanged ? | 
| A. | a fall in living standards | 
| B. | a more youthful population | 
| C. | an ageing population | 
| D. | an increase in population | 
| Answer» D. an increase in population | |
| 6. | Which statistical factor is used to convert current currency purchasing power into inflation adjusted purchasing power ? | 
| A. | Deflector | 
| B. | Purchasing power parity | 
| C. | Inflator | 
| D. | Deflation | 
| Answer» B. Purchasing power parity | |
| 7. | Which term is used for a bank account which can be operated at will ? | 
| A. | Saving Account | 
| B. | Fixed account | 
| C. | Current account | 
| D. | Fluctuated account | 
| Answer» D. Fluctuated account | |
| 8. | Which term is used for a country’s holdings of intentionally acceptable means of payment ? | 
| A. | Holdings | 
| B. | Reserves | 
| C. | Foreign currency | 
| D. | Treasure | 
| Answer» C. Foreign currency | |
| 9. | Which term is used for an addition to normal payment by a company or extra payment of gratuity to workers ? | 
| A. | Bonus | 
| B. | Overtime | 
| C. | Prize | 
| D. | Gift | 
| Answer» B. Overtime | |
| 10. | Which term is used for an engagement in risky business with the idea of making a large profit in short time ? | 
| A. | Idealism | 
| B. | Blind game | 
| C. | Speculation | 
| D. | Risk covering | 
| Answer» D. Risk covering | |
| 11. | Which term is used for fine that is payable for failing to clear goods from a storehouse with in a specific period of time ? | 
| A. | Demurrage | 
| B. | Penalty | 
| C. | Charges | 
| D. | Fine | 
| Answer» B. Penalty | |
| 12. | Which term is used for the period of competition in which each competitor tries to cut retail prices below the others ? | 
| A. | Price competition | 
| B. | Price support | 
| C. | Price war | 
| D. | Price battle | 
| Answer» D. Price battle | |
| 13. | Which term is used for the total net value of all goods and services produced in a country in specified period of time ? | 
| A. | National income | 
| B. | Public income | 
| C. | Local income | 
| D. | Gross income | 
| Answer» B. Public income | |
| 14. | Which term is used for the value imprinted on a security ? | 
| A. | Real value | 
| B. | Net value | 
| C. | Par value | 
| D. | Gross value | 
| Answer» D. Gross value | |
| 15. | Which theory of economic management focuses on encouraging product through tax reduction ? | 
| A. | Liberalism | 
| B. | Free market economics | 
| C. | Supply-side economics | 
| D. | Supervised market | 
| Answer» D. Supervised market | |
| 16. | Which type of income is earned only the actor of production enterprise ? | 
| A. | interest | 
| B. | Profit | 
| C. | rent | 
| D. | wages | 
| Answer» C. rent | |
| 17. | Who among the following is most benefited from inflation ? | 
| A. | Government pensioners | 
| B. | Creditors | 
| C. | Savings Bank Account holders | 
| D. | Debtors | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. | Who is a “Lame Duck” in a stock market ? | 
| A. | A new investor | 
| B. | A old investor | 
| C. | A member of the stock exchange who cannot meet his obligations | 
| D. | None of the above | 
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 19. | Who is called Father of Economics ? | 
| A. | Adam smith | 
| B. | David Ricardo | 
| C. | David smith | 
| D. | Adam Ricardo | 
| Answer» B. David Ricardo | |
| 20. | Who is insolvent_______________? | 
| A. | A firm that is unable to pay debts | 
| B. | A firm that is liquidated | 
| C. | A firm that is for sale | 
| D. | A firm that has more liabilities than assets | 
| Answer» B. A firm that is liquidated | |
| 21. | With whom would you associate the following quote” The business of business is business” ? | 
| A. | Milton Friedman | 
| B. | Adam smith | 
| C. | Alfred Marshal | 
| D. | Karl Marx | 
| Answer» B. Adam smith | |
| 22. | Which of the following payment instruments introduced by the banks is known as plastic money ? | 
| A. | Bearer cheques | 
| B. | Credit Cards | 
| C. | Demand Drafts | 
| D. | Gift Cheques | 
| Answer» C. Demand Drafts | |
| 23. | Which of the following must always balance ? | 
| A. | The balance of visible trade | 
| B. | The balance of invisible trade | 
| C. | The balance on the current account | 
| D. | The balance of payments | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. | Which of the following is the Pakistan’s central bank ? | 
| A. | State Bank | 
| B. | National Bank | 
| C. | Both of them | 
| D. | None of them | 
| Answer» B. National Bank | |
| 25. | Which of the following is referred by the phrase trade balance ? | 
| A. | Income from export | 
| B. | Difference between imports and exports | 
| C. | Income from imports | 
| D. | All of them | 
| Answer» C. Income from imports | |
| 26. | Which of the following is regarded as a factor of production ? | 
| A. | Capital | 
| B. | Interest | 
| C. | Profit | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» B. Interest | |
| 27. | Which of the following is referred by principle ? | 
| A. | Total amount of money being borrowed or lent | 
| B. | Party affected by agent decision in a principal agent relationship | 
| C. | Both of them | 
| D. | None of them | 
| Answer» D. None of them | |
| 28. | Which of the following is referred by the Debt retirement ? | 
| A. | To write-off debt | 
| B. | To reschedule debt | 
| C. | To repay debt in easy installments | 
| D. | The complete repayment of debt | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. | Which of the following is rate of interest the major international banks charge each other for borrowings ? | 
| A. | New York Interbank Offered Rates (NIBOR) | 
| B. | international Interbank Offered Rates (IOBOR) | 
| C. | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) | 
| D. | USA Interbank Offered Rate (UIBOR) | 
| Answer» D. USA Interbank Offered Rate (UIBOR) | |
| 30. | Which of the following is Price of the last transaction of a particular stock completed during a day’s trading session on an exchange ? | 
| A. | Night Price | 
| B. | Closing Price | 
| C. | End price | 
| D. | Final price | 
| Answer» C. End price | |
| 31. | Which of the following is not required while computing Gross National Product (GNP) ? | 
| A. | Net foreign investment | 
| B. | Private investment | 
| C. | Per capita income of citizens | 
| D. | None of the above | 
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 32. | Which of the following is not rated by credit rating agencies ? | 
| A. | Shares | 
| B. | Debentures and bonds | 
| C. | Commercial paper | 
| D. | Government securities | 
| Answer» B. Debentures and bonds | |
| 33. | Which of the following is not an instrument of monetary policy ? | 
| A. | Taxation | 
| B. | Bank rate | 
| C. | Open-market operations | 
| D. | Credit rationing | 
| Answer» B. Bank rate | |
| 34. | Which of the following is not a function of a commercial bank? | 
| A. | Accepting public deposits | 
| B. | Granting loan and advances | 
| C. | Undertaking agency functions | 
| D. | Banker to the government | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. | Which of the following is known as foreign exchange ? | 
| A. | Transaction of International monetary business | 
| B. | Negotiable bills drawn in one country to be paid in another country | 
| C. | Both of them | 
| D. | None of them | 
| Answer» D. None of them | |
| 36. | Which of the following is indicated by the term unemployed ? | 
| A. | Employed only part time when one needs full time employment | 
| B. | Inadequately employed | 
| C. | Note fully used or employed | 
| D. | All of them | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. | Which of the following is called a wholly or partially owned company what is the part of the large corporation? | 
| A. | Baby company | 
| B. | Child company | 
| C. | Small holding | 
| D. | Subsidiary | 
| Answer» C. Small holding | |
| 38. | Which of the following is an example of government policy that could reduce inflation ? | 
| A. | increasing bank lending | 
| B. | increasing import duties | 
| C. | reducing government expenditure | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 39. | Which of the following is a withdraw from the circular flow income stream ? | 
| A. | Investment | 
| B. | Subsidies | 
| C. | Taxation | 
| D. | Consumption | 
| Answer» D. Consumption | |
| 40. | Which of the following is a valid currency______________? | 
| A. | Promissory note | 
| B. | Currency note | 
| C. | Exchange rate | 
| D. | Bank cheque | 
| Answer» C. Exchange rate | |
| 41. | Which of the following is a price that is equal to the face value of a security ? | 
| A. | Balanced | 
| B. | At Equilibrium | 
| C. | At Par | 
| D. | None of them | 
| Answer» D. None of them | |
| 42. | Which of the following is a form of international reserve assets, created by IMF in 1967 whose value is based on a portfolio of widely used currencies ? | 
| A. | Special Drawing Right (SDR) | 
| B. | IMF Drawing Rights (SDR) | 
| C. | International Drawing Right (IDR) | 
| D. | Sure, Drawing Rights (SDR) | 
| Answer» B. IMF Drawing Rights (SDR) | |
| 43. | Which of the following groups suffer the most from inflation ? | 
| A. | Debtors | 
| B. | Creditors | 
| C. | Business class | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» C. Business class | |
| 44. | Which of the following can be used for check inflation temporarily ? | 
| A. | increase in wages | 
| B. | Decrease in money supply | 
| C. | Decrease in tax | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 45. | Which of the following are bonds that are not registered on the books of the issuer ? | 
| A. | Open bond | 
| B. | Blank bond | 
| C. | Term bond | 
| D. | Bearer bond | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. | Which money is called ‘Earnest’ Money ? | 
| A. | Advanced payment to bind a contract or bargain | 
| B. | A token of something to come | 
| C. | A promise or assurance | 
| D. | All of these | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. | Which money is called Hot money ? | 
| A. | That moves across country borders in response to interest rate differences | 
| B. | That moves away when the interest rate differential | 
| C. | Both of them | 
| D. | None of them | 
| Answer» D. None of them | |
| 48. | Which mineral’s chief exporter is Russia? | 
| A. | Manganese | 
| B. | Rubber | 
| C. | Gold | 
| D. | Silver | 
| Answer» B. Rubber | |
| 49. | Which measures. taken by a government would be intended to raise the price of imports ? | 
| A. | Embargoes | 
| B. | Foreign exchange controls | 
| C. | Quotas | 
| D. | Tariffs | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. | Which market is characterized by a small number of large buyers who control all purchases and therefore the market price of a good a service ? | 
| A. | Oligopoly | 
| B. | Grey market | 
| C. | Oligopsony | 
| D. | Green market | 
| Answer» D. Green market | |