Explore topic-wise MCQs in Economics.

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