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| 51. |
Management is said to be the combination of |
| A. | Arts, science and profession |
| B. | Arts, science and engineering |
| C. | Arts, commerce and science |
| D. | Arts, commerce and engineering |
| Answer» B. Arts, science and engineering | |
| 52. |
Quantity of a certain goods producers are willing to supply when receiving a certain price is known as ______. |
| A. | Supply |
| B. | Supply relationship |
| C. | Deman |
| D. | D Demand relationship |
| Answer» B. Supply relationship | |
| 53. |
______ is supposed to be immutable, unchanging and eternal. |
| A. | Policy |
| B. | Vision |
| C. | Mission |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Vision | |
| 54. |
_______ is function of management. |
| A. | Production |
| B. | Staffing |
| C. | Transaction |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Transaction | |
| 55. |
Identify the function of money. |
| A. | Medium of exchange |
| B. | Measure of value |
| C. | Store of value |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 56. |
______ is the ultimate source of authority. |
| A. | Top management |
| B. | Middle level management |
| C. | Lower level management |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Middle level management | |
| 57. |
Identify The Three Motives Of Money Demand: |
| A. | Accumulative, Speculative, Precautionary |
| B. | Speculative, Transaction, Precautionary |
| C. | Precautionary Special, Transaction |
| D. | None |
| Answer» C. Precautionary Special, Transaction | |
| 58. |
Which among the following is a cause of inflation? |
| A. | Deficit financing |
| B. | Rise in external loans |
| C. | Unfavorable balance of payment |
| D. | A hike in the CRR by the central bank of the country |
| Answer» B. Rise in external loans | |
| 59. |
Positive motivation makes people willing to do their work in the best way they can andimprove their ________. |
| A. | Productivity |
| B. | Personality |
| C. | Performance |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 60. |
Monetary policy is implemented by in India. |
| A. | The Ministry of Finance |
| B. | Planning Commission |
| C. | The Parliament |
| D. | Reserve Bank of India |
| Answer» E. | |
| 61. |
Which is the stages of law of variable proportions? |
| A. | Increasing returns |
| B. | Decreasing returns |
| C. | Negative Marginal returns |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 62. |
Function of organization is _________. |
| A. | Specialization |
| B. | Coordination |
| C. | Efficient functioning |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 63. |
The Rate At Which Central Bank Lends To Commercial Banks Is Known As: |
| A. | Reserve Rate |
| B. | Discount Rate |
| C. | Open Market Operation |
| D. | None |
| Answer» C. Open Market Operation | |
| 64. |
The following is the direct tax among: |
| A. | House tax |
| B. | Entertainment tax |
| C. | Service tax |
| D. | Value added tax |
| Answer» B. Entertainment tax | |
| 65. |
Which is not a part of cost? |
| A. | Total Cost |
| B. | Average cost |
| C. | Changeable Cost |
| D. | Sunk Cost |
| Answer» D. Sunk Cost | |
| 66. |
Which is the skills of management? |
| A. | Conceptual skills |
| B. | Human skills |
| C. | Technical skill |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 67. |
_______ is about not having enough money to meet basic needs including Food,Clothing and Home. |
| A. | Poverty |
| B. | Labor |
| C. | Unemployment |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Labor | |
| 68. |
Management as a discipline is the function of ____. |
| A. | Science |
| B. | Art |
| C. | Creativity |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 69. |
Full form of GDP. |
| A. | Gross Domestic Products |
| B. | Global Domestic Products |
| C. | Gross Domestic Price |
| D. | Global Domestic Price |
| Answer» B. Global Domestic Products | |
| 70. |
____ is the official minimum rate at which the Central Bank of a country is prepared to rediscount approved bills held by the commercial banks. |
| A. | Repo rate |
| B. | Bank rate |
| C. | Prime lending rate |
| D. | Reverse repo rate |
| Answer» C. Prime lending rate | |
| 71. |
An Expansionary Fiscal Policy Can: |
| A. | Raise The National Debt |
| B. | Decrease The National Debt |
| C. | Have No Effect On National Debt |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Decrease The National Debt | |
| 72. |
The total demand for goods and services in an economy is known as |
| A. | Aggregate demand |
| B. | National demand |
| C. | Gross national product |
| D. | Economy wide demand |
| Answer» B. National demand | |
| 73. |
________ is a science as well as an art. |
| A. | Management |
| B. | Production |
| C. | Banking |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Production | |
| 74. |
A point where the quantity of goods being supplied is exactly the same as the quantity of goods being demanded is known as _______ |
| A. | Demand quantity |
| B. | Supply Quantity |
| C. | Both A and B |
| D. | Equilibrium |
| Answer» E. | |
| 75. |
_______ is an economic good that acts as a medium of exchange in transaction. |
| A. | Money |
| B. | Production |
| C. | Equipment |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Production | |
| 76. |
The supply of a good refers to: |
| A. | Stock available for sale |
| B. | Total stock in the warehouse |
| C. | Actual Production of the goo |
| D. | D. Quantity of the good offered for sale at a particular price per unit of time |
| Answer» E. | |
| 77. |
Which is the type of market? |
| A. | Monopoly |
| B. | Oligopoly |
| C. | Perfect competition |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 78. |
The capital that is consumed by an economy or a firm in the production process is known as: |
| A. | Capital loss |
| B. | Production cost |
| C. | Dead-weight loss |
| D. | Depreciation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 79. |
Which market structure symbolizes the existence of ‘few sellers’? |
| A. | Oligopoly |
| B. | Monopoly |
| C. | Monopolistic competition |
| D. | Perfect competition |
| Answer» B. Monopoly | |
| 80. |
According To The Classical Economists, The Economy |
| A. | Requires Fine Tuning To Reach Full Employment |
| B. | Should Not Be Left To Market Forces |
| C. | Will Never Be At Full Employment |
| D. | Is Self-Correcting |
| Answer» E. | |
| 81. |
Quantity of a product people are willing to buy at a certain price is known as ______. |
| A. | Supply |
| B. | Supply relationship |
| C. | Deman |
| D. | D Demand relationship |
| Answer» D. D Demand relationship | |
| 82. |
A change in fiscal policy affects the balance of payments through: |
| A. | The current account only |
| B. | The capital account only |
| C. | Both, the current account and capital account |
| D. | Neither current account nor capital account |
| Answer» D. Neither current account nor capital account | |
| 83. |
The heart of administration is the _____ function. |
| A. | Directing |
| B. | Organizing |
| C. | Controlling |
| D. | Cooperating |
| Answer» B. Organizing | |
| 84. |
Demand for a commodity refers to: |
| A. | Need for the commodity |
| B. | Desire for the commodity |
| C. | Amount of the commodity demanded at a particular price and at a particular time |
| D. | Quantity demanded of that commodity |
| Answer» D. Quantity demanded of that commodity | |
| 85. |
Management exists at the ______ level of the organization. |
| A. | Lower |
| B. | Middle |
| C. | Top |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 86. |
The Practice Of Using Fiscal And Monetary Policy To Stabilize The Economy Is Knownas |
| A. | Fine Tuning Of Demand |
| B. | Monetarism |
| C. | Laissez Faire Economics |
| D. | Supply Side Economics |
| Answer» B. Monetarism | |
| 87. |
Macroeconomics Is The Branch Of Economics That Deals With |
| A. | The Economy As A Whole |
| B. | Imperfectly Competitive Markets |
| C. | Only The Long Run Adjustments To Equilibrium In The Economy |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Imperfectly Competitive Markets | |
| 88. |
Which is the stages of law of returns to scale? |
| A. | Increasing returns to scale |
| B. | Constant returns to scale |
| C. | Diminishing returns to scale |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 89. |
Direction is a ________ function performed by all the managers at all levels of the organization. |
| A. | Managerial |
| B. | Organizational |
| C. | Both A and B |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Organizational | |
| 90. |
If all other factors remain equal, the higher the price of a good, the fewer people willdemand that good means what? |
| A. | The law of demand |
| B. | The law of supply |
| C. | All A and B |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. The law of supply | |
| 91. |
Who is the ‘lender of the last resort’ in the banking structure of India? |
| A. | State Bank of India |
| B. | Reserve Bank of India |
| C. | EXIM Bank of India |
| D. | Union Bank of India |
| Answer» C. EXIM Bank of India | |
| 92. |
Which is the types of unemployment? |
| A. | Cyclical unemployment |
| B. | Structural unemployment |
| C. | Seasonal unemployment |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 93. |
Which is the characteristics of corporate social responsibility(CSR) |
| A. | Continuous process |
| B. | Two-way process |
| C. | Concerned with social prestige |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 94. |
Which is the function of bank? |
| A. | Acceptance of Deposits |
| B. | Advances of Loans |
| C. | Both A and B |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 95. |
One of the popular forecast is |
| A. | Technological |
| B. | Economi |
| C. | C Deman |
| D. | D None of the above |
| Answer» D. D None of the above | |
| 96. |
Which of the following is not a feature of monopolistic completion? |
| A. | Large number of producers |
| B. | Free entry and exit |
| C. | More elastic demand |
| D. | Price competition |
| Answer» E. | |
| 97. |
In perfect completion, a firm is a |
| A. | Price maker |
| B. | Price taker |
| C. | Both of the above |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Both of the above | |
| 98. |
Which of the following is not coming under imperfect competition? |
| A. | Oligopoly |
| B. | Duopoly |
| C. | Monopoly |
| D. | Monopolistic |
| Answer» D. Monopolistic | |
| 99. |
in economics ……..means ‘a state of rest ‘or ‘stability’ |
| A. | Depression |
| B. | Equilibrium |
| C. | Maturity |
| D. | growth |
| Answer» C. Maturity | |
| 100. |
Related to production function, MRTS stand for; |
| A. | Marginal revenue and total sales |
| B. | Minimum revenue from total sales |
| C. | Marginal rate of total supply |
| D. | Marginal rate of technical substitution |
| Answer» E. | |