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This section includes 266 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Master of Arts in Economics (M.A. Economics) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 51. |
Rate of growth of an economy is measured in terms of: |
| A. | per capita income |
| B. | industrial development |
| C. | number of people who have been lifted above the poverty line |
| D. | national income |
| Answer» E. | |
| 52. |
The Harrod-Domar growth model is based on the relationship of what two economicelements? |
| A. | raw materials and technology |
| B. | savings and investment |
| C. | educational enrolment and number of teachers |
| D. | tariff and tax levels |
| Answer» C. educational enrolment and number of teachers | |
| 53. |
Which of the following is not an important objective of development? |
| A. | increases in per capita income |
| B. | the expansion of available choices |
| C. | increases in individual and national self-esteem |
| D. | all of the above are important objectives of d |
| Answer» E. | |
| 54. |
For Rostow, which of the following constitute pre-conditions for take-off? |
| A. | investment rate of at least 5% of gnp |
| B. | universal primary education |
| C. | development of one or more manufacturing sectors with a high growth rate |
| D. | both a and b |
| Answer» B. universal primary education | |
| 55. |
In the Solow model, if capital is in the steady state, output: |
| A. | will continue to grow. |
| B. | is also in the steady state. |
| C. | will continue to grow, but its rate of growth will slow down. |
| D. | will decline, but its rate of growth will be positive. |
| Answer» C. will continue to grow, but its rate of growth will slow down. | |
| 56. |
Which of the following is a goal of economic development? |
| A. | economic growth |
| B. | reduction of poverty |
| C. | improvement of human development (education, health, etc). |
| D. | all of these answers |
| Answer» E. | |
| 57. |
A multi-dimensional measure of poverty include includes which of the followingelements? |
| A. | health level |
| B. | education level |
| C. | living standards |
| D. | all of these answer |
| Answer» E. | |
| 58. |
The financial year in India is |
| A. | april 1 to march 31 |
| B. | january 1 to december 31 |
| C. | march 1 to april 30 |
| D. | march 16 to march 15 |
| Answer» B. january 1 to december 31 | |
| 59. |
Economic growth in India will happen necessarily if there is |
| A. | population growth |
| B. | capital formation |
| C. | technical progress in the global economy |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 60. |
Which of the following is not an indicator to measure Multidimensional Poverty Index? |
| A. | electricity |
| B. | nutrition |
| C. | cooking fuel |
| D. | profession |
| Answer» E. | |
| 61. |
Which of following is not a component of Multidimensional Poverty Index? |
| A. | health |
| B. | education |
| C. | occupation |
| D. | standard of living |
| Answer» D. standard of living | |
| 62. |
The Multidimensional Poverty Index has been developed by |
| A. | the undp |
| B. | oxford hdi |
| C. | the uno |
| D. | morris d morris |
| Answer» C. the uno | |
| 63. |
The component/s of HDI is/are |
| A. | life expectancy index |
| B. | infant mortality rate |
| C. | population growth rate |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» B. infant mortality rate | |
| 64. |
The concept of HDI was popularized by |
| A. | morris d morris |
| B. | adam smith |
| C. | keynes |
| D. | mahbub ul haq |
| Answer» E. | |
| 65. |
Which of the following denotes an underdeveloped economy? |
| A. | high level of inequalities |
| B. | low level of capital productivity |
| C. | a relatively closed economy |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 66. |
The concept of PQLI was developed by |
| A. | morris d morris |
| B. | uno |
| C. | undp |
| D. | oxford poverty and human development initiative |
| Answer» B. uno | |
| 67. |
The parameter/s of the PQLI is/are |
| A. | life expectancy index |
| B. | standard of living index |
| C. | infant mortality rate |
| D. | a and c |
| Answer» E. | |
| 68. |
Scarcity of capital, technological backwardness and unemployment are generally found in |
| A. | developed countries |
| B. | underdeveloped countries |
| C. | both |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. both | |
| 69. |
A graphical technique that can be used to show the degree of inequality that existsbetween two variables is the: |
| A. | lorenz curve |
| B. | median-line bar graph |
| C. | kuznets curve |
| D. | semantic differential profile |
| Answer» B. median-line bar graph | |
| 70. |
India’s First Five Year Plan was based on: |
| A. | mahalanobis model |
| B. | feldman model |
| C. | harrod-domar model |
| D. | leontief model |
| Answer» D. leontief model | |
| 71. |
Identify the model which is concerned with the ‘golden age’ equilibrium: |
| A. | kaldor model |
| B. | joan robinson model |
| C. | keynesian model |
| D. | domar model |
| Answer» C. keynesian model | |
| 72. |
Progress that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of futuregenerations to meet their own needs is |
| A. | the tragedy of commons. |
| B. | sustainable development. |
| C. | net primary productivity (npp). |
| D. | the impossibility theorem. |
| Answer» C. net primary productivity (npp). | |
| 73. |
Rostow’s economic stages are |
| A. | the preconditions for take-off, the take-off, the drive to maturity, and the age of creative destruction. |
| B. | the traditional society, the preconditions for take-off, the take-off, the drive to maturity, and the age of high mass consumption. |
| C. | the preconditions for consumption, the replication, the drive to maturity, and the age of high mass consumption. |
| D. | the learning curve, the age of high mass consumption, post-take-off, and the drive to maturity. |
| Answer» C. the preconditions for consumption, the replication, the drive to maturity, and the age of high mass consumption. | |
| 74. |
As economic development proceeds, income inequality tends to follow a(n) __________curve |
| A. | convex. |
| B. | inverted u-shaped. |
| C. | l-shaped. |
| D. | s-shaped. |
| Answer» C. l-shaped. | |
| 75. |
The stage of development in which organs size increase and adult body is attained is known as |
| A. | gamete formation |
| B. | gastrulation |
| C. | fertilization |
| D. | growth |
| Answer» E. | |
| 76. |
Synthesis of cytoplasm and cell wall material takes place during |
| A. | maturation |
| B. | cell division |
| C. | elongation |
| D. | differentiation |
| Answer» C. elongation | |
| 77. |
Leaf primordial are the cells committed to become |
| A. | leaves |
| B. | shoot |
| C. | root |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 78. |
In chick of 18 hours flat thickened area of ectoderm is seen as |
| A. | neural folds |
| B. | neural plate |
| C. | neural groove |
| D. | neural tube |
| Answer» C. neural groove | |
| 79. |
The cavity between the yolk and the endoderm is called |
| A. | gastrocoele |
| B. | coelom |
| C. | blastocoele |
| D. | neurocoele |
| Answer» B. coelom | |
| 80. |
The lower layer of cells formed after splitting of blastoderm is called |
| A. | epiblast |
| B. | hypoblast |
| C. | area pellucida |
| D. | area opaca |
| Answer» C. area pellucida | |
| 81. |
Along with auxins the hormone that causes apical dominance is |
| A. | ethene |
| B. | cytokinins |
| C. | gibberellin |
| D. | thyroxine |
| Answer» C. gibberellin | |
| 82. |
If the cap of acetabularia is removed |
| A. | the alga dies |
| B. | two new caps are produced |
| C. | the alga still lives without cap |
| D. | a new cap is regenerated |
| Answer» E. | |
| 83. |
Degeneration of the elastic tissues in the tunica media of blood vessels causes |
| A. | arthritis |
| B. | anemia |
| C. | arteriosclerosis |
| D. | sickle cell disease |
| Answer» D. sickle cell disease | |
| 84. |
Two species of acetabularia have been identified on the basis of |
| A. | structure of the cap |
| B. | shape of the cap |
| C. | color of the cap |
| D. | both a and b |
| Answer» E. | |
| 85. |
The space between somatic mesoderm and splanchic mesoderm is called |
| A. | coelom |
| B. | hypocoele |
| C. | epicoele |
| D. | mesocoele |
| Answer» B. hypocoele | |
| 86. |
If sea urchin egg at two cell stage is shook to separate the two cells |
| A. | they both die |
| B. | they both develop into normal larvae |
| C. | one cell dies |
| D. | they both grow abnormally |
| Answer» C. one cell dies | |
| 87. |
Salamander zygote was divided by spemann using |
| A. | horse hair |
| B. | minute rat hair |
| C. | minute ligature of human hair |
| D. | minute ligature of cat hair |
| Answer» D. minute ligature of cat hair | |
| 88. |
During cell division phase the number of cells increases by |
| A. | meiosis |
| B. | mitosis |
| C. | multiple fission |
| D. | budding |
| Answer» C. multiple fission | |
| 89. |
Hans Driesch performed his experiment on sea urchin egg in |
| A. | 1822 |
| B. | 1840 |
| C. | 1849 |
| D. | 1855 |
| Answer» D. 1855 | |
| 90. |
The increase in intensity of light increases the |
| A. | rate of cell enlargement |
| B. | number of cell divisions |
| C. | rate of maturation |
| D. | rate of differentiation |
| Answer» C. rate of maturation | |
| 91. |
Blastula stage is characterized by the presence of |
| A. | blastoderm |
| B. | blastocoele |
| C. | neural plate |
| D. | coelom |
| Answer» C. neural plate | |
| 92. |
Root primordia develop from the root cambium called |
| A. | epicycle |
| B. | pericycle |
| C. | pericarp |
| D. | mesoderm |
| Answer» C. pericarp | |
| 93. |
Of all the environmental factors the two most important ones controlling growth of plants are |
| A. | temperature and light |
| B. | temperature and oxygen |
| C. | oxygen and water |
| D. | oxygen and carbondioxide |
| Answer» B. temperature and oxygen | |
| 94. |
The anterior end of primitive streak is occupied by |
| A. | mesodermal cells |
| B. | notochordal cells |
| C. | endodermal cells |
| D. | ectodermal cells |
| Answer» C. endodermal cells | |
| 95. |
In plants when only apical buds grow and growth is supressed in lower axillary buds it is called |
| A. | sprouting |
| B. | apical dominance |
| C. | germination |
| D. | compensation |
| Answer» C. germination | |
| 96. |
Energy to the growing plants is supplied by |
| A. | hormones |
| B. | nutrients |
| C. | oxygen |
| D. | carbondioxide |
| Answer» C. oxygen | |
| 97. |
Great power of regeneration is present in |
| A. | earthworm |
| B. | amphibians |
| C. | sponges |
| D. | sea urchin |
| Answer» D. sea urchin | |
| 98. |
From hensen's node dorsal mesoderm is formed and is organized into |
| A. | mollicutes |
| B. | axons |
| C. | somites |
| D. | dendrites |
| Answer» D. dendrites | |
| 99. |
In higher plants the entire plant body is not capable of growing but growth is limited to certain regions known as |
| A. | growing points |
| B. | meristems |
| C. | cortex |
| D. | pith |
| Answer» B. meristems | |
| 100. |
Differentiation in plants is considered to occur in plants in |
| A. | two stages |
| B. | three stages |
| C. | four stages |
| D. | five stages |
| Answer» E. | |