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This section includes 72 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Economics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
51. |
If interest rates rise then costs are likely to _______ and demand is likely to _________? |
A. | rise, fall |
B. | rise; rise |
C. | fall; fall |
D. | fall; rise |
Answer» B. rise; rise | |
52. |
If currency dealers expect the value of the pound to fall, the exchange value will tend to ? |
A. | depreciate |
B. | not be affected |
C. | fluctuate more than it would do therwise |
D. | appreciate |
Answer» B. not be affected | |
53. |
If British residents want more French francs to purchase more French cloths other things equal, then the equilibrium value of the pound against the French franc will ? |
A. | rise |
B. | fall |
C. | not change |
D. | fluctuate |
Answer» C. not change | |
54. |
If a nation’s interest rates are relatively low compared to those of other countries. then the exchange value of its currency will tend to ? |
A. | not be affected |
B. | appreciate |
C. | depreciate |
D. | fluctuate more than if interest rates were high |
Answer» D. fluctuate more than if interest rates were high | |
55. |
If a large car importer in the Pakistan wants to import many cars, then the exchange value of the Pak rupees will tend to ? |
A. | fluctuate more than it would do otherwise |
B. | appreciate |
C. | depreciate |
D. | not be affected |
Answer» D. not be affected | |
56. |
Government policies that focus on increasing production rather than demand are called ? |
A. | fiscal policies |
B. | monetary policies |
C. | supply-side policies |
D. | incomes policies |
Answer» D. incomes policies | |
57. |
Government policies that focus on changing taxes and government spending are called ? |
A. | fiscal policies |
B. | incomes policies |
C. | supply-side policies |
D. | monetary policies |
Answer» B. incomes policies | |
58. |
Government policies that focus on changing interest rates are called ? |
A. | fiscal policies |
B. | monetary policies |
C. | supply-side policies |
D. | incomes policies |
Answer» C. supply-side policies | |
59. |
Floating exchange rates are ____ in the short run? |
A. | stable |
B. | predictable |
C. | volatile |
D. | depreciating |
Answer» D. depreciating | |
60. |
Fiscal policy is weak under floating exchanges rates as fiscal expansion ? |
A. | crowds out imports |
B. | crowds out public consumption |
C. | crowds out exports |
D. | reduces the budget deficit |
Answer» D. reduces the budget deficit | |
61. |
Cyclical unemployment is the ? |
A. | Portion of unemployment that is due to the normal working of the labour market |
B. | Portion of unemployment that is due to changes in the structure of the economy that results in a significant loss of jobs in certain industries. |
C. | Unemployment that results when people become discouraged about their chances of finding a job so they stop looking for work. |
D. | Unemployment that occurs during recessions and depressions. |
Answer» E. | |
62. |
Classifying discouraged workers as unemployed would ? |
A. | not change the unemployment rate |
B. | decrease the unemployment rate |
C. | increase the unemployment rate |
D. | have an indeterminate impact on the unemployment rate |
Answer» D. have an indeterminate impact on the unemployment rate | |
63. |
As prices rise, there will be costs of constantly changing price-tags and reprinting price-lists This is called ? |
A. | real balance effect |
B. | menu costs of inflation |
C. | money illusion. |
D. | cost-push inflation. |
Answer» C. money illusion. | |
64. |
As prices rise. People will want to keep more money as cash and in bank accounts This is called ? |
A. | real balance effect. |
B. | cash ratio. |
C. | money illusion. |
D. | menu costs of inflation. |
Answer» B. cash ratio. | |
65. |
An individual who is not working and who has given up looking for work is classfied as ? |
A. | a discouraged worker: |
B. | unemployed. |
C. | hard core unemployed. |
D. | unemployable |
Answer» B. unemployed. | |
66. |
An economy that trades with and has financial dealing with other countries is called a/an ________ economy? |
A. | free-trade |
B. | autarkic |
C. | open |
D. | mixed |
Answer» D. mixed | |
67. |
All of the following are benefits of the single market except ? |
A. | it allows countries to exploit their comparative advantage, more fully |
B. | firm could more readily exploit |
C. | economies of scal |
D. | it intensified competition |
E. | it is easier to book holidays in member countries |
Answer» F. | |
68. |
Aggregate demand is the total demand for all goods and services in an economy from ? |
A. | the household and government sectors |
B. | the household sector. |
C. | all sectors of except the rest of the world |
D. | all sectors of the economy including the rest of the world. |
Answer» E. | |
69. |
A rise in the real exchange rate will ________ the competitiveness of the domestic economy? |
A. | increase |
B. | reduce |
C. | do nothing to |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. do nothing to | |
70. |
A monetary union means ________, ________ and ________? |
A. | permanently fixed capital movements floating exchange rates a fixed structure of interest rates |
B. | permanently fixed exchange rates, free capital movements, a single interest rates |
C. | a common currency a single central bank, common monetary policy |
D. | a common currency floating exchange rates common monetary policy |
Answer» C. a common currency a single central bank, common monetary policy | |
71. |
A fixed exchange rate, plus perfect capital mobility ________ the scope for monetary policy ? |
A. | enhances |
B. | undermines |
C. | encourages |
D. | facilitates |
Answer» C. encourages | |
72. |
A current account deficit means that a country may ? |
A. | reduce its stock of foreign assets |
B. | increase its stock of foreign assets |
C. | increases its savings |
D. | increases its foreign currency reserves |
Answer» B. increase its stock of foreign assets | |