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1301.

Assuming there is no government or foreign sector, if the MPC is 8 the multiplier is ?

A. 5
B. 8
C. 2
D. 1.25
Answer» B. 8
1302.

To reduce the supply of money the government could ?

A. Reduce interest rates
B. Buy back government bonds
C. Sell government bonds
D. Encourage banks to lend
Answer» E.
1303.

An outward shift in the demand for money other things being equals should lead to ?

A. A lower interest rate but the same quantity of money
B. A higher interest rate but the same quantity of money
C. A higher quantity of money but lower interest rates
D. A higher quantity of money but the same interest rate
Answer» D. A higher quantity of money but the same interest rate
1304.

The liquidity trap occurs when the demand for money ?

A. Is perfectly interest elastic
B. Is perfectly interest inelastic
C. Means that an increase in money supply leads to a fall in the interest rate
D. Means that an increases in the money supply leads to an increases in the interest rate
Answer» B. Is perfectly interest inelastic
1305.

According to the quantity theory of money an increase in the money supply is most likely to lead to inflation if ?

A. The velocity of circulation decrease
B. The number of transaction decrease
C. There is deflation
D. The velocity of circulation and the number of transactions is constant
Answer» C. There is deflation
1306.

An increase in the marginal propensity to consume will ?

A. increase the size of the multiplier
B. Increase the marginal propensity to save
C. Decrease national income
D. Reduce injections into the economy
Answer» C. Decrease national income
1307.

The difference between goes investment and net investment is ?

A. Depreciation
B. Acceleration
C. Declaration
D. Capital investment
Answer» D. Capital investment
1308.

When an economy first begins to grow more slowly ?

A. GDP increase
B. Inflation is likely to increase
C. Stock levels are likely to increase
D. Investment in equipment is likely to increase
Answer» D. Investment in equipment is likely to increase
1309.

If the Keynesian consumption function is C = 10 + 0.8 Td when disposable income is Rs1000 the marginal propensity to consume is what ?

A. 0.8
B. 800
C. 810
D. 0.81
Answer» E.
1310.

Barriers to entry ?

A. Enable abnormal profits to be made in the long run
B. Enable losses to be made in the long run
C. Enable abnormal profits to be made in the short run only
D. Occur in perfect competition
Answer» C. Enable abnormal profits to be made in the short run only
1311.

An increase in national income is ?

A. Likely in increase exports
B. Likely to decrease savings
C. Likely to decrease investment
D. Likely to increase spending on imports
Answer» B. Likely to decrease savings
1312.

If injections are greater than withdrawals ?

A. National income will increase
B. National income will decrease
C. National income will stay in equilibrium
D. Price will fall
Answer» B. National income will decrease
1313.

In Which of the business cycle do firms try to cut stocks in order to save costs ?

A. The upturn
B. The peeking out
C. The expansion
D. The recession
Answer» E.
1314.

Companies in the private sector are owned by ?

A. The government
B. Shareholders
C. Employees
D. The community
Answer» D. The community
1315.

To be allocatively efficient a firm must produce where ?

A. The total cost equals demand
B. The average revenue equals the marginal revenue
C. The price equals the average cost
D. The price equals the marginal cost
Answer» D. The price equals the marginal cost
1316.

To maximise sales revenue a firm should produce where ?

A. Marginal cost is zero
B. Marginal revenue is maximised
C. Marginal revenue is zero
D. Marginal revenue equals marginal cost
Answer» E.
1317.

Profit is measured by ?

A. Revenue – fixed costs
B. Fixed cost + revenue
C. Revenue – sales
D. Revenue – total costs
Answer» E.
1318.

In perfect price discrimination ?

A. Consumer surplus is maximised
B. produce surplus is zero
C. Community surplus is maximised
D. Consumer surplus is zero
Answer» C. Community surplus is maximised
1319.

For a firm operating in two markets and price discriminating the profit maximising condition is ?

A. Marginal revenue in A= Price B
B. Marginal revenue in A = Marginal revenue B = Price A = Price B
C. Marginal revenue in A = Marginal revenue B = Marginal cost
D. Marginal revenue in A = Marginal revenue B = Average cost
Answer» C. Marginal revenue in A = Marginal revenue B = Marginal cost
1320.

If marginal revenue equals marginal cost ?

A. No profit is being made
B. Total revenue equals total cost
C. Profits are maximised
D. Producing another unit would increase profits
Answer» D. Producing another unit would increase profits
1321.

According to supply side economists as tax rates are reduced labour supply should increase. This implies that ?

A. There is no income effect when tax rates are changed
B. The income effect of a wage change is greater than the substitution effect of a wage change.
C. There is no substitution effect when tax rates are changed
D. The substitution effect of a wage change is greater than the income effect of a wage change
Answer» E.
1322.

Economic growth can be shown by ?

A. An inward shift of the production possibility frontier
B. A movement along the production possibility frontier
C. An outward shift of the production possibility frontier
D. A decision by the government to produce inside the production possibility frontier
Answer» D. A decision by the government to produce inside the production possibility frontier
1323.

If injections are less than withdrawals at the full-employment level of national income, there is ?

A. an inflationary gap
B. hysteresis
C. A deflationary gap
D. hyperinflation
Answer» D. hyperinflation
1324.

Reaganomics was a radical shift in Policy aimed at direct tackling ?

A. The charities economy
B. The demand side of the country
C. The underground economy
D. the supply side of the economy
Answer» E.
1325.

Assume there is no government or foreign setor, If the MPC is 75 a Rs20 million decrease in planned investment will cause aggregate output to decrease by ?

A. Rs80 million
B. Rs20 million
C. Rs 15 million
D. Rs26.67 million
Answer» B. Rs20 million
1326.

Which of the following is true ?

A. If the marginal cost is greater than the average cost the average cost falls
B. If the marginal cost is greater than the average cost the average cost increase
C. If the marginal cost is positive total costs are miximised
D. If the marginal cost is negative total costs increase at a decreasing rate if output increases
Answer» C. If the marginal cost is positive total costs are miximised
1327.

A reduction in the money supply is likely to ?

A. Reduce the interest rate
B. Increase the interest rate
C. Increase inflation
D. Decrease deflation
Answer» C. Increase inflation
1328.

As resources are shifted from one industry to another this can be shown by ?

A. An inward shift of the production possibility frontier
B. A movement along the production possibility frontier
C. An outward shift of the production possibility frontier
D. The pivoting of the production possibility frontier
Answer» C. An outward shift of the production possibility frontier
1329.

If an economy moves from producing 10 units of A and 4 units of B to producing 7 As and 5Bs The opportunity cost of the 5th B is ?

A. 7As
B. 10As
C. 3As
D. 1A
Answer» D. 1A
1330.

The resources in the economy do not include ?

A. Demand
B. Land
C. Labour
D. Capital
Answer» B. Land
1331.

A deflationary policy could include ?

A. increasing injections
B. Reducing taxation rates
C. Reducing interest rates
D. Reducing government spending
Answer» D. Reducing government spending
1332.

Injections are?

A. Assumed to be exogenous
B. Assumed to be a function of national income
C. Decrease aggregate demand
D. Decrease the investment into an economy
Answer» E.
1333.

Any combination of products inside the production possibility frontier is ?

A. Allocatively inefficient
B. X inefficient
C. Consumer inefficient
D. Productively inefficient
Answer» E.
1334.

The manifest functions of government include________________?

A. the formation of party machines
B. the protection of the interests of the power elite
C. the enlargement of the administrative elite
D. the provision of institutionalized social control
Answer» C. the enlargement of the administrative elite
1335.

Antarctica is occupied by several nations together because no one nations has________________?

A. sovereignty over it
B. the desire to rule it
C. interest in its resources
D. the power to take it over
Answer» B. the desire to rule it
1336.

The average variable cost curve ?

A. is derived from the average fixed costs
B. Converges with the average cost as output increases
C. Equals the total costs divided by the output
D. Equals revenue minus profits
Answer» C. Equals the total costs divided by the output
1337.

Total increases from Rs500 to Rs600 when output increases from 20 to 30 units. Fixed costs are Rs200 Which of the following is true ?

A. Marginal cost is Rs20
B. Average cost falls
C. Variable cost rises by Rs100
D. Average fixed cost is Rs10
Answer» D. Average fixed cost is Rs10