Economics GK Quiz
Q46. "Money is what money does". Who said this
(a) Adam Smith
(b) Walker
(c) Budgetory deficit
(d) Demand deficit
Answer: (b) Walker
Q47. Price Effect is a combination of
(a) Income effect and supply effect
(b) Income effect and substitution effect
(c) Income effect and depreciation effect
(d) Appreciation effect
Answer: (b) Income effect and substitution effect
Q48. Price Effect is a combination of
(a) Income effect and supply effect
(b) Income effect and substitution effect
(c) Income effect and depreciation effect
(d) Appreciation effect
Answer: (b) Income effect and substitution effect
Q49. The need of Double Co-incidence of Wants is associated with
(a) Unplanned Economy
(b) Parallel Economy
(c) Barter System
(d) Socialist Economy
Answer: (c) Barter System
Q50. For an Inferior Good having income effectless than substitution effect, the demand curve will be
(a) Slope Downward
(b) Slope Upward
(c) Become a straight line
(d) None of the above
Answer: (a) Slope Downward
Q51. What would you derive when total expenditure is deducted from total receipt
(a) National Income
(b) Money deficit
(c) Budgetory deficit
(d) Demand deficit
Answer: (c) Budgetory deficit
Q52. The cost that a firm incurs on purchasing raw materials for producing a commodity is known as
(a) Total cost
(b) Variable cost
(c) Fixed cost
(d) Implicit cost
Answer: (b) Variable cost
Q53. Who has given the theory of "Big Push"
(a) Paul N. Rosentein-Rodan
(b) Arthur Lewis
(c) Harvey Leibenstein
(d) H. Stiglitz
Answer: (a) Paul N. Rosentein-Rodan
Q54. According to Meadows, the "Limits to growth" should be
(a) Zero percent
(b) Between 5-10 percent
(c) Between 10-25 percent
(d) Between 25-50 percent
Answer: (a) Zero percent
Q55. When the economic growth in one region had adverse effect on the other regions, it is called
(a) Backwash effect
(b) Brain drain effect
(c) Trickle down effect
(d) International demonstration effect
Answer: (a) Backwash effect
Q56. According to Stackelberg, where is the "Cournot Point" situated on the demand line of a firm
(a) When elasticity is unity
(b) When elasticity is less than unity
(c) When elasticity is more than unity
(d) Anywhere on the demand line
Answer: (c) When elasticity is more than unity
Q57. Who among the following economists has not given a model to explain pricing in a duopoly market
(a) Bertrand
(b) Chamberlin
(c) Cournot
(d) Stackelberg
Answer: (b) Chamberlin
Q58. Who gave the concept of opportunity cost in 1914
(a) Haberler
(b) Marshall
(c) Gossen
(d) Wieser
Answer: (d) Wieser
Q59. Who among the following showed that an import tariff can reduce domestic price
(a) Metzler
(b) Krugman
(c) Machlup
(d) Salvatore
Answer: (a) Metzler
Q60. Who said that "Laws of Economics are like tides"
(a) Adam Smith
(b) David Ricardo
(c) L. Walras
(d) Alfred Marshall
Answer: (d) Alfred Marshall
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