All Free Economics MCQs with Answers

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  • A. Idealism
  • B. Blind game
  • C. Speculation
  • D. Risk covering

Explanation: Speculation means undertaking a risky business activity in expectation of earning a substantial profit from future price changes.

Correct answer: Speculation
  • A. combine fund
  • B. Mutual fund
  • C. Liquid fund
  • D. Stock holding company

Explanation: A mutual fund pools investors’ money, issues or redeems units, and invests the capital in a diversified portfolio of securities.

Correct answer: Mutual fund
  • A. Farming practice of growing a single crop
  • B. Homogeneous Nations
  • C. Homogeneous market
  • D. Homogeneous business

Explanation: Monoculture means cultivating one crop, usually over a large area or throughout a farming system.

Correct answer: Farming practice of growing a single crop
  • A. Market Economy
  • B. Free Market
  • C. Both of them
  • D. None of them

Explanation: A free market is one in which prices and allocation are mainly determined by demand and supply rather than government controls.

Correct answer: Both of them
  • A. To convert assets into cash
  • B. Abolish
  • C. Both of them
  • D. All of them

Explanation: To liquidate may mean converting assets into cash and using them to settle debts, and it can also mean abolishing or eliminating…

Correct answer: Both of them
  • A. Grey market
  • B. White market
  • C. Red market
  • D. Open market

Explanation: A grey market involves goods traded through unofficial or unauthorized channels without necessarily being illegal.

Correct answer: Grey market
  • A. Generic
  • B. Forged goods
  • C. Contraband
  • D. Clean goods

Explanation: Generic products are sold without a brand name or trademark and are usually identified by their standard product name.

Correct answer: Generic
  • A. Open trade
  • B. Free trade
  • C. Open sky trade
  • D. Easy trade

Explanation: Free trade is the exchange of goods and services across borders with minimal or no tariffs, quotas, or foreign-exchange restrictions.

Correct answer: Free trade

3409. Free port is ?

  • A. Where no export duties are levied
  • B. Where no import duties are levied
  • C. Where no expert or import duties are levied
  • D. Where everything can be import or export

Explanation: A free port is an area where goods may be imported and exported without customs duties, subject to applicable regulations.

Correct answer: Where no expert or import duties are levied
  • A. The market value of securities less any debt incurred and common stock and preferred stock
  • B. Funds provided to a business by the sale of stock
  • C. Both of them
  • D. None of them

Explanation: Equity represents the owners' residual interest after liabilities are deducted from asset value, and it can be raised through the sale of…

Correct answer: Both of them
  • A. Embargo
  • B. Contraband
  • C. Ban
  • D. Restriction

Explanation: An embargo is an official government order restricting or completely stopping trade, shipping, or specified imports and exports with…

Correct answer: Embargo
  • A. Share
  • B. Profit-share
  • C. Dividend
  • D. Margin

Explanation: A dividend is the portion of a company's distributable profit paid to its shareholders.

Correct answer: Dividend
  • A. Property right
  • B. Sole right
  • C. Copyright
  • D. Right

Explanation: Copyright gives an author or assignee exclusive legal rights to publish, reproduce, or otherwise use an original work.

Correct answer: Copyright
  • A. Adam Smith
  • B. David Ricardo
  • C. David Smith
  • D. Adam Ricardo

Explanation: David Ricardo proposed comparative advantage, showing that countries can gain from trade by specialising according to their relative…

Correct answer: David Ricardo
  • A. Pledge
  • B. Assurance
  • C. Collateral
  • D. Guaranty

Explanation: Collateral is an asset or security pledged to a lender to guarantee repayment if the borrower defaults.

Correct answer: Collateral
  • A. Business Crop
  • B. Cash crop
  • C. Money Crop
  • D. Earning Crop

Explanation: A cash crop is cultivated mainly for sale in the market rather than for consumption by the farmer's household.

Correct answer: Cash crop
  • A. capital asset
  • B. solid asset
  • C. solid capital
  • D. Future asset

Explanation: A capital asset is a long-term asset used in business, such as land, buildings or machinery, rather than an item held for immediate sale.

Correct answer: capital asset
  • A. Corporate Laws
  • B. Secondary Laws
  • C. By laws
  • D. Internal Laws

Explanation: Bylaws are the internal rules governing the management and operation of an organization, such as procedures for meetings and…

Correct answer: By laws
  • A. Dealer
  • B. Broker
  • C. Agent
  • D. Commission agent

Explanation: A broker acts as an intermediary who brings buyers and sellers together, usually earning a commission without taking ownership of the…

Correct answer: Broker
  • A. Open value
  • B. Book value
  • C. Real value
  • D. Artificial value

Explanation: Book value is the amount at which an asset is recorded in a firm's accounting records, usually after depreciation.

Correct answer: Book value