All Free Economics MCQs with Answers

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  • A. Consortium
  • B. Pool
  • C. Incorporation
  • D. Conglomerate

Explanation: A consortium is an association of independent companies that combine resources for a particular common objective while generally remaining…

Correct answer: Consortium
  • A. Conglomerate
  • B. Multinational
  • C. giant
  • D. Incorporation

Explanation: A conglomerate is a firm operating in two or more largely unrelated lines of business.

Correct answer: Conglomerate
  • A. Night Price
  • B. Closing Price
  • C. End price
  • D. Final price

Explanation: The closing price is the price recorded for the final transaction in a stock during a trading session.

Correct answer: Closing Price
  • A. A big company
  • B. Stock market
  • C. Joint-stock
  • D. A multinational company

Explanation: Bourse is a French term for a stock exchange or stock market where securities are bought and sold.

Correct answer: Stock market
  • A. Call price
  • B. Bid price
  • C. Term Price
  • D. Future Price

Explanation: The call price is the price at which a bond issuer may redeem or retire the bond on a specified call date.

Correct answer: Call price
  • A. Management
  • B. Board of Governor
  • C. Top brass
  • D. Board of Directors

Explanation: Shareholders elect the board of directors to oversee the corporation and perform responsibilities established by its charter.

Correct answer: Board of Directors
  • A. Open bond
  • B. Blank bond
  • C. Term bond
  • D. Bearer bond

Explanation: Bearer bonds are not registered in the owner's name on the issuer's books; possession generally establishes ownership.

Correct answer: Bearer bond
  • A. Bid
  • B. Offer price
  • C. Quote price
  • D. None of these

Explanation: A bid is the price a prospective buyer is prepared to pay for a security.

Correct answer: Bid
  • A. Market with upward and stock prices.
  • B. Market with a prolonged period of falling stock prices
  • C. A very big market
  • D. A very big industrial market

Explanation: A bear market is characterised by a sustained or prolonged decline in stock prices and generally pessimistic investor expectations.

Correct answer: Market with a prolonged period of falling stock prices
  • A. Checking
  • B. Audit
  • C. Stock-taking
  • D. Accounting

Explanation: An audit is an independent examination of accounting records and financial statements to assess whether they follow accepted accounting…

Correct answer: Audit
  • A. Value addition
  • B. Excise
  • C. Value added
  • D. Tax on stage

Explanation: Value added is the increase in worth created at each stage of production or distribution, calculated as output value minus the cost of…

Correct answer: Value added
  • A. Insignia
  • B. Patent mark
  • C. Trade Mark
  • D. Identification mark

Explanation: A trademark is a distinctive name, symbol, or mark placed on goods or packaging to identify the trader or producer.

Correct answer: Trade Mark
  • A. Cost push theory
  • B. Supply and Demand theory
  • C. Fundamental theory
  • D. Ricardo's theory

Explanation: The supply-and-demand theory explains price adjustment: excess supply puts downward pressure on prices, while excess demand creates upward…

Correct answer: Supply and Demand theory
  • A. Share holding
  • B. Stake
  • C. Partnership
  • D. None of these

Explanation: A stake is an ownership share or financial interest in an enterprise. Shareholding is the possession of shares, while partnership is a…

Correct answer: Stake
  • A. Royalty
  • B. Rent
  • C. Share
  • D. Intellectual royalty

Explanation: A royalty is a payment made for the right to use or exploit a privilege, such as a patent, copyright, mineral deposit, or franchise.

Correct answer: Royalty
  • A. Registering
  • B. Going public
  • C. Debuting
  • D. Public offering

Explanation: When a company offers its newly issued securities for sale to the general public, the transaction is called a public offering and is…

Correct answer: Public offering
  • A. Formal summary of proposed project
  • B. Document describing chief features of something for participants
  • C. Both of them
  • D. None of them

Explanation: A prospectus is a formal document that summarizes a proposed investment or project and explains its main features to prospective…

Correct answer: Both of them
  • A. Price competition
  • B. Price support
  • C. Price war
  • D. Price battle

Explanation: A price war occurs when competing firms repeatedly reduce prices to undercut one another and attract customers.

Correct answer: Price war
  • A. Real value
  • B. Net value
  • C. Par value
  • D. Gross value

Explanation: Par value is the nominal value printed or legally assigned to a security, especially a bond or share.

Correct answer: Par value
  • A. Conveyance of property as security for debt
  • B. Conveyance of company security for debt
  • C. Guarantee for debt
  • D. Assurance of debt repayment

Explanation: A mortgage is the transfer or conveyance of an interest in property as security for a loan or other debt.

Correct answer: Conveyance of property as security for debt