All Free Economics MCQs with Answers
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- A. A currency substitutes
- B. Coins
- C. De-valued currency
- D. Silver
Explanation: Artificial currency refers to a currency substitute used in place of official money, such as tokens or other substitute instruments.
Correct answer: A currency substitutes- A. Income from export
- B. Difference between imports and exports
- C. Income from imports
- D. All of them
Explanation: The trade balance measures the difference between the value of a country’s exports and imports, usually expressed as exports minus…
Correct answer: Difference between imports and exports- A. Application of science to achieve a commercial or industrial objective
- B. Application of modern science in the country
- C. Science based know low
- D. All of thesePolitical Science Mcqs
Explanation: Technology is the practical application of scientific knowledge and know-how to achieve useful commercial or industrial results.
Correct answer: Application of science to achieve a commercial or industrial objective- A. Prudent development
- B. Sustainable development
- C. Managed economy
- D. None of these
Explanation: Sustainable development meets present needs while preserving resources and opportunities for future generations.
Correct answer: Sustainable development- A. Sending of money to someone at distance
- B. The sum of money sent
- C. Both of them
- D. None of them
Explanation: Remittance can mean both the act of sending money and the money sent, especially funds transferred by workers to people in another place…
Correct answer: Both of them- A. Price index
- B. Price indexing
- C. Price fixing
- D. Price choosing
Explanation: A price index compares the prices of a selected group of goods with their prices in a chosen base period, usually setting the base at 100.
Correct answer: Price index- A. Market Economy
- B. Harvard Group
- C. Keynesian
- D. London Group
Explanation: Keynesian economics derives from the work of John Maynard Keynes and supports using fiscal and monetary policies to influence demand and…
Correct answer: Keynesian- A. Gross Domestic Product (GOP)
- B. Gross National output (GNO)
- C. Gross National Product (GNP)
- D. Gross National output
Explanation: Gross National Product measures the value of final goods and services produced by a country's nationals during a period, including net…
Correct answer: Gross National Product (GNP)- A. God standard system
- B. Gold based system
- C. Bullion standard system
- D. None of the above
Explanation: Under the gold standard, currency is convertible into a specified quantity of gold at a fixed rate on demand.
Correct answer: God standard system- A. Currency exchange
- B. Currency value
- C. Currency value
- D. Exchange rate
Explanation: An exchange rate expresses the value of one currency in terms of another currency, gold, or an international accounting unit such as the…
Correct answer: Exchange rate- A. Advance deduction of the interest in purchasing, selling or lending a commercial paper
- B. State (central) Bank's interest rate on loans to its member banks
- C. Both of them
- D. None of them
Explanation: The discount rate can refer to the rate applied when commercial paper is discounted and, in monetary policy, to the central bank's lending…
Correct answer: Both of them- A. Decreasing business activity
- B. Falling prices
- C. Unemployment
- D. All of these
Explanation: A depression is a severe and prolonged contraction in economic activity, typically involving falling prices, declining business activity…
Correct answer: All of these- A. Economic Cycle
- B. Business Cycle
- C. Complete Cycle
- D. Cycle Business
Explanation: The business cycle is the recurring pattern of recession, recovery, expansion or growth, and decline in overall economic activity.
Correct answer: Business Cycle- A. Balance of payment
- B. Balance sheet
- C. Terms of trade
- D. Balance of trade
Explanation: The balance of trade is the difference between the value of a country’s exports and imports of goods over a specified period.
Correct answer: Balance of trade- A. Breton Wood method
- B. Free market exchange rate
- C. Atlas method of exchange rate
- D. Open market exchange rate
Explanation: The World Bank’s Atlas method converts national income into a common dollar measure by using an exchange-rate average adjusted for…
Correct answer: Atlas method of exchange rate- A. adjusting for changes over time
- B. adjusting for data collection errors
- C. adjusting for population changes
- D. adjusting or changes in prices
Explanation: A nominal value is converted into a real value by removing the effect of price changes, usually through a price index.
Correct answer: adjusting or changes in prices- A. about the same point in time over different places
- B. about different points in time over the same variable
- C. about different variables over different places
- D. about different points in time over different places
Explanation: Time-series data track the same variable at different points in time, such as Pakistan’s inflation rate over several years.
Correct answer: about different points in time over the same variable- A. individual building blocks in the economy
- B. the relationship between different sectors on the economy
- C. household purchase decisions
- D. the economy as a whole
Explanation: Macroeconomics examines economy-wide outcomes such as national income, unemployment, inflation, and economic growth.
Correct answer: the economy as a whole- A. there is excess demand in the labour market
- B. there are some people who will not work at the going wage rate.
- C. people are not willing to work at the going wage rate.
- D. at the going wage rate, there are people who want to work but cannot find work.
Explanation: Unemployment exists when people who are willing and able to work at the prevailing wage cannot find jobs.
Correct answer: at the going wage rate, there are people who want to work but cannot find work.- A. a decrease in the overall price level.
- B. an increase in the overall price level.
- C. an increase in the overall level of economic activity.
- D. a decrease in the overall level of economics activity
Explanation: Inflation is a sustained rise in the general or overall price level, which reduces the purchasing power of money.
Correct answer: an increase in the overall price level.