Basic Concepts of Economics MCQs

The govt. can control inflation by ______?

A. Increasing demand for goods
B. Increasing supply of goods
C. Increasing money supply
D. Decreasing taxes

Which property the paper money does not process ?

A. Acceptability
B. Divisibility
C. Durability
D. Portability

Trade between two countries can be useful if cost ratios of goods are ?

A. Equal
B. Different
C. Undetermined
D. Decreasing

Which of the following would cause income to become more unequal ?

A. Increased employment
B. Increased unemployment allowance
C. More progressive taxes
D. More regressive taxes

When banks prepare their balance sheets. They show the money lent in ?

A. Liability
B. Assets
C. Both assets and liabilities
D. None

Which of the following is not an instrument of monetary policy ?

A. Taxation
B. Bank rate
C. Open-market operations
D. Credit rationing

In which capacity does a person stand to gain from deflation ?

A. As a pensioner
B. As a debtor
C. As an entrepreneur
D. As an equity-holder

Which is the most widely used tool of monetary policy ?

A. Clearing house
B. Open-market operations
C. Discount rate
D. Issuing of notes

Central bank’s rate of lending to commercial banks is called ?

A. Interest rate
B. Discount rate
C. Money rate
D. Control rate

Open market Operation is ?

A. Buying and selling bills of exchange
B. Buying and Selling govt. securities
C. Buying and selling shares of companies
D. Buying and selling foreign exchanges

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