ECONOMICS
Paper – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. Who distinguished between value in use and value in exchange and gave the famous example of diamonds and
water ?
(A) Adam Smith
(B) David Ricardo
(C) Alfred Marshall
(D) Karl Marx
2. In an economy of two individuals A and B and two commodities X and Y, general equilibrium of production and exchange occurs when
3. When income effect becomes stronger than substitution effect, the labour supply curve will
(A) Slope positively
(B) Negatively sloped
(C) Bend backward
(D) Slope upwards
4. Assertion (A) : The concept of supply curve is meaningless for the monopolist.
Reason (R) : Monopolists are price setters; it does not make reuse to ask what output they will produce at various prices.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(D) (R) is correct, but (A) is incorrect.
5. Predatory pricing policy is designed to
(A) drive competitors out of business
(B) maximise profits
(C) encourage entrants into the market
(D) attain least cost output
6. Match items in List – I with items in List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below :
7. An industry whose long run supply curve is horizontal is called
(A) Constant cost industry
(B) Increasing Cost Industry
(C) Decreasing Cost Industry
(D) Efficient Industry
8. The practice of charging each consumer the reservation price is called
(A) Peak load pricing
(B) Inter-temporal price discrimination
(C) First degree price discrimination
(D) Third degree price discrimination
9. Frictional unemployment is also known as
(A) Disguised unemployment
(B) Turnover unemployment
(C) Cyclical unemployment
(D) Structural unemployment
10. Arrange in ascending chronological order the following consumption hypotheses in which they appeared in the economics literature :
(1) Absolute increase hypothesis
(2) Permanent increase hypothesis
(3) Life cycle hypothesis
(4) Relative increase hypothesis
Codes :
(A) 1, 3, 4, 2
(B) 1, 2, 4, 3
(C) 1, 4, 3, 2
(D) 1, 3, 2, 4
11. Assume a model of income determination of the following type :
Where C = Consumption expenditure; Y = income; Yd = disposable income; T = taxes; T0 = Tan, when Y = 0; t1 = marginal tax rate; I = investment expenditure; G = Government expenditure; and bar ‘–’ as the variable indicates that these autonomous variables. Then the tax multiples with respect to T0 is :
12. Which of the following components of aggregate demand is selfterminating and self-financing ?
(A) Investment expenditure
(B) Durable consumption expenditure
(C) Non-durable consumption expenditure
(D) Government expenditure
13. Arrange all the four concepts of money supply M1, M2, M3 and M4 in the ascending order in terms of their
liquidity :
(A) M3, M2, M1 and M4
(B) M1, M2, M3 and M4
(C) M4, M2, M3 and M1
(D) M4, M3, M2 and M1
14. Who amongst the following economists imparted money demand of a portfolio theory approach ?
(1) J.M. Keynes
(2) Baumol
(3) James Tobin
(4) Milton Friedman
Codes :
(A) 1, 2
(B) 3, 4
(C) 1, 2, 3
(D) 2, 3, 4
15. Which of the following is not a characteristic feature of the Phillips curve ?
(A) The Price expectations are adaptive
(B) The unemployment rate, when money wage stabilises, is 5½ percent
(C) The price expectations are static
(D) there is a loop around Phillips curve
16. The crowding out effect is zero when
(A) there is liquidity trap, or investment is perfectly interest inelastic
(B) money demand is perfectly interest inelastic, or investment is perfectly interest elastic
(C) IS curve is falling and LM curve is rising
(D) None of the above
17. Meeting the needs of present generation without compromising the needs of future generation is
(A) Economic Development
(B) Social Development
(C) Sustainable Development
(D) Economic Growth
18. The full capacity growth rate in Harrod-Domar Model is also known as
(A) Actual growth rate
(B) Warranted growth rate
(C) Natural growth rate
(D) Expected growth rate
19. Inventors of HDI are
I. Harris-Todaro
II. Megnad Desai
III. Robert Solow
IV. Amartya Sen
Codes :
(A) I and II are correct.
(B) I and III are correct.
(C) III and IV are correct.
(D) II and IV are correct.
20. Components of PQLI
I. Morbidity
II. Infant mortality
III. Life expectancy at age one
IV. Basic literacy at age 15
Codes :
(A) I, III and IV are correct.
(B) III, II and IV are correct.
(C) I, II and III are correct.
(D) IV, I and II are correct.
21. Assertion (A) : All historical events are the results of continuous economic struggle between different classes and groups in society.
Reason (R) : The main cause of this struggle is the conflict between the ‘mode of production’ and the ‘relations of production’.
Codes :
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong.
(B) (A) is wrong, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
22. Match the items given in List – I with those in List – II :
23. Match the items given in List – I with those in List – II :
24. Which of the following is correct about the ‘Hindu Growth Rate’ ?
(A) This is about economic growth of the Hindu population.
(B) Shows economic disparities among different social groups in India.
(C) Reflects low growth performance of the Indian economy during 1950-80.
(D) Hints at accelerated growth in India since 1980
25. Find out the incorrect statement about the success of economic reforms in India.
(A) Benefits of demographic dividends
(B) Increased share of the corporate sector in Gross Domestic Savings
(C) Narrowing down of the current account deficit
(D) Slow down of population growth rate
26. Single out the activity that is not included in the Industrial Production Index of India :
(A) Manufacturing
(B) Construction
(C) Mining
(D) Electricity
27. High growth of which industry provides a positive signal for industrial growth in future ?
(A) Capital goods industries
(B) Basic goods industries
(C) Durable consumer goods industries
(D) Intermediate goods industries
28. Identify the method not being used for unemployment estimation by the NSSO in India.
(A) Current monthly status
(B) Current daily status
(C) Current weekly status
(D) Usual principal and subsidiary status
29. The process of budget making after reevaluating every item of expenditure in every financial year is known as
(A) Performance Budgeting
(B) Fresh Budgeting
(C) Debit Budgeting
(D) Zero Based Budgeting
30. Rank the states in terms of ascending Human Development Index (HDI) as per India Human Development Report 2011 :
I. Bihar
II. Gujarat
III. Odisha
IV. Tamil Nadu
Codes :
(A) I, II, III, IV
(B) III, I, II, IV
(C) I, III, IV, II
(D) III, II, I, IV
31. A difference in relative commodity prices between two nations can be based upon a difference in
(A) factor endowment
(B) technology
(C) tastes
(D) All of the above
32. Which type of trade is not explained by the Heckscher-Ohlin model ?
(A) Trade based on economies of scale
(B) Intra industry trade
(C) Trade based on imitation gaps and product cycles
(D) All of the above
33. An example of a Euro currency is
(A) a dollar deposit outside the U.S.
(B) a pound sterling deposit within UK
(C) a mark deposit with Germany
(D) All of the above
34. A deficit or surplus in the India’s balance of payments is measured by the net balance of
(A) the current account
(B) the capital account
(C) allocation of SDRs and the statistical discrepancy
(D) All of the above
35. If the demand of the domestic consumers is infinitely elastic and the supply of the foreign producer is perfectly inelastic, then the whole of the tariff will
(A) be paid by the domestic consumers
(B) be paid by the foreign producer
(C) be equally shared by the domestic consumers and the foreign producer
(D) yield neither revenue nor protection to either of them
36. The RBI made Indian Rupee fully convertible in current account transactions related to goods and services in the year
(A) 1985
(B) 2002
(C) 1994
(D) 2011
37. According to the monetary approach, a revaluation of a nation’s currency
(A) increases the nation’s demand for money
(B) increases the nation’s supply of money
(C) reduces the nation’s demand for money
(D) reduces the nation’s supply of money
38. Arrange the following in chronological order :
I. Sarkar Award
II. Niemeyer Award
III. Deshmukh Award
IV. Meston Award
Codes :
(A) II, IV, III, I
(B) IV, III, II, I
(C) III, II, IV, I
(D) IV, II, I, III
39. In which of the following, Zero Based Budgeting is difficult to introduce ?
I. Establishment charges
II. Public works
III. Irrigation Projects
IV. Federal fiscal transfers
Codes :
(A) I, III and IV are correct.
(B) II, III and IV are correct.
(C) I and IV are correct.
(D) II and III are correct.
40. Match the items given in List – I with those in List – II :
41. Which of the following tax has ‘announcement effect’ ?
(A) Income tax
(B) Property tax
(C) Excise Duties
(D) Capital gains taxation
42. Which of the following tax is within the jurisdiction of Union or Central Government as enumerated in
List – I of Schedule VII of the India Constitution ?
(A) Taxes on the consumption and sale of electricity.
(B) Taxes on goods and passengers carried by road.
(C) Taxes on luxuries, including entertainments.
(D) Taxes on Sales and purchase of newspapers and on advertisement therein.
43. A tax imposed on a commodity according to its weight, size or measurement is called
(A) Advalorem tax
(B) Specific tax
(C) Single tax
(D) Double taxation
44. Which of the following is Musgrave’s views on incidence of taxation ?
(A) Settlement of tax on ultimate tax payer.
(B) Formal and effective incidence of taxation.
(C) Changes in the distribution of income for private use arising from changes in budget policy.
(D) The final direct money burden of a tax.
45. Given arithmetic mean = 45, mode = 48, then median =
(A) 46
(B) 45
(C) 48
(D) 49
46. If two events A and B are mutually inclusive, then P(A or B) is
(A) P(A) + P(B) – P(AB)
(B) P(A) + P(B) + P(AB)
(C) P(A) + P(B)
(D) P(A) P(B)
47. The analysis of variance is carried out by using
(A) t-test
(B) Z-test
(C) c2-test
(D) F-test
48. Systematic sampling implies that the first item is selected randomly and
(A) the other items are selected by lottery method
(B) the other items are selected purposively
(C) then every kth item is selected
(D) the other items are selected at the will of the investigator
49. Given the following information match the item in List – I with List – II :
50. Assertion (A) : Geometric mean is theoretically considered as the best average to construct index numbers.
Reason (R) : Geometric mean is used if the range of observations is extremely large.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
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