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12th Standard Economics Important 1 Mark Questions

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Economics

Time : 01:00:00 Hrs
Total Marks : 50

    Answer all the following Questions.

    50 x 1 = 50
  1. Identify the other name for Macro Economics.

    (a)

    Price Theory

    (b)

    Income Theory

    (c)

    Market Theory

    (d)

    Micro Theory

  2. Identify the necessity of Economic policies

    (a)

    to solve the basic problems

    (b)

    to overcome the obstacles

    (c)

    to achieve growth

    (d)

    all the above

  3. Identify The Father of Socialism

    (a)

    J M Keynes

    (b)

    Karl Marx

    (c)

    Adam Smith

    (d)

    Samuelson

  4. Primary sector is ________

    (a)

    Industry

    (b)

    Trade

    (c)

    Agriculture

    (d)

    Construction.

  5. National income is a measure of the__________ performance of an economy

    (a)

    Industrial

    (b)

    Agricultural

    (c)

    Economic

    (d)

    Consumption

  6. The largest proportion of national income comes from___________

    (a)

    Private sector

    (b)

    Local sector

    (c)

    Public sector

    (d)

    None of the above

  7. In disguised unemployment, the marginal productivity of labour is _________

    (a)

    Zero

    (b)

    One

    (c)

    Two

    (d)

    Positive

  8. _________ Flexibility brings equality between saving and investment

    (a)

    Demand

    (b)

    Supply

    (c)

    Capital

    (d)

    Rate of Interest

  9. Say’s law stressed the operation of________ in the economy

    (a)

    Induced price mechanism

    (b)

    Automatic price mechanism

    (c)

    Induced demand

    (d)

    Induced investment

  10. As increase in consumption at any given level of income is likely to lead

    (a)

    Higher aggregate demand

    (b)

    An increase in exports

    (c)

    A fall in taxation revenue

    (d)

    A decrease in import spending

  11. When investment is assumed autonomous the slope of the AD schedule is determined by the______.

    (a)

    marginal propensity to invest

    (b)

    disposable income

    (c)

    marginal propensity to consume

    (d)

    average propensity to consume

  12. Paper currency system is managed by the______.

    (a)

    Central Monetary authority

    (b)

    State Government

    (c)

    Central Government

    (d)

    Banks

  13. ___________inflation occurs when general prices of commodities increases due to increase in production costs such as wages and raw materials.

    (a)

    Cost-push

    (b)

    demand pull

    (c)

    running

    (d)

    galloping

  14. Bank credit refers to

    (a)

    Bank Loans

    (b)

    Advances

    (c)

    Bank loans and advances

    (d)

    Borrowings

  15. Bank Rate means.

    (a)

    Re-discounting the first class securities

    (b)

    Interest rate

    (c)

    Exchange rate

    (d)

    Growth rate

  16. ARDC started functioning from

    (a)

    June 3, 1963

    (b)

    July 3, 1963

    (c)

    June 1, 1963

    (d)

    July 1, 1963

  17. 2016 Demonetization of currency includes denominations of

    (a)

    Rs.500 and Rs.1000

    (b)

    Rs.1000 and Rs.2000

    (c)

    Rs.200 and Rs.500

    (d)

    All the above

  18. In general, a primary reason why nations conduct international trade is because

    (a)

    Some nations prefer to produce one thing while others produce another

    (b)

    Resources are not equally distributed among all trading nations

    (c)

    Trade enhances opportunities to accumulate profits

    (d)

    Interest rates are not identical in all trading nations

  19. Who among the following enunciated the concept of single factoral terms of trade?

    (a)

    Jacob Viner

    (b)

    G.S.Donens

    (c)

    Taussig

    (d)

    J.S.Mill

  20. Benefits of FDI include, theoretically

    (a)

    Boost in Economic Growth

    (b)

    Increase in the import and export of goods and services

    (c)

    Increased employment and skill levels

    (d)

    All of these

  21. International Monetary Fund is having its headquarters at

    (a)

    Washington D.C.

    (b)

    New York

    (c)

    Vienna

    (d)

    Geneva

  22. The other name for Special Drawing Rights is

    (a)

    Paper gold

    (b)

    Quotas

    (c)

    Voluntary Export Restrictions

    (d)

    None of these

  23. International Development Association is an affiliate of

    (a)

    IMF

    (b)

    World Bank

    (c)

    SAARC

    (d)

    ASEAN

  24. The term BRIC was coined in

    (a)

    2001

    (b)

    2005

    (c)

    2008

    (d)

    2010

  25. The tax possesses the following characteristics

    (a)

    Compulsory

    (b)

    No quid pro quo

    (c)

    Failure to pay is offence

    (d)

    All the above

  26. Which of the following is a direct tax?

    (a)

    Excise duty

    (b)

    Income tax

    (c)

    Customs duty

    (d)

    Service tax

  27. Consider the following statements and identify the right ones.
    (i) The finance commission is appointed by the President
    (ii) The tenure of Finance commission is five years

    (a)

    i only

    (b)

    ii only

    (c)

    both

    (d)

    none

  28. Which one of the following causes of global warming?

    (a)

    Earth gravftation force

    (b)

    Oxygen

    (c)

    Centripetal force

    (d)

    Increasing temperature

  29. Primary cause of Soil pollution is ________

    (a)

    Pest control measures

    (b)

    Land reclamation

    (c)

    Agricultural runoff

    (d)

    Chemical fertilizer

  30. Alkali soils are predominantly located in the _______ plains?

    (a)

    Indus-Ganga

    (b)

    North-Indian

    (c)

    Gangetic plains

    (d)

    All the above

  31. Which among the following is a characteristic of underdevelopment?

    (a)

    Vicious circle of poverty

    (b)

    Rising mass consumption

    (c)

    Growth of Industries

    (d)

    High rate of urbanization

  32. Economic growth measures the_______

    (a)

    Growth of productivity

    (b)

    Increase in nominal income

    (c)

    Increase in output

    (d)

    None of the above

  33. Which of the following country adopts indicative planning?

    (a)

    France

    (b)

    Germany

    (c)

    Italy

    (d)

    Russia

  34. Sarvodaya Plan was advocated by__________

    (a)

    Mahatma Gandhi

    (b)

    J.P.Narayan

    (c)

    S.N Agarwal 

    (d)

    M.N. Roy

  35. The word 'statistics' is used as _______

    (a)

    Singular.

    (b)

    Plural

    (c)

    Singular and Plural.

    (d)

    None of above

  36. The value of the coefficient of correlation r lies between

    (a)

    0 and 1

    (b)

    -1 and 0

    (c)

    -1 and +1

    (d)

    -0.5 and +0.5

  37. Econometric is the word coined by

    (a)

    Francis Galton

    (b)

    Ragnar Frish

    (c)

    Karl Person

    (d)

    Spearsman

  38. Econometrics is the amalgamation of

    (a)

    3 subjects

    (b)

    4 subjects

    (c)

    2 subjects

    (d)

    5 subjects

  39. Planned economy is also known as _________.

    (a)

    Capitalist Economy

    (b)

    Socialist Economy

    (c)

    Mixed Economy

    (d)

    All the above

  40. The total money value of final goods and services produced in the country excluding depreciation is called _________.

    (a)

    NDP

    (b)

    GDP

    (c)

    NNP

    (d)

    GNP

  41. _________ is only a medium of exchange.

    (a)

    Money

    (b)

    Goods

    (c)

    Labour

    (d)

    Service

  42. The Great Depression of 1930s was also caused by a _______________

    (a)

    Fall in investment

    (b)

    Income and consumption

    (c)

    Income and employment

    (d)

    Interest and money

  43. Gold Standard is a system in which the value of the monetary unit or the standard currency is _____ linked with gold.

    (a)

    directly

    (b)

    indirectly

    (c)

    positively

    (d)

    negatively

  44. __________refers to persuasion

    (a)

    Growth rate

    (b)

    Minimization

    (c)

    Optimization

    (d)

    Moral Suasion

  45. Viner has devised another concept called ________.

    (a)

    The single factoral terms of trade

    (b)

    Net Barter terms of trade

    (c)

    Gross Barter terms of trade

    (d)

    Internal trade

  46. WTO is planned to organize 12th ministerial conference at _________ in 2020.

    (a)

    Russia

    (b)

    China

    (c)

    Kazakhstan

    (d)

    South Africa

  47. Public revenue can be classified into ____________

    (a)

    Two

    (b)

    Three

    (c)

    Four

    (d)

    Five

  48. Find the missing agent of economy.

    (a)

    Producer’s Recycle

    (b)

    Distributor

    (c)

    Consumers

    (d)

    None of the above

  49. "Strictly speaking all economic life involves planning" was said by

    (a)

    Alfred Marshall

    (b)

    Lionel Robbins

    (c)

    J.M. Keynes

    (d)

    Schumpeter

  50. There are two major types of statistics named as _________ and __________ based on nature.

    (a)

    new statistics and old statistics

    (b)

    descriptive statistics and inferential statistics

    (c)

    numerical statistics and inferential statistics

    (d)

    none of the above

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