General Studies
General Studies
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L'rT: 200 Maximum Marks : 200
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3. Which one of the following does not cause a shift in aggregate demand?
(a) Consumption (b) Imports (c) Prices (d) Investment
8. What is the maximum rate of tax in GST (Goods and Services Tax) in India?
(a) 22% (b) 24% (c) 26% (d) 28%
9. Which one of the following schemes has been abolished in the Union Budget 2017-18?
(a) Advance Authorization Scheme (b) Duty Free Import Authorization Scheme
(c) Special Economic Zone Scheme (d) Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme
10. The Government of India has fixed the inflation target of 4 percent for the period of
(a) 2014-2019 (b) 2015-2020 (c) 2016-2021 (d) 2017-2022
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(a) 22% (b) 24% (c) 26% (d) 28%
16. Rural / Urban population ratio in India as per Census 201 1 is:
(a) 72.85:27.14 b) 68.85: 31.14 (c) 66.85:33.14 (d) None of the above
17. What is the decadal growth rate of population in India as per Census 2011 ?
(a) 17.72 (b) 21.72 (c) 18.72 (d) 20.72
19. Net factor Income from abroad in estimation of GNP in India has been
(a) always negative
(b) always positive
(c) sometimes negative and sometimes positive
(d) Not known
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20. The foreign trade multiplier (K1.) is equal to:
AX AX AS AY
(a) K1. = (b) K1 = (c) Kf (d) Kf =
21. If the values of MPS = 0.3 and MPM = 0.2 then an increase in exports by 1,000 crores,
the raised national income through foreign trade multiplier will be:
(a) 2,000 crores (b) 3,000 crores (c) 4,000 crores (d) 5,000 crores
22. The production and consumption loss due to imposition of tariff is jointly called
(a) dead-weight loss (b) revenue loss
(c) balance of payments deficit (d) terms of trade loss
23. A tariff that maximises the difference between the terms of trade gain and the dead weight
loss is called
(a) Retaliatory tariff (b) Optimum tariff
(c) Countervailing tariff (d) Double-column tariff
25. The EEC countries decided to limit the fluctuation in their currencies relative to each other
to a smaller band in 1973 is called
(a) Clean float (b) The snake in the tunnel
(c) Dirty float (d) Adjustable peg system
28. When accounting balance is produced with the help of accommodating transactions then it
is called
(a) Balance of Payment settlement (b) Balance of Payment adjustment
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of the above
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(a) 2012-2017 (b) 2013-2018 (c) 2014-2019 (d) 2015-2020
30. The optimum tariff rate for a tariff imposing country can be found by using the following
formula
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(a) (b) t-j (c) t= (d) t- -j
e
31. According to monetary approach of Balance of Payments, the demand for money is a
stable function of
(a) income, prices and rate of interest
(b) income and prices
(c) prices and rate of interest
(d) income, prices and foreign exchange reserves
32. Which one the following tenns of trade is considered by J.S. Mill in his trade theory?
(a) Gross barter terms of trade (b) Net barter terms of trade
(c) Income terms of trade (d) Utility terms of trade
33. The factor-intensity reversal takes place in case of Hecksher - Ohlin theorem when two
isoquants would
(a) cut each other only once (b) cut each other more than once
(c) not cut each other (d) All of the above
34. Which one of the following BRICS Summit theme was 'Building Responsive, Inclusive
and Collective Solution'?
(a) 6th Summit (b) 7th Summit (c) 8th Summit (d) 9th Summit
37. When cost of production is zero, monopoly equilibrium will be established at a level where
elasticity of demand curve is:
(a) Greater than one (b) Equal to one
(c) Less than one (d) infinity
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38. The price of a commodity X in perfect competition is 25. What will be the marginal
revenue of selling 200w unit?
(a) 25 (b) 5,000 (c) 80 (d) 225
39. If the total production in an economy for a product is produced by a few big firms, then
this market is known as:
(a) Monopolistic Competition (b) Oligopoly
(c) Duopoly (d) Discriminating Monopoly
43. The burden of a tax on the consumer will be greater than producer if
(a) Demand is more elastic (b) Demand is more inelastic
(c) Supply is more elastic (d) None of the above
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46. Engels curve illustrates the relationship between
(a) Consumption and Utility (b) Production and Productivity
(c) Income and Consumption (d) Income and Production
47. If total revenue rises when price falls, the demand curve is
(a) Elastic (b) Unitary elastic (c) Inelastic (d) None of the above
51. Second Five Year Plan was based on the model developed by
(a) A.K. Sen (b) C.H. Hanumantha Rao
(c) P.C. Mahalnobis (d) K.N. Raj
52. Vicious circle of poverty should be broken for economic development. This fact has been
emphasised by:
(a) Ragnar Nurkse (b) Lewis (c) Rosenstein (d) Singer
54. The credit of developing the concept of modem economic growth goes to
(a) Gunnar Myrdal (b) Adam Smith (c) Simon Kuznets (d) Todaro
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58. Big Push Theory lays emphasis on
(a) Big Investment Sector (b) Agricultural sector
(c) Technical sector (d) None of these
63. "Rise of population is an obstacle to economic development." This statement was given by
(a) Maithus (b) Singer (c) Nurkse (d) Meiers
64. The idea of Economic planning in its present form, for the first time came in:
(a) 1920 (b) 1928 (c) 1934 (d) 1937
67. When the population under investigation is perishable, we should use the
(a) Census method (b) Sample method
(c) Both Census and Sample (d) Neither Census nor Sample
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70. If the MPC is zero, the value of multiplier will be
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) (d) 4
72. The probability of getting at least two heads in a simultaneous throw of three coins is
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/2 (c) 1/8 (d) 1/3
73. In case of two variables there will be only one regression line if
(a) r=0 (b) r+l (c) r=-1 (d) r=±l
74. Two events A and B are mutually exclusive : P(A) 1/5 and P(B) 1/3, then, probability
that neither A nor B will occur would be
(a) 9/15 (b) 8/15 (c) 7115 (d) 6/15
76. Transfer of Tax burden from one person to second person is called
(a) Tax Impact (b) Tax Shifting (c) Tax Incidence (d) None of the above
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83. VAT system was first initiated in
(a) India (b) France (c) Germany (d) Italy
84. Which one of the following is not a regular source of public revenue?
(a) Commercial revenue (b) Administrative revenue
(c) Taxation (d) Gifts and Grants
89. If per unit tax is imposed, then which curve will shift upward?
(a) Average cost curve (b) Marginal cost curve
(c) Fixed cost curve (d) Both (a) and (b)
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93. Under classical assumptions the aggregate supply curve of an economy is
(a) Upward sloping (b) Downward sloping
(c) Horizontal line (d) Vertical line
97. Under Keynesian Liquidity Trap conditions an increase in money supply will
(a) Reduce the rate of interest
(b) Increase investment spending
(c) Have no effect on interest rate, investment and employment
(d) Increase the level of employment
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