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Economics Mcqs 4423 MCQs [All-Courses]

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Economics MCQs cover fundamental concepts of microeconomics and macroeconomics, including demand and supply, inflation, national income, and economic policies.
This section is designed to strengthen analytical skills and conceptual understanding for competitive examinations.
Highly useful for PPSC, FPSC, NTS, OTS, KPPSC, and other testing services preparation.

When the financial system lacks the capability of making judgement about investment opportunities due to asymmetric information leading to potentially bad credit risks lending is subject to ?
A adverse selection
B moral hazard
C social goods
D hyperinflation
Correct Answer: adverse selection
Which of the following is NOT true ?
A Taxes on international trade are the major source of tax revenue for low-income countries with poor administrative capacity
B import duties can restrict luxury goods consumption
C several LDCs have used value-added taxes to raise a substantial fraction of revenues
D Cascade tax a form of progressive tax, is dominant in DCs
Correct Answer: Cascade tax a form of progressive tax, is dominant in DCs
The property tax wealth tax inheritance tax and income taxes such as persona and corporate taxes are ?
A indirect taxes
B direct taxes
C inelastic
D value-added tax
Correct Answer: direct taxes
_______ states that as real GNP per capita rises, people demand relatively more social goods and relatively fewer private goods?
A incomes policy
B Moral hazard
C Wagner’s law
D Fiscal policy
Correct Answer: Wagner’s law
By using fiscal policy, i (e) varying ______ and/or _____ governments achieve goals for output and employment growth as well as price stability?
A demand pull inflation tax elasticity
B interest rates, financial liberalization
C interest rates, tax rates
D tax rates, government spending
Correct Answer: tax rates, government spending
Demand pull inflation result from ?
A demand for government spending on public goods goes due to lack of financial backup through tax collection
B consumer business and government demand for goods and services in excess of an economy’s capacity to produce
C a shortage of demand for goods and services in excess of supply during depression
D demand for public goods is greater than demand for consumer goods
Correct Answer: consumer business and government demand for goods and services in excess of an economy’s capacity to produce
With _______ prices rise in the first sector, remain the same in the second and increase overall?
A ratchet inflation
B inflationary expectations
C import substitution
D demand pull inflation
Correct Answer: ratchet inflation
If people with higher incomes pay a higher percentage of income in taxes, the income tax structure is ?
A progressive
B regressive
C value added taxes (VAT)
D excise taxes
Correct Answer: progressive
The Bank of England and the Federal Reserve ?
A are central banks
B are branches of commercial banks
C use fiscal policy to influence GDP
D loan money to most of LDC commercial banks
Correct Answer: are central banks
Monetary policy effects the _________ and __________?
A reserve, unemployment
B money supply, interest rate
C taxes, exchange rate
D stock price, minimum wage
Correct Answer: money supply, interest rate