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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 an increase in government purchases increases the income of some people, and those people spend some of that increase in income on additional consumer goods, we have seen a demonstration of ?
A The multiplier effects
B supply side economics
C None of these answers
D The crowding out effect
Correct Answer: The multiplier effects
Which of the following statements regarding taxes is correct ?
A Most economists believe that in the short run the greatest impact of a change in taxes is on aggregate supply, not aggregate demand
B An increase in taxes shifts the aggregate demand curve to the right
C A decrease in taxes shifts the aggregate supply curve to the left
D A permanent change in taxes has a greater effect on aggregate demand than a temporary change in taxes.
Correct Answer: A permanent change in taxes has a greater effect on aggregate demand than a temporary change in taxes.
Suppose a wave of investor and consumer optimisms has increased spending so that the current level of input exceeds the long-run natural rate If policy makers choose to engage in activist stabilization policy they should ?
A decrease government spending Which the shifts the aggregate demand curve to the left
B decrease taxes, which shifts the aggregate demand curve to the right
C decrease taxes, which shifts the aggregate demand curve to the left
D decrease government spending which shifts the aggregate demand curve to the right
Correct Answer: decrease government spending Which the shifts the aggregate demand curve to the left
If the marginal propensity of consume MPC is 0.75 the value of the multiplier is ?
A 4
B 7.5
C 5
D 0.75
Correct Answer: 4
Suppose a wave of investor and consumer pessimism in the USA causes a reduction in spending If the US federal Reserve (Which has a broader remit than the Bank of England Which is charged only with controlling inflation) chooses to engage in activist stabilization policy it should ?
A Increase government spending and decrease taxes
B decrease the money supply
C decrease government spending and increase taxes
D decrease interest rates
Correct Answer: decrease interest rates
In the market for real output, the initial effect of an increase in the money supply is to ?
A shift the aggregate supply curve to the right
B shift the aggregate supply curve to the left
C shift the aggregate demand curve to the left
D shift the aggregate demand curve to the right
Correct Answer: shift the aggregate demand curve to the right
When supply and demand for money are expressed in a graph with the interest rate on the vertical axis and the quantity of money on the horizontal axis an increase in the price level ?
A shifts money demand to the right and increases the interest rate
B None of these answers
C shifts money demand to the right and decreases the interest rate
D shifts money demand to the left and increases the interest rate
Correct Answer: shifts money demand to the right and increases the interest rate
Keynes liquidity preference theory of the interest rate suggests that the interest rate is determined by ?
A aggregate supply and aggregate demand
B the supply and demand for loanable funds
C the supply and demand for money
D the supply and demand for labor
Correct Answer: the supply and demand for money
Which of the following best defines price discrimination ?
A charging different prices on the basis of race
B charging different prices for goods with different costs of production
C charging different prices based on cost-of-service differences
D selling a certain product of given quality and cost per unit at different prices to different buyers
Correct Answer: selling a certain product of given quality and cost per unit at different prices to different buyers
Compared to the case of perfect competition, a monopolist is more likely to ?
A charge a higher price
B produce a lower quantity of the product
C make a greater amount of economic profit
D all of the above
Correct Answer: all of the above