Broadcasting companies use satellite TV subscriptions and television detector devices to deal with which problem?
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Economics MCQs
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- Miscellaneous Economics 737
- Basic of Economics 430
- Markets, Efficiency And The Public Interest 167
- Agriculture & Irrigation System of Pakistan 126
- Market 87
- Macroeconomic Issues and Analysis 75
- Money, Interest Rates And Output 73
- Introduction To Economics 70
- Population And Development 62
- Profit Maximizing Under Perfect Competition And Monopoly 56
- Income Inequality 52
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- Aggregate Supply, Unemployment And Inflation 45
- Natural Resources and the Environment Toward Sustainable Development 44
- Costs , Supply And Perfect Competition 44
- Human Capital 42
- Labour Market 39
- Monopoly 35
- Long Term Economic Growth 30
- Inflation & Productivity 30
- Regional Trading Arrangements 29
- Characteristics and Institutions of Developing Countries 24
- Oligopoly 23
- Consumer Theory vs. Real Consumers 20
- Applied Microeconomics 20
- Alternative Theories Of The Firm 20
- Public Goods 20
- Balance of Payments, Aid and Foreign Investment 19
- Prices, Wages & Taxes 19
- Comparative GDP 19
- Budget Deficits And The Trade Balance 18
- Macroeconomic Policy Tools 18
- Asymmetric Information 17
- Application of Economics 16
- Production Factors 16
- Monopoly & Competition 15
- Capital Formation, Investment Choice, Information Technology, And Technical Progress 15
- Monetary, Fiscal And Incomes Policy, And Inflation 15
- Average And Total Cost 14
- Poverty, Malnutrition, And Income Inequality 12
- Monetary Union 10
Which of these is a policy instrument rather than a government objective?
Correct answer C. Lower interest rates
Which of these is unlikely to be a government objective?
Correct answer C. Increasing government spending
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What is the percentage of the labour force that is unemployed called?
Correct answer B. Unemployment rate
Since 1998, what have many governments used to define unemployment?
Correct answer C. The ILO/OECD standardised unemployment measurement
What would happen if discouraged workers were counted as unemployed?
Correct answer A. It would increase the unemployment rate
Aggregate demand is the total demand for all goods and services in an economy coming from which sources?
Correct answer D. All sectors of the economy including the rest of the world
Unemployment that results from real wages being above their equilibrium level is called what?
Correct answer D. Disequilibrium
Unemployment caused by changes in the pattern of demand or supply in the economy is known as what?
Correct answer B. Structural
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How is the natural rate of unemployment generally defined?
Correct answer D. The sum of frictional unemployment and structural unemployment
As prices rise, firms face the cost of constantly changing price tags and reprinting price lists. What is this known as?
Correct answer C. Menu costs of inflation
What are government policies that adjust taxes and government spending known as?
Correct answer B. Fiscal policies
If interest rates rise, what is likely to happen to costs and to demand?
Correct answer A. Rise; fall
What type of economy trades and has financial dealings with other countries?
Correct answer B. Open
What is the record of a country’s imports and exports of goods and services called?
Correct answer A. Balance of trade
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What is the record of a country’s transfers of shareholdings, property and bank deposits to and from abroad called?
Correct answer C. Financial account of the balance of payments
What is the situation called when a country imports more than it exports?
Correct answer A. A trade deficit
If the exchange rate moves from £1 = 100 yen to £1 = 150 yen, ceteris paribus, what happens to the price of UK goods in Japan?
Correct answer C. It will increase
If Pakistan takes part in a war in the Middle East, what will tend to happen to the exchange value of its currency?
Correct answer B. Depreciate
If incomes in Pakistan grow faster than in most other countries, what will tend to happen to the exchange value of its currency?
Correct answer A. Depreciate