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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.

The ______ is the ratio of the non-working population (under 15-year-old and over 64 years old) to the working-age population ?
A labor force participation rate
B per capita population ratio
C dependency ratio
D None of these
Correct Answer: dependency ratio
The goal of integrated pest management (IPT) is to?
A reduce yield losses by pests while minimizing the negative effects of pest control
B have year-round plantings of a single crop
C undertake monoculture pest planning
D encompass biological control through fertilizers
Correct Answer: reduce yield losses by pests while minimizing the negative effects of pest control
Julian simon ?
A supported the Club of Rome’s Limits to Growth for estimating technical change
B assumed that population growth causes technological progress
C used the second law of thermodynamics to assume that technological progress is costless
D assumed the classical view of technological change 6
Correct Answer: assumed the classical view of technological change 6
Organized family-planning programs and the demand for birth control resulting from urbanization, modernization, economic development and increased education have contributed to ?
A a decline in fertility
B The demographic transition from stage 3 to stage 2
C increases in the ratio of labor to capital
D an increase in the dependency ratio
Correct Answer: a decline in fertility
In 2000, China and India constituted about _________ of the world’s population?
A 40%
B 10%
C 80%
D 0.10%
Correct Answer: 40%
Malthus’s theory was that population ?
A increased proportionally to economic growth
B increased geometrically, outstripping food supply which grew arithmetically
C increased stagnantly with food supply and economic development
D increased disproportionately surpassing agricultural production
Correct Answer: increased geometrically, outstripping food supply which grew arithmetically
About _________ of the World’s population lives in LDCs?
A 80%
B 50%
C 25%
D 35%
Correct Answer: 80%
Which of the following is not a possible cost of high fertility rates and rapid population growth ?
A increasing returns to natural resources with a direct impact on average food consumption
B increased urbanization and congestion
C a higher labor force growth rate and higher unemployment
D a working population that must support a large number of dependents
Correct Answer: increasing returns to natural resources with a direct impact on average food consumption
Throughout most of humankind’s existence, population grew at a rate of ________ per year?
A 10%
B 0.002%
C 2%
D 0.5%
Correct Answer: 0.002%
A period of rapid population growth between a preindustrial stable population characterized by high birth and death rates and a later modern, stable population marked by low fertility and mortality is known as ?
A demographic transition
B population maturity
C demobilizing population
D birth-death transformation
Correct Answer: demographic transition