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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 arrangement where goods imported from trading partners in the developing world are subject to lower tariff rates than goods from other countries is referred to as ?
A normal trade relation status
B most favored nation status
C offshore assembly provisions
D Generalized System of Preferences
Correct Answer: Generalized System of Preferences
Concerning the hypothesis that there has occurred a long run deterioration in the developing countries terms of trade empirical studies provide ?
A mixed evidence that does not substantiate the deterioration hypothesis
B overwhelming support for the deterioration hypothesis
C overwhelming opposition to the deterioration hypothesis
D None of the above
Correct Answer: mixed evidence that does not substantiate the deterioration hypothesis
Which industrialization policy have developing countries used which places emphasis on the comparative advantage principle as a guide to resource allocation ?
A export promotion
B import promotion
C international commodity agreements
D multilateral contracts
Correct Answer: export promotion
If as the quantity produced increase a production function first exhibits increasing marginal product and later diminishing marginal product, the corresponding marginal-cost curve will ?
A be flat (horizontal)
B slope upward
C slope downward
D be U-shaped.
Correct Answer: be U-shaped.
When marginal costs are below average total costs ?
A average fixed cost is rising
B average total cost is falling
C average total cost is raising
D average total cost is minimized
Correct Answer: average total cost is falling
Which of the following statements is true ?
A All costs are fixed in the short run.
B All costs are variable in the long run
C All costs are variable in the short run
D All costs are fixed in the long run
Correct Answer: All costs are variable in the long run
If a production function exhibits diminishing marginal product. its slope ?
A is linear (a straight line)
B becomes steeper as the quantity of the input increase
C could be any of these answers
D becomes flatter as the quantity of the input increase
Correct Answer: becomes flatter as the quantity of the input increase
Naila owns a small pottery factory. She can make 1000 pieces of pottery per year and sell them for Rs 100 each. It costs Naila Rs 20,000 for the raw materials to produce the 1,000 pieces of pottery She has invested Rs100,000 in her factory and equipment: Rs50,000 from her savings and Rs50,000 borrowed at 10 per cent. (Assume that she could have loaned her money out at 10 her per cent, too) Naila can work at a competing pottery factory for Rs40,000 per year. The economics profit at Naila’s pottery factory is ?
A Rs80,000
B Rs30,000
C Rs75,000
D Rs70,000
Correct Answer: Rs30,000
Economic profit is equal to total revenue minus ?
A variable costs
B implicit costs
C explicit costs
D marginal costs
Correct Answer: implicit costs
The efficient scale of production is the quantity of output that minimizes ?
A average fixed cost
B average total cost
C average variable cost
D marginal cost
Correct Answer: average total cost