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Question No. 1
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Decision theory can be best applied in
A.
Certain and uncertain situation
B.
Uncertain and conflict situations
C.
Uncertain and risky situation
D.
Conflict and risky situation
Question No. 2
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Wald’s Criterion in the decision theory is also known as-
A.
Maximax criterion
B.
Maximin criterion
C.
Minimax criterion
D.
Hurwicz’s criterion
Question No. 3
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Choose the incorrect statement about the satiety point/satiation point
A.
Total utility curve of a consumer for a product attains highest value
B.
Slope of the total utility curve is zero
C.
Marginal utility of the consumer for the product is zero
D.
Marginal utility curve is positively slopping
Question No. 4
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Type-I error is-
A.
Rejecting H0 when H0 is true
B.
Accepting H0 when H0 is false
C.
Accepting H0 when H0 is true
D.
Rejecting H0 when H0 is false
Question No. 5
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Which of the following is not the assumption of method of least square?
A.
Covariance between Xi and ui > 0
B.
E(ui|Xi) = 0
C.
Var (ui) = E[ui- E(ui|Xi)]2
D.
Cov(ui,uj|Xi,Xj)=0
Question No. 6
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Which of the given options is cause of structural inflation in the economy?
A.
Rise in the level of prices of fuels
B.
Rise in the wage level in the economy
C.
Foreign exchange bottlenecks
D.
Increase in the real per capita income of the consumer in the economy
Question No. 7
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The first regulated market was established for which agricultural commodity in India?
A.
Indigo
B.
Cotton
C.
Paddy
D.
Oilseeds
Question No. 8
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The term Social Overhead Capital (SOC) was used by-
A.
Ragnar Nurkse
B.
Arthur Lewis
C.
Richard R. Nelson
D.
Paul Rosenstein Rodan
Question No. 9
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As per Simon Kuznet, which is not the contribution of agriculture to the society?
A.
Product contribution
B.
Income contribution
C.
Market contribution
D.
Foreign exchange contribution
Question No. 10
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Match List-I with List-II:
1) State of Nature
2) Strategies
3) Pay-Offs
4) Pay-off Matrix
I) Monetary value associated with a combination of occurrence of possible state of nature and the strategies the decision maker chooses
II) Elements in the decision making process which is under the control of decision maker
III) A tabular compilation of payoffs for all the possible combinations of state of nature and the strategies the decision maker selects
IV) Element in the decision making process which is not in the control of the decision maker
A.
1-IV, 2-I, 3-II, 4-III
B.
1-IV, 2-II, 3-I, 4-III
C.
1-III, 2-IV, 3-I, 4-II
D.
1-II, 2-IV, 3-I, 4-III
Question No. 11
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Match LIST-I with LIST-II:
1) Keynes’s Consumption function
2) Kuznet’s Consumption Function
3) Demonstration Effect
4) Average Propensity to Consume
I) Immitates the consumption level of others
II) Income of individuals falls consumption doesn’t fall
III) Constant APC
IV) Falling Average Propensity to Consume
A.
1-II, 2-III, 3-IV, 4-I
B.
1-IV, 2-III, 3-I, 4-II
C.
1-IV, 2-III, 3-I, 4-II
D.
1-II, 2-I, 3-IV, 4-III
Question No. 12
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In Leontief production function, L is considered as-
A.
Structural constraint in the production process
B.
Degree of Homogeneity
C.
Binding constraint in production process
D.
Optimizing constraint in production process
Question No. 13
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With regards to the assumptions of Linear Programming (LP)-
1) Infiniteness of activities and resource restrictions
2) Proportionality of activities to the resources
3) Single value expectations
4) Non-negativity of the decision variables.
Choose the correct answer
A.
1,2 and 4 only
B.
2 and 3 only
C.
1 and 3 only
D.
2 and 4 only
Question No. 14
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Which among the following is the indices to measure the inflation?
1) The Consumer Price ratio
2) The Wholesale price ratio,
3) The GNP implicit price deflator,
4) Repo rate
Choose the correct answer
A.
1, 2 and 4
B.
2, 3 and 4
C.
1, 2 and 3
D.
1, 3 and 4
Question No. 15
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Choose the combinations of the correct statements:
1) Demand function is a sub set of demand curve
2) Demand curve is the sub set of demand function
3) Demand curve represents a part of demand function
4) Demand function represents a part of demand curve
A.
1 and 2 only
B.
2 and 3 only
C.
1 and 3 only
D.
2 and 4 only
Question No. 16
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Which is/are correct about different tests and their violation of OLS?
1) Dickey Fuller test-Stationarity
2) Park test-Multicollinearity
3) Durbin Watson Test-Autocorrelation
4) Students “t” test- Testing of Significance
A.
1 and 2 only
B.
1, 2 and 3 only
C.
1 and 3 only
D.
1, 3 and 4 only
Question No. 17
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The answer to the questions “Why the demand curve slopes downwards” or “Why the law of demand which describes the inverse relationship between price and demand is valid” are-
A.
Substitution and Income effect
B.
Income and Veblen effect
C.
Substitution and Veblen effect
D.
Income and Bandwagon effect
Question No. 18
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Choose the correct answer regarding the capital and money market-
A.
Product and Money market equilibrium
B.
Money and Capital market equilibrium
C.
Product and Capital Market equilibrium
D.
Product market and foreign trade equilibrium
Question No. 19
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Arrange the given stages in a logical sequence according to the Marx’s stages of growth-1) Communal, 2) Slave, 3) Capitalist, 4) Socialist
A.
4, 3, 2, 1
B.
1, 2, 3, 4
C.
3, 2, 1, 4
D.
1, 3, 4, 2
Question No. 20
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Fruits and Vegetable farming near the cities and sugarcane farming near the regions where sugar factories are established, are outcome of the operation of which economic principle?
A.
Opportunity Cost Principle
B.
Principle of Product Substitution
C.
Principle of Absolute advantage
D.
Principle of Comparative Advantage
Question No. 21
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Substitution of factors in a production process is economical till-
A.
Increase in cost due to replace resources > Decrease in cost due to added resources
B.
Increase in cost due to replace resources < Decrease in cost due to added resources
C.
Decrease in cost due to replace resources > Increase in cost due to added resources
D.
Decrease in cost due to replace resources < Increase in cost due to added resources
Question No. 22
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The pattern of behaviour of firms in relation to pricing and their practices is called-
A.
Market Function
B.
Market Integration
C.
Market Conduct
D.
Market Performance
Question No. 23
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All possible combination of two products that can be produced with given amount of input is represented by-
A.
Input/output Matrix
B.
Production Possibility Curve
C.
Total Product Curve
D.
Production Function
Question No. 24
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When the market price of a commodity is higher than the market clearing price of the commodity, then?
A.
Surplus exists in the market
B.
Shortage exists in the market
C.
Market clears at equilibrium price
D.
All of these
Question No. 25
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Given the Supply curve: QS = 1800 + 240P and the demand curve: QD = 3550 - 266P, which is truly indicating the market clearing price (Price in Rs. and quantity in Kg)?
A.
Rs. 7.46 per kg
B.
Rs. 5.46 per kg
C.
Rs. 3.46 per Kg
D.
Rs. 9.46 per kg
Question No. 26
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_______ relates the quantity of a good consumed to an individual’s income-
A.
Engle curve
B.
Marginal utility curve
C.
Indifference curve
D.
Phillip’s curve
Question No. 27
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Inferior goods have-
A.
Neutral income effect
B.
Positive income effect
C.
Negative income effect
D.
None of these
Question No. 28
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Which of the given options precisely explains “The condition of preferring a certain income to a risky income with the same expected value”-
A.
Risk Averse
B.
Risk Neutral
C.
Risk Lover
D.
Risk Premium
Question No. 29
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Sunk cost is best described by-
A.
Actual expenses plus depreciation charges for capital equipment
B.
Cost to a firm of utilizing economic resources in production
C.
Cost associated with opportunities foregone when a firm’s resources are not put to their best alternative use
D.
Expenditure that has been made and cannot be recovered
Question No. 30
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Given the Market demand function for Meat QM0 = f (PM0|PC0,…,Pop0, Y0), which of the following best describes the movement along the original demand curve-
A.
QM1 = f(PM1|PC0,…,Pop0, Y0)
B.
QM1 = f(PM0|PC1,…,Pop0, Y0)
C.
QM1 = f(PM0|PC0,…,Pop0, Y1)
D.
QM0 = f(PM0|PC0,…,Pop1, Y0)
Question No. 31
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Choose the wrong statement from the given alternative statements-
A.
Own price elasticity of demand of a commodity has negative sign
B.
Cross price elasticity of demand for complementary good has negative sign
C.
Cross price elasticity of demand for Substitute good has negative sign
D.
Income elasticity of demand for normal good has positive sign
Question No. 32
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According to theory, prices and profits can be expected to be higher in-
A.
Monopoly market structure
B.
Atomistic competitive markets
C.
Oligopoly market structure
D.
Duopoly market structure
Question No. 33
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Find the odd one out-
A.
The False-Paradigm Model
B.
The Neocolonial Dependence Model
C.
The Dualistic Development Thesis
D.
Rostow’s Stages of Growth Model
Question No. 34
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Given the Personal consumption expenditure (Rs. 10089 billion), Gross private domestic investment (Rs. 1629 billion), Government purchase of goods and services (Rs. 2931 billion) and Net exports of goods and services (Rs. -392 billion), what would be the GDP of the nation?
A.
Rs. 14246 billion
B.
Rs. 14256 billion
C.
Rs. 12256 billion
D.
Rs. 13245 billion
Question No. 35
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The formula to compute adjusted R2 is given by-
A.
[1-(1-R2)[(n-1)/(n-k)]]
B.
[1+(1-R2)[(n-1)/(n-k)]]
C.
[1-(1+R2)[(n-1)/(n-k)]]
D.
[1-(1-R2)/[(n-1)/(n-k)]]
Question No. 36
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The problem of heteroscedasticity can be rectified by-
A.
Chow test
B.
Transforming the variables
C.
Durbin Watson test
D.
All of these
Question No. 37
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Measure of tolerance to detect Multicollinearity is given by-
A.
TOLi =1-Ri2 = 1/VIFi
B.
TOLi =1-Ri2 = (1*VIFi)
C.
TOLi =1+Ri2 = 1/VIFi
D.
TOLi =1-Ri2 = 1+VIFi
Question No. 38
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The first order Auto-regressive scheme is given by-
A.
t =t-1 +t
B.
t =t-1 +t-2+t
C.
t =t-1 +t-2 +t-3+ t
D.
All of these
Question No. 39
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The relationship between Durbin-Watson ‘d’ value and Autocorrelation coefficient is given by-
A.
d=2-2
B.
=2-2d
C.
d=2+2
D.
=2+2d
Question No. 40
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A feasible solution to an LP problem
A.
Must satisfy all of the problem’s constraints simultaneously.
B.
Must be a corner point of the feasible region.
C.
Need not satisfy all of the constraints, only some of them.
D.
Must optimize the value of the objective function.
Question No. 41
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Which of the following statements is correct?
A.
Every LP problem has at least one optimal solution.
B.
Every LP problem has a unique solution.
C.
If an LP problem has two optimal solutions, then it has infinitely many solutions.
D.
If a feasible region is unbounded then LP problem has no solution
Question No. 42
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Primal of a dual is
A.
Primal
B.
Dual
C.
Prime dual
D.
Prime primal
Question No. 43
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If Dual has a solution, then the primal will
A.
Not have a solution
B.
Have a solution
C.
Have only basic feasible solution
D.
None of these
Question No. 44
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Another name used to Dynamic Programming is
A.
Multistage problem
B.
State problems
C.
Non-stochastic programming
D.
Recursive optimization
Question No. 45
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To convert ≥ type of inequality into equations, we have to
A.
Add slack variable
B.
Subtract surplus variable
C.
Subtract slack Variable
D.
Add surplus variable
Question No. 46
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Price elasticity of supply of food product is generally -
A.
Infinity
B.
Near Zero
C.
More than 1
D.
Positive
Question No. 47
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Net National Product at Factor Cost (NNPFC) is also known as
A.
Net Factor Income from Abroad
B.
National Income
C.
National cost
D.
Net Indirect Tax
Question No. 48
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The investment which is undertaken independently of the level of income is known as
A.
Autonomous Investment
B.
Induced Investment
C.
Public Investment
D.
Private Investment
Question No. 49
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Which of the following statements is true concerning the consumption function
A.
It slopes upward
B.
Its slope equals the MPC.
C.
It represents the direct (positive) relationship between consumption spending and the level of real disposable income.
D.
All of these
Question No. 50
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If your disposable personal income increases from Rs. 30,000 to Rs. 40,000 and your savings increases from Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 4,000, your marginal propensity to save (MPS) is
A.
0.20
B.
0.25
C.
0.15
D.
0.30
Question No. 51
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The curve which shows different equilibrium levels of national income with various rates of interest is called
A.
LM curve
B.
IS curve
C.
Income Curve
D.
None of these
Question No. 52
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Assume that investment does NOT depend on the interest rate. A reduction in the money supply will cause which of the following for this economy?
A.
An increase in investment.
B.
No change in the interest rate
C.
No change in output
D.
A reduction in investment
Question No. 53
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A reduction in consumer confidence will likely have which of the following effects
A.
A rightward shift in the IS curve
B.
A leftward shift in the IS curve
C.
An upward shift in the LM curve
D.
An downward shift in the LM curve
Question No. 54
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Suppose the current level of output and the interest rate are such that the economy is operating on neither the IS nor LM curve. Which of the following is true for this economy?
A.
Production does not equal demand
B.
The quantity supplied of bonds does not equal the quantity demanded of bonds
C.
The money supply does not equal money demand
D.
All of these
Question No. 55
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The rate of discount (r) which equalizes the present value of the prospective yield of an asset with its supply price is known as
A.
Prospective income
B.
Supply price
C.
Prospective yield
D.
Marginal Efficiency of Capital (MEC)
Question No. 56
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If the marginal propensity to consume is 0.8 (80 %) then the multiplier will be-
A.
2.5
B.
5.0
C.
0.2
D.
None of these
Question No. 57
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With respect to the functions of Money, find the odd one out-
A.
Standard of Deferred Payments
B.
Store of Value
C.
Medium of Exchange
D.
Transfer of Value
Question No. 58
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Those inflow of money to the government against which a liability of repayment devolves upon the government is known as-
A.
Revenue receipts
B.
Capital receipts
C.
Revenue expenditure
D.
Capital expenditure
Question No. 59
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Given the Gross Domestic Product in the current year 2023-24 is Rs. 7,50,000 trillion and the GDP in the base year 2015-16 was Rs. 6,00,000 trillion for an economy. Calculate the GDP deflator.
A.
130
B.
145
C.
122
D.
125
Question No. 60
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Based on the Neo-classical or neo-liberal approach, the economic growth can be put to spur by:
A.
Permitting competitive free markets to flourish,
B.
Privatising state-owned enterprises
C.
Promoting free trade and export expansions
D.
All of these
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