MCQ Bank
GATS stand for;
- A) General Agreement on Transport Sector
- B) General Agreement on Trade in Services
- C) General Agreement on Traffic and Settlement
- D) General Agreement on Tariff on Services
When a domestic firm grants the right to a foreign firm to produce its product, use its production processes, or use its brand name or trademark is known as:
- A) Green-field investment
- B) Licensing
- C) Universal Investment
- D) Furnished Investment
MFA stands for;
- A) Multinational Forecasting Agreement
- B) Manipulated Fighting Agreement
- C) Multifibre Agreement
- D) Manual Free Agreement
TRIPS stand for;
- A) Trade-Related Aspects of International Progress Restoration
- B) Trade-Related Aspects of International Property Rights
- C) Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
- D) Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Prosperity Resolution
In studying the variable known as ‘Factor endowments, which of the following is included in ‘basic factors’?
- A) Natural resources
- B) Communication infrastructure
- C) Skilled labor
- D) Technological know-how
Which one of the following important matter was unaddressed in Uruguay round of WTO?
- A) Services
- B) Agriculture
- C) Foreign Direct Investment
- D) Intellectual Property
Which of the following is NOT involved in creating a pressure by domestic rivalry?
- A) Improvement in product quality
- B) Innovation
- C) Reduction in costs
- D) Increase competition between MNCs and local firms
The total accumulated value of foreign-owned assets at a given time is known as:
- A) Stock of FDI
- B) Inflow of FDI
- C) Growth of FDI
- D) Flow of FDI
OPEC stands for;
- A) Organization of Purification drugs Exploring Countries
- B) Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
- C) Organization of Plotter and Plant Exporting Countries
- D) Organization of Petrochemical Exporting Countries
The most common political reason for trade restrictions are:
- A) Protecting jobs & industries
- B) Protecting Govt. institutions
- C) Protecting banks & markets
- D) Protecting markets & Govt. institutions
Which of the following country has accounted the largest FDI in USA?
- A) France
- B) Saudi Arabia
- C) UK
- D) Spain
Countries are held together by a common sense of __________.
- A) Attitude
- B) Image
- C) Psyche
- D) Identity
In which country meeting of GATT was called after Uruguay Round?
- A) USA
- B) Japan
- C) France
- D) Morocco
Which of the following is a quota on trade imposed by the exporting country, typically at the request of the importing country’s government?
- A) Voluntary export restraint
- B) Ad Valorem tariff
- C) Specific tariff
- D) Niche lining tax
Porter theory is one of the latest theories about international trade and business. Why did Porter present a new theory?
- A) Because existing theories had nothing to do with international business
- B) Because existing theories were based on postulates
- C) Because existing theories of international trade told only part of the story
- D) Because existing theories were not practical
The amount of FDI undertaken over a given time period (normally a year) is known as:
- A) Inflow of FDI
- B) Growth of FDI
- C) Flow of FDI
- D) Stock of FDI
It is an economic benefit provided by the government to exporters, which gives them an unfair advantage in foreign markets.
- A) Subsidy
- B) Margin
- C) Royalty
- D) Quota
Who had written the book, Principles of Political Economy in 1817?
- A) David Hume
- B) David Ricardo
- C) Hagelstam
- D) Heckscher
Who presented the product life cycle theory?
- A) Vernon
- B) Aristotle
- C) John Dunning
- D) Adam Smith
The marketing imperfection approach to FDI is typically referred to which of the following theory?
- A) Internalization theory
- B) Theory of automata
- C) Rationalized theory
- D) Theory of abundant resources