MCQ Bank
Which of the following is an example of adverse supply shock?
- A) Good weather
- B) Decrease in price of capital
- C) Flood
- D) Decrease in price of labor
Investment causes the capital stock to rise while ------------ causes capital stock to fall.
- A) Deflation
- B) Inflation
- C) Discount rate
- D) Depreciation
In the IS-LM model, an increase in money supply shifts ---------
- A) LM curve to the left.
- B) LM curve to the right.
- C) IS curve to the left.
- D) IS curve to the right.
Which one of the following is correct?
- A) Change in capital stock = Investment – Saving
- B) Change in capital stock = (Investment – Depreciation) *100
- C) Change in capital stock = Investment – Depreciation
- D) Change in capital stock = Investment + Depreciation
John Maynard Keynes presented a simple theory in which the interest rate is determined by:
- A) Money supply and money demand.
- B) Money demand and rate of interest.
- C) Real balances and aggregate demand.
- D) Money supply and rate of interest.
Suppose labor force (L) = 1000 in year one and population is growing at 1% per year then what will be the labor force in year two?
- A) 10
- B) 1010
- C) 100
- D) 1110
The trade-off between inflation and unemployment is called------------curve.
- A) Keynes
- B) Phillips
- C) Classical
- D) Fisher
Permanent debt is a type of --------- term loans.
- A) Easy
- B) Long
- C) Very short
- D) Short
As the price level ----------the value of --------
- A) Decrease; ATM card increases
- B) Increases; coins increases.
- C) Decrease; currency decreases
- D) Increases; money falls.
The deviation of the -------------from the natural rate is known as cyclical unemployment.
- A) Rate of labor force
- B) Actual rate of unemployment
- C) Working rate
- D) Population
Country risk premium is ---------related with the ------------
- A) Negatively; consumption.
- B) Positively; investment.
- C) Negatively; investment.
- D) Negatively; government purchases.
Prize bond is the example of:
- A) Balanced debt.
- B) Floating debt.
- C) Unfunded debt.
- D) Permanent debt.
Market loan is the example of ----------debt.
- A) Floating
- B) Unfunded
- C) Floating and unfunded
- D) Permanent
Monetary policy is ---------on output under -------------exchange rate.
- A) More effective; real
- B) Totally ineffective; floating
- C) Totally ineffective; nominal
- D) More effective; floating
As risk premium increases, interest rate --------, money demand --------- and LM* curve shifts rightward.
- A) Decreases; decreases
- B) Increases; decreases
- C) Increases; Increases
- D) Decreases; increases
Trade policy is --------on output under-----------exchange rate.
- A) More effective; real
- B) Totally ineffective; floating
- C) More effective; floating
- D) More effective; real
People base their expectations of future inflation on recently observed inflation is known as:
- A) Expectations.
- B) Rational expectations.
- C) Adaptive expectations.
- D) Negative expectations.
When real exchange rate rises, exports will--------and imports will -----------
- A) Increase; Increase.
- B) Decrease; decrease.
- C) Decrease; increase.
- D) Increase; decrease.
Which one of the following is the reason for sticky price?
- A) Production process
- B) Location of the firm
- C) Taste of the consumer
- D) Menu cost
Which one of the following is the example of floating debt?
- A) Treasury Bills .
- B) GP Fund.
- C) Prize Bonds.
- D) Income tax bonds.