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WorksheetsCAFC JAN 2025 ATTEMPT
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 50mins
Which of the following does not describe the nature of business economics?
It is normative in nature.
It is abstract and purely theoretical.
It is an art.
It incorporates elements of Macro Analysis.
"Buyers ultimately determine which goods and services will be produced and in what quantities." The given statement is the meaning of:
Planned economy
Consumer Sovereignty
Freedom of economic choice
Freedom of enterprise
Which of the following is not one of the four basic economic problems of an economy?
What to produce?
Where to produce?
For whom to produce?
What provisions are to be made for economic growth?
Finance minister was discussing, balance of trade and balance of payments. This area comes under:
Micro Economics
Macro Economics
Capitalist Economy
Mixed Economy
Which of the following is an example of normative statement?
The demand for a good will increase if its price decreases.
The government should increase taxes on liquor to reduce its consumption.
A decrease in interest rates will lead to an increase in investment.
An increase in government spending will reduce the unemployment rate.
When some people start investing money in share market then many people start following the same without considering its advantages and disadvantages is an example of:
Veblen effect
Bandwagon Effect
Snob Effect
Sheep Effect
'Ceteris Paribus' is a Latin phrase that generally means:
All other things being equal
An inverse relationship
Income of consumers
Tastes and preferences of consumers
The slope of a demand curve is:
ΔQ/ΔP
ΔP/ΔQ
-ΔQ/ΔP
-ΔP/ΔQ
A shopkeeper sells two commodities A and B, which are close substitute of each other. It is observed that when the price of commodity A rises by 20% the demand for B increases by 30%. What is the cross price elasticity for commodity B against the price of commodity A?
+1
-1
+1.5
-1.5
'Excess of the price which a consumer would be willing to pay rather than go without a thing over that which he actually does pay', is called
Consumers equilibrium
Consumers surplus
Change in demand
Change in price
With reference to the following indifference map, which of the following curve represents highest satisfaction level?
IC3
IC2
IC1
All the curves represents same satisfaction level.
Which of the following refers to the want satisfying power of goods and services? It is not absolute but relative. It is a subjective concept and it depends upon the mental attitude of people.
Utility
Consumers equilibrium
Need
Demand
If the price of Wheat increases from ₹1,800 per Quintal to ₹2,200 per Quintal and consequently the quantity supplied rises from 2,000 Quintal to 3,200 Quintal. Calculate the elasticity of supply.
+0.7
+1.7
+2.7
+3.7
In case of perfectly elastic supply:
Es > 1
Es = 1
Es = 0
Es = ∞
The Supply function is given as q = 120 + 6p. Find the elasticity of supply, when price is ₹10.
+1/3
+2/3
–2/3
+3/4
Which of the following is not a characteristic of land?
Land is heterogeneous.
Land is an active factor.
Supply of land is fixed.
Land has multiple uses.
Cobb-Douglas production function is stated as:
Q=KaLC(1–a)
K(1–a)LaC
Q = KaL(1–a)C
Q=KLaC(1–a)
What will be the average product when quantity of labour is 6?
9
10
11
12
What will be the total product when quantity of labour is 4?
38
40
42
44
What will be the marginal product when quantity of labour is 5?
8
9
10
11
Who describes production function as the relationship between the maximum amount of output that can be produced and the input required to make that output?
Cobb-Douglas
Samuelson
Paul Sweezy
Alfred Marshall
In short-run, when average cost falls as a result of an increase in output, marginal cost is ______ average cost.
greater than
less than
equal to
independent of
Initially a firm enjoys _____ of scale and beyond a certain limit it suffers from _____ of scale.
internal economies, internal diseconomies
external economies, external diseconomies
internal diseconomies, internal economies
external diseconomies, external economies
The long-run average cost curve is also called:
Kinked curve
Equal quantity curve
Envelope curve
Sharp curve
_____ are already incurred once and for all, and cannot be recovered.
Sunk costs
Historical cost
Private costs
Social costs
Price elasticity of demand of a firm under perfect competition will be:
Very Large
Infinite
Large
Small
Many sellers offering differentiated products to many buyers is the characteristics of:
Perfect competition
Monopolistic competition
Oligopoly competition
Monopoly
Identify the correct relationship among MR, AR & e (price elasticity of demand).
MR = AR × e/(e-1)
AR = MR × (e-1)/e
MR = AR × e/(e-1)
MR = AR × (e-1)/e
Total revenue will be maximum, where elasticity is equal to:
1
Less than 1
Greater than 1
Zero
When both demand and supply increase, the equilibrium quantity ______ but the change in equilibrium price is ______.
decreases, uncertain
increases, constant
increases, uncertain
decreases, constant
Identify the correct below mentioned condition/conditions for equilibrium of a firm under perfect competition: (I) MR = MC (II) MR > MC (III) MR < MC (IV) MC should have a positive slope. (V) MC should have a negative slope.
(II) and (V)
(II) and (IV)
(III) and (V)
(I) and (IV)
When a perfect competitive firm earns _______, its average revenues are more than its average total cost.
supernormal profits
normal profits
normal profits and supernormal profits
Losses
Market for soaps and detergents are the appropriate example of:
monopoly
oligopoly
monopolistic competition
perfect competition
Downward sloping and highly inelastic demand curve is the feature of:
monopoly
oligopoly
monopolistic competition
perfect competition
Market characterized by a single buyer of a product or service and is mostly applicable to factor markets in which a single firm is the only buyer of a factor is known as:
Oligopsony
Duopoly
Bilateral monopoly
Monopsony
Assume that when price is ₹ 20, the quantity demanded is 9 units; and when price is ₹ 19, the quantity demanded is 10 units. Based on this information, what is the marginal revenue resulting from an increase in output from 9 units to 10 units?
₹ 20
₹ 19
₹ 10
₹ 1
Average revenue curve is also known as:
Profit Curve
Demand Curve
Average Cost Curve
Indifference Curve
With a decrease in demand there is ________
an overall decrease in price but an increase in equilibrium quantity.
an overall increase in price but a decrease in equilibrium quantity.
a decrease in the equilibrium price and quantity demanded and supplied.
no change in overall price but a reduction in equilibrium quantity.
If supply increases in a greater proportion than demand then _______
The new equilibrium price and quantity will be greater than the original equilibrium price and quantity.
The new equilibrium price will be greater than the original equilibrium price but equilibrium quantity will be higher.
The new equilibrium price and quantity will be less than the original equilibrium price and quantity.
The new equilibrium price will be less than the original equilibrium price.
In oligopoly, when the industry is dominated by one large firm which is considered as leader of the group, then it is called:
open oligopoly
collusive oligopoly
partial oligopoly
syndicated oligopoly
The consumption function is a functional relationship between aggregate consumption and:
aggregate disposable income
aggregate demand
aggregate supply
savings
The value of all final goods and services produced in the country within a given period is called:
National Income
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Net National Product (NNP)
Gross National Product (GNP)
If GDP_MP is more than GNP_MP, it means:
the aggregate amount that a country's citizens and companies earn abroad is greater than the aggregate amount that foreign citizens and overseas companies earn in that country.
NFIA is negative.
the aggregate amount that a country's citizens and companies earn abroad is equal to the aggregate amount that foreign citizens and overseas companies earn in that country.
NFIA is positive.
Find the real GDP if nominal GDP = 720 and price index = 120.
864
500
600
700
Which of the following is not true for personal income?
It is income received by household sector.
It includes Non-profit Institutions serving households.
It is a measure of actual current income receipts of persons only from productive activities.
It excludes retained earnings.
Calculate average propensity to save when C = 300 and Y = 1200.
0.25
0.50
0.75
0.80
Marginal propensity to consume is:
zero when the income is zero.
always less than unity but greater than zero.
greater than one when income rises.
it does not depend on income.
Product Method or Value-added method for calculation of National Income is also called:
Industrial Origin Method
Income Disposal Method
Factor Payment Method
Distributed Share Method
In a 3-sector model, suppose C = 8 + 0.6 Yd, I = 60, G = T = 10, where C is consumption, I is investment, Yd is disposable income, G is government expenditure and T is tax. Find out the equilibrium level of national income.
120
150
180
200
In an economy investment expenditure is increased by ₹ 300 crores and marginal propensity to consume is 0.6. Calculate the total increase in income.
₹ 300 crores
₹ 100 crores
₹ 650 crores
₹ 750 crores
While using the income method, which of the following income is included while calculating national income?
Capital gains
Windfall profits
Income from sale of second-hand goods
Commissions and brokerages
Calculate Gross value added at market price if sales = 750, opening stock = 300, closing stock = 200 and intermediate consumption is 250.
400
450
600
650
Nominal GDP is:
Same as real GDP
Real GDP less depreciation
GDP at current prices
GDP at constant prices
The investment multiplier is defined as the ratio of:
change in investment due to change in saving
change in demand due to change in investment
change in consumption due to change in investment
change in national income due to change in investment
The ratio of total consumption to total income is known as:
Average Propensity to Consume (APC)
Marginal Propensity to Consume (MPC)
Saving function
Income function
When entrepreneurs are pessimistic about future market conditions:
It does not impact the economy.
Expansionary phase may begin.
Economy faces contraction in economic activities.
Investments tend to increase.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of business cycle?
They occur periodically.
They are recurrent.
They occur at regular intervals.
They have distinct phases of expansion, peak, contraction and trough.
Which of the following is not an internal cause of business cycles?
Fluctuations in effective demand
Fluctuation in investment
Variations in government spending
Technology shock
Changes in stock price, new orders for capital and consumer goods are examples of:
Leading indicators
Lagging indicators
Coincident indicators
Non-economic indicators
Variables that change after the real output changes are called:
Leading indicators
Lagging indicators
Coincident indicators
Non-economic indicators
Taxes on agriculture income is levied by:
Central government
State government
Both central and state government as they are in concurrent list.
Local self-government
Government's direct production of an economic good e.g. electricity and public transportation services are example of:
Allocation function
Distribution function
Stabilization function
Protection function
A progressive direct tax system ensures:
Economic growth with stability because it distributes the burden of taxes unequally.
Those who have greater ability to pay contribute more and the tax burden is distributed fairly among the population.
Uniform taxes for all.
Luxuries are taxed heavily.
Non-debt capital receipts of government include:
Market loans for different purposes
State provident fund (Net)
Securities issued against small savings
Recoveries of loans and advances
When the outcomes of a policy are not visible for some time, it is called:
Recognition lag
Decision lag
Implementation lag
Impact lag
The excess of the government's total expenditure over its total receipts excluding borrowings is termed as:
Revenue deficit
Fiscal deficit
Primary deficit
Budgetary deficit
The receipts which neither create any liability nor cause any reduction in the assets of government are called:
Non-debt capital receipts
Debt capital receipts
Revenue receipts
Estimated receipts
Which of the following is applied on inter-state movement of goods and services and on imports and exports?
CGST
SGST
IGST
Income tax
The cap and trade method used by government to ensure that pollution is minimized in the most cost effective way is an example of:
Government intervention to correct externalities
Government intervention in the case of merit goods
Government intervention in the case of demerit goods
Government intervention for correcting market failure
Which constitutional body maintains fiscal federalism in India?
Central government
Parliament
Reserve Bank of India
Finance Commission
Which of the following is not a characteristic of money?
Generally acceptable
Effortlessly recognisable
Easily transportable
Easily reproducible by people
The currency issued by the Central Bank is known as ______ and is backed by supporting reserves and its value is a sovereign guarantee.
Real money
Credit money
Fiat money
Sovereign bonds
Considering that with a money multiplier of 1.5 there has been an increment of ₹ 600 cr of money supply. Find out the monetary base.
₹ 800 cr
₹ 200 cr
₹ 400 cr
₹ 900 cr
Calculate Narrow Money M1 from the following data. Currency with public ₹ 88,000 cr Demand deposit with the banking system ₹ 2,20,000 cr Time deposit with the banking system ₹ 2,40,000 cr Other deposits with RBI ₹ 2,60,000 cr Saving deposits with Post Office Saving Bank ₹ 50,000 cr
₹ 5,68,000 cr
₹ 6,18,000 cr
₹ 5,98,000 cr
₹ 6,38,000 cr
Calculate currency with the public from the following data: Notes in circulation: ₹ 45,000 cr Circulation of rupee coins: ₹ 1,500 cr Circulation of small coins: ₹ 750 cr Cash on hand with banks: ₹ 27,500 cr
₹ 74,750 cr
₹ 19,750 cr
₹ 73,250 cr
₹ 29,750 cr
_____ is a penal rate at which RBI lends money to banks, above the rate available under the rep policy.
Marginal standing facility rate
Bank rate
Repo rate
Reverse repo rate
Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) was introduced by RBI on the basis of the recommendation of the _____ Committee on the reforms in banking sector.
Tandon
Narsimham
Chore
Basel
Money created by the commercial banks is called _____
Real money
High powered money
Fiat money
Credit money
Under the concept of money supply, the term 'public' do not include _____
Households
Institutions
Government and banking system
Firms
Compute the total credit money created by the banking system if the required reserved ratio is 15% for every ₹ 12,00,000 deposited in the banking system?
₹ 1,09,00,000
₹ 80,00,000
₹ 1,25,00,000
₹ 1,30,00,000
Factor Endowment Theory of trade is also known as (a)
Baumol and Tobin theory
Adam Smith, Absolute Cost Advantage theory
Heckscher – Ohlin theory
Factor Price Equalisation theory
Which tariff is calculated on the basis of specific contents of the imported goods (duties are payable by its components or related items)?
Compound tariff
Mixed tariff
Ad valorem tariff
Technical tariff
Which tariff is expressed either on the basis of the value of the imported goods or on the basis of a unit of measure of the imported goods depending on which generates the most income (or least income at times) for the country?
Ad valorem tariff
Specific tariff
Mixed tariff
Compound tariff
The system wherein the nominal tariff rates on imports of manufactured goods are higher than the nominal tariff rates on intermediate inputs and raw materials is known as (a)
Applied tariff
Escalated tariff
Bound tariff
Preferential tariff
Which of the following is a measure to protect human, animal or plant life from risks arising out of additives, pests, toxins, etc. and to protect the biodiversity?
Prohibited tariff
Sanitary and phytosanitary measures
Technical barriers to trade
Anti-dumping duties
With regards to international trade the European Union can be categorised as a (a)
Trading bloc
Free trade area
Bilateral agreements
Customs union
Which of the following country is not a member of the G20 economies?
Argentina
India
Tunisia
Mexico
Investments which are reciprocal investments between countries are referred to as
Horizontal direct investment
Vertical direct investment
Two-way direct foreign investment
Conglomerate foreign investment
A total ban imposed by the Government on imports or exports of some or all commodities to a particular country or regions for a specified or indefinite period is known as
Prohibitive tariff
Anti-dumping duties
Embargo
Rules of origin
The theory of Comparative Advantage in International Trade was presented by
Adam Smith
David Ricardo
John Maynard Keynes
Milton Friedman
_____ facilitates and improves access to Indian Government data.
E-Amrit
E-NAM
NDAP
MIDH
Which scheme is aimed at promoting manufacture of electric and hybrid vehicle technology and to ensure sustainable growth for the same?
FAME India
E-Amrit
FIPB
PDMC
Which Act was initially aimed for regulation of large firms which had relatively large market power?
RBI Act
FEMA
RERA
MRTP Act, 1969
From which year onwards, India followed the managed floating exchange rate system?
1990
1991
1995
1993
Minimum Support Price (MSP) is fixed by the Government of India at ______ of the cost of production.
Two and a half times
Half
One and a half time
Twice
Which policy was adopted to ensure world class industrial infrastructure which would attract cutting edge technology and boost FDI and local investment in the textile sector?
PM-MITRA
PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan
National Logistic Policy
Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme
During the British period modern industrial sector saw lopsided growth with the dominance of ______ industries.
Wool and cotton
Nylon and silk
Cotton and jute
Silk and cotton
Statutory recognition was granted to ______ to facilitate mobilization of adequate resources and their efficient allocation in the capital markets.
RBI
BSE
SEBI
NSE
In which of the following sector FDI is not permissible?
Telecom
Aviation
Atomic energy
Defence
Production of milk is included in which sector?
Tertiary sector
Service sector
Primary sector
Secondary sector
