Economics Past Questions And Answers
691
Discount rate means
- A) Rate at which money are borrowed from commercial bank
- B) Rate at which bank receive deposit from the public
- C) Central bank rate on the money borrowed by commercial banks
- D) Commercial bank rate on the money borrowed from other commercial bank
692
in order to increase revenue, government should tax commodities for which demand is?
- A. perfectly price inelastic
- B. price inelastic
- C. price elastic
- D. unitary elastic
693
An ad valorem tax is imposed on
- A. special commodities
- B. exports
- C. imports
- D. the value of a commodity
694
If a firm retrenches some of its factory workers its
- A. average fixed cost may increase
- B. variable cost will decline
- C. marginal cost may increase
- D. fixed cost is likely to increase
695
The transfer of ownership of a public enterprise to individuals and firms is called
- A. commercialization
- B. nationalization
- C. privatization
- D. restructuring
696
In an open economy, the GNP is measured as_____________?
- A. C + 1 + G(X-M)
- B. C + 1 + G
- C. C + 1 + G + X
- D. C + 1 + G + M
697
The maximum amount of money a company is allowed to raise by issuing shares to the public is called
- A. paid-up capital
- B. fixed capital
- C. working capital
- D. authorized capital
698
A characteristic of the linear production function is that
- A. the percentage change in inputs change exceeds output
- B. output and all inputs change by the same percentage
- C. the percentage change in output is greater than one
- D. the percentage change in output is less than one
699
The best measure of economic well-being in any economy is:
- A) GDP per capital
- B) GDP
- C) GNP
- D) National Income
700
Which of the following is obtainable in a perfect market?
- A. P = MR > AR
- B. MP = MC > P
- C. MR< P
- D. P = MR = MC

