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1.
The raw materials of Econometrics are:
Data
Goods
Statistics
Mathematics
2.
The term regression was used by:
Newton
Pearson
Spearman
Galton
3.
The word 'statistics' is used as _______
Singular.
Plural
Singular and Plural.
None of above
4.
Planning Commission was set up in the year ________
1950
1951
1947
1948
5.
M.N. Roy was associated with_______
Congress Plan
People's Plan
Bombay Plan
None of the above
6.
7.
Electronic waste is commonly referred as _______
solid waste
composite waste
e-waste
hospital waste
8.
Environmental goods are ____________
Market goods
Non-market goods
Both
None ofthe above
9.
Ecosystem is smallest unit of
Ionosphere
Lithosphere
Biosphere
Mesosphere
10.
The modern state is
Laissez-faire state
Aristocratic state
Welfare state
Police state
11.
_______ relates to patents, copyrights, trade secrets, etc.,
TRIPS
TRIMS
GATS
NAMA
12.
Exchange rates are determined in
money market
foreign exchange market
stock market
capital market
13.
A Bank is a
Financial institution
Corporate
An Industry
Service institutions
14.
Inflation means
Prices are rising
Prices are falling
Value of money is increasing
Prices are remaining the same
15.
According to Keynes, investment is a function of the MEC and ____.
Demand
Supply
Income
Rate of interest
16.
If the Keynesian consumption function is C=10+0.8 Y then, and disposable income is ₹ 100, what is the average propensity to consume?
₹ 0.8
₹ 800
₹ 810
₹ 0.9
17.
In disguised unemployment, the marginal productivity of labour is _________
Zero
One
Two
Positive
18.
National income is measured by using_______ methods.
Two
Three
Five
Four
19.
The country following Capitalism is ________________
Russia
America
India
China
20.
21.
What is public revenue?
22.
State any two merits of trade.
23.
Define Central bank.
24.
Define Multiplier.
25.
List out the assumptions of Say’s law.
26.
What is the difference between NNP and NDP?
27.
Define ‘Economic Model'.
28.
Differentiate the economic model with econometric model.
29.
Distinguish between functional and structural planning.
30.
State the meaning of e-waste.
31.
What is primary deficit?
32.
What are import quotas?
33.
Explain disinflation.
34.
Differentiate between personal and disposable income.
35.
Describe the application of Econometrics in Economics.
36.
37.
Explain the objectives of IMF.
38.
39.
Explain the functions of money
40.
Describe the types of unemployment.
41.
Explain the importance of national income
1.
(a)
Data
2.
(d)
Galton
3.
(c)
Singular and Plural.
4.
(a)
1950
5.
(b)
People's Plan
6.
(d)
7.
(c)
e-waste
8.
(b)
Non-market goods
9.
(c)
Biosphere
10.
(c)
Welfare state
11.
(a)
TRIPS
12.
(b)
foreign exchange market
13.
(a)
Financial institution
14.
(a)
Prices are rising
15.
(d)
Rate of interest
16.
(d)
₹ 0.9
17.
(a)
Zero
18.
(b)
Three
19.
(b)
America
20.
(c)
21.
(i) The income of the government through all sources is public revenue.
(ii) Public revenue deals with the methods of raising public revenue such as tax and non-tax, the principles of taxation, rates of taxation, impact, incidence and shifting of taxes and their effects.
22.
(i) Availability of variety of goods for consumption.
(ii) Generation of more employment.
(iii) Industrialization of backward nations.
(iv) Division of labour and specialisation.
23.
(i) Central bank is the monetary authority that manages a state's currency, money supply, and interest rate
(ii) It oversees the commercial banking system
24.
Muliplier is the ratio of the change in national income to change in Investment.
K = \(\frac{ΔY}{ΔI}\)
25.
1. No single buyer or seller can affect the price.
2. Full employment
3. People are motivated by self interest Market forces determine everything right.
4. Perfect competition exists in labour and product market.
5. There is wage price flexibility.
6. Money acts as medium of exchange.
7. Long run analysis.
8. No overproduction or unemployment.
26.
(i) NDP = GDP - Depreciation.
(ii) NNP = GNP - Depreciation.
(iii) The difference between NDP and NNP is the net factor income from abroad.
(iv) In NDP it is excluded but in NNP it is included.
27.
(i) A Model is a simplified representation of real situation.
(ii) Economists use models to describe economic activities, their relationships and their behaviour.
28.
(i) Models in Mathematical Economics are developed based on Economic Theories, while Econometric Models are developed based on Economic Theories to test the validity of Economic Theories in reality through the actual data.
(ii) Regression Analysis in Statistics does not concentrate more on error term while Econometric Models concentrate more on error terms
29.
Functional Planning:
(i) It refers to that planning which seeks to remove economic difficulties by directing all the planning activities within the existing economic and social structure.
Structural Planning:
(i) It refers to a good deal of changes in the socioeconomic framework of the country.
(ii) Under developed countries follow this type of planning.
30.
(i) Electronic waste is the new by product of the Info Tech society.
(ii) It includes a growing range of electronic devices from household appliances, such as refrigerators, air conditioners, cell phones, computers.
(iii) e-waste can be defined as the result when consumer, business and household devices are sent for re-cycling (e.g., television, computers, audio-equipments, VCR, DVD, telephone, Fax, Xerox machines, wireless devices, video games).
31.
(i) Primary deficit is equal to fiscal deficit minus interest payments. PD = Fiscal deficit (FD) - Interest Payment (IP)
(ii) It shows the real burden of the government and it does not include the interest burden on loans taken in the past.
(iii) It shows the borrowing requirement of the government exclusive of interest payments.
32.
(i) It is a trade restriction that sets a limit on the quantity of a good that can be imported into a country in a given period of time.
(ii) Quotas are used to benefit the producers of good in that economy.
33.
(i) It is the slowing down the rate of inflation by controlling the amount of credit (bank loan, hire purchase) available to consumers without causing more unemployment.
(ii) It is defined as the process of reversing inflation without creating unemployment or reducing output in the company.
34.
| S.No | Personal Income | Disposable Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | It is the total income received by the individual before payment of direct taxes in a year | It is the individual's income after the payment of income tax |
| 2 | Disposable income = Personal income - Direct tax |
35.
Econometrics is the statistical and mathematical analysis of economic relationships, often serving as a basis for economic forecasting. It is used by economists to study relationships between economic variables Econometrics is interesting because it provides the tools to enable us to extract useful information about important economic policy issues from the available data. It is used to understand economic issues and test theories. Without evidence economic theories are abstract and has no bearing on reality. Econometrics is a set of tools we can use to confront theory with real world data. A study' could estimate a key parameter such as the price elasticity of demand for it or econometric techniques could be used to generate forecasts. It is used to develop, estimate and evaluate models which relate economic or financial variables.
36.
37.
(i) To promote international monetary cooperation among the member nations.
(ii) To facilitate faster and balanced growth of international trade.
(iii) To ensure exchange rate stability by curbing competitive exchange depreciations.
(iv) To reduce exchange controls imposed by member nations.
(v) To establish multilateral trade and payment system in respect of current transactions.
(vi) To promote the flow of capital from developed to developing nations.
(vii) To solve the problem of international liquidity.
38.
39.
(i) Primary Functions:
Medium of exchange:
(i) Money has general acceptability and all exchanges take place in terms of money.
(ii) First, money is got through sale of goods or services.
(iii) Later, money is used to buy goods and services.
(iv) Thus, in the modern exchange system money acts as the intermediary in sales and purchases.
Measure of value
(i) Money measures the value of goods and services.
(ii) Prices of all goods and services are expressed in terms of money.
(iii) Since all the values are expressed in terms of money, it is easier to determine the rate of exchange between various types of goods in the community.
(ii) Secondary Functions:
Store of value:
(i) Savings is done in terms of money.
(ii) Money is a store of wealth, as it can be easily converted into other marketable assets such as land, machinery, plant.
Standard of Deferred Payments:
(i) Borrowing and lending is done in money.
Means of Transferring Purchasing Power:
(i) The field of exchange went on extending with growing economic development.
(ii) The exchange of goods is now. extended to distant lands.
(iii) So it is necessary to transfer purchasing power from one place to another.
(iii) Contingent Functions:
Basis of the Credit System:
(i) Business transactions are either in cash or on credit.
(ii) A depositor uses cheques only when there are sufficient funds in his account.
(iii) The commercial banks create credit on the basis of adequate cash reserves.
(iv) Money is at the back of all credit.
Money facilitates distribution of National Income:
(i) Money is used in the distribution of income as rent, wage, interest and profit.
Equalize Marginal Utilities and Marginal Productivities:
(i) Consumer gets maximum utility only if he incurs expenditure on various commodities in such a manner as to equalize marginal utilities accruing from them.
(ii) Here, money plays an important role, because the prices of all commodities are expressed in money.
(iii) Money helps to equalize marginal productivities of various factors of production.
Increases Productivity of Capital:
(i) Money is the most liquid form of capital.
(ii) It can be put to any use.
(iii) So it can be transferred from the less productive to the more productive uses.
(iv) Other Functions:
Maintains Repayment Capacity:
(i) Money has general acceptability.
(ii) To maintain its repayment capacity, every firm has to keep assets in the form of money.
(iii) Firms, banks, insurance companies and governments have to keep some liquid money (i.e., cash) to maintain their repayment capacity.
Represents Generalized
Purchasing Power:
(i) Purchasing power kept in terms of money can be put to any use.
Gives liquidity to Capital:
(i) Money is the most liquid form of capital & so can be put to any use.
40.
Cyclical unemployment:
(i) During the downturn phase (recession and depression) of trade cycle, income and output fall leading to cyclical unemployment.
(ii) It is caused by deficiency of effective demand
Structural unemployment:
(i) Unemployment due to massive and deep rooted changes in economic structure leads to structural unemployment.
(ii) Lack of demand for the product or shift in demand to other products cause this type of unemployment.
(iii) (e.g.) rise in demand for mobile phones has adversely affected the demand for cameras, tape recorders
Disguised unemployment:
(i) It occurs in agriculture when more people are there than required. Even if some workers are withdrawn, production does not suffer.
Actual marginal productivity is zero, less or negative.
(i) Seasonal unemployment
1. In agriculture and agro based industries like sugar, production activities are carried out only in some seasons.
2. These industries offer employment only during that season in a year.
3. People remain unemployed during the off season.
4. Seasonal unemployment takes place from demand side also (eg) ice cream industry, holiday resorts
(ii) Frictional unemployment (Temporary unemployment)
1. It arises due to imbalance between supply of labour and demand for labour.
2. It is because of immobility of labour, lack of necessary skills, break down of machinery, shortage of raw materials.
3. The persons who lose jobs and in search of jobs also come under frictional unemployment
(iii) Educated unemployment
1. Educated people are underemployed or unemployed when qualification does not match the job.
2. Faulty education system, lack of employable skills, mass student turnout and preference for white collar jobs are highly responsible for educated unemployment.
41.
(i) National income is of great importance for the economy of a country.
(ii) National income helps us to know the relative importance and contribution of each sector. We could find how income is produced, how it is distributed, how much is spent, saved or taxed.
(iii) National income data is used to formulate monetary policy, fiscal policy and other policies.
(iv) Data regarding gross income, output, saving and consumption is uscd in economic planning.
(v) National income data is used to build economic models in short run and long run.
(vi) It is used to make international comparison, inter regional comparison and inter temporal comparison of growth of the economy during different periods.
(vii) If income is equally distributed, the per capita income will reflect the economic welfare of the country.
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