Economics Test 6

Total Questions: 25

1 - Which of the following organizations was brought into existence by the Treaty of Rome?

A ) Council of Mutual Economic Assistance
B ) European Free Trade Association
C ) European Economic Community ✅
D ) Council of Europe

2 - Which one of the following is an example of quasi-money or near money?

A ) Bills of exchange ✅
B ) Cheques
C ) Bank notes
D ) Coins

3 - When the commodity value of money and it's value as money are equal,it is called:

A ) Token money
B ) Full-bodied money ✅
C ) Quasi-money
D ) Fiat money

4 - "Bad money drives good money out of circulation". With whose name is this law associated?

A ) J M Kaynes
B ) Thomas Gresham ✅
C ) L E Mises
D ) R G Hawtrey

5 - Which of the following is not an instrument of monetary policy?

A ) Taxation
B ) Bank rate
C ) Open-market operations
D ) Credit rationing ✅

6 - The Liquidity Trap condition occurs at a:

A ) Low rate of interest
B ) Very low rate of interest
C ) High rate of interest
D ) Very high rate of interest ✅

7 - In which capacity does a person stand to gain from deflation?

A ) As a pensioner ✅
B ) As a debtor
C ) As a entrepreneur
D ) As an equity-holder

8 - Which of the following is not a function of a commercial bank?

A ) Accepting public deposits
B ) Granting loan and advances
C ) Undertaking agency functions
D ) Banker to the government ✅

10 - An indirect tax is one where

A ) Tax is levied on a service
B ) Tax is levied always on products
C ) Points of impact and incident are the same
D ) Points of impact and incidence are different ✅

11 - Which one of the following is an example of indirect tax?

A ) Corporation tax
B ) Wealth tax
C ) Income tax
D ) Sales tax ✅

12 - Euro, the new common currency of European community countries,began its life worldwide on:

A ) 1 December 1999
B ) 4 January 1999 ✅
C ) 1 January 2000
D ) 1 January 2001

13 - From when did the Euro become a legal tender?

A ) 1 December 1999
B ) 1 January 2000
C ) 1 January 2001
D ) 1 January 2002 ✅

17 - What term is given to unemployment caused by a downturn in the business cycle?

A ) Underemployment
B ) Disguised unemployment
C ) Temporary unemployment
D ) Cyclical unemployment ✅

20 - What is structural unemployment?

A ) Unemployment caused by the changing structure of an industry or of society ✅
B ) Unemployment caused after the completion of a major construction project
C ) Unemployment caused due to depressed economy
D ) Unemployment caused due to industrial sickness

21 - Which treaty established the European Economic Community (EEC)?

A ) Rome Treaty of 1957 ✅
B ) Bretton Woods Treaty of 1944
C ) Geneva Treaty,1947
D ) London Treaty, 1957

23 - When did World Trade Organization (WTO) replace GATT?

A ) 1 January 1995 ✅
B ) 1 January 1997
C ) 1 December 1999
D ) 1 June 2000

25 - With whom would you associate the following quote:"The business of business is business"?

A ) Milton Friedman ✅
B ) Adam Smith
C ) Alfred Marshall
D ) Karl Marx