A sudden shift from import tariffs to free trade may induce short-term unemployment in :

The optimum tariff means :

The movement from old level of expenditure and taxation to a new and higher level is called :

Which method can help in obtaining a welfare improvement, if externalities exist ?

The efficiency condition in the production of pure public good requires that the production be carried out up to a point when :
{where MB_i, represents marginal Benefit of the 'i^th' individual and MB_j represents marginal Benefits that accrue to the 'j^th' individual and MC is the marginal cost}

The incidence of which of the following will entirely be on the monopolist ?

Which of the following is NOT a Commercial Bank ?

Liquidity Adjusment Facility (LAF) was recommended by :

Which of the following is TRUE for Bank Rate ?

Human Development Index (HDI) currently, as published by the UNDP is calculated by using which of the following ?

Harrod-neutral technical progress is necessarily :

Which among the following is NOT part of the neoclassical theory of growth ?

If a production function admits both Harrod and Hicks neutral technical progress, the elasticity of subsitution should be :

The total population of city 'X' in 2011 was 28 lakhs adn the total number of live births was 50 thousand. Find out crude birth rate per 1000 population ?

According to Ronald Coase, Which of the following statements is CORRECT for pollution control ?

According to Census 2011, which one of the following states has the highest share of rural population ?

At present, for the estimation of GDP in India at constant prices, which one of the following years is used as the base year ?

Which of the following statement is CORRECT for 'Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana' launched on November 12, 2020 ?

The 15th Finance Commission (FC) has recommended that the States be given what per cent of the divisible tax pool of the Centre during the period 2021-2022 to 2025-26 ?

Which of the following sectors of the economy registered highest growth rate in the second quarter of 2020-21 as per estimate of NSO ?

Which of the following measures are used by a risk-averse person to minimize risk ?
(a) Diversification of resources
(b) Insurance of risk event
(c) Total cost of resources
(d) Value of information of risk event
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Which of the following statements are CORRECT for welfare economics ?
(a) Any competitive equilibrium leads to a pareto efficient allocationof resources
(b) Competitive equilibrium does not lead to Pareto efficient allocation of resources
(c) Any efficient allocation can be attained by a competitive equilibrium given the market mechanism leading to redistribution
(d) There will be no Pareto efficient allocation of resources in the society
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Which of the following conditions hold true for factor pricing when factor market is perfectly competitive and product market is monopolistic ?
(a) VMP > MRP
(b) Both VMP and MRP decreasing
(c) VMP < MRP
(d) MRP_L = W
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Which of the following functions will result in an investment multiplier of value 4 ?
(a) C = 50 + .25 Y
(b) C = 50 + 0.75 Y
(c) S = – 50 + .25Y
(d) I = 50 + .75 Y
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Which of the following are CORRECT ?
(a) If observations are selected purposively, it is called a method of non-random sampling
(b) If observations are selected in an ad-hoc manner, it is called a method of non-random sampling
(c) If observations are selected in a systematic manner it is called a method of non-random sampling
(d) If observations are selected on the basis of judgment, it is called a method of non-random sampling
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Which are the following correct features of matrices ?
(a) An identity matrix is a square matrix
(b) An identity matrix when gets transposed remains an identity matrix
(c) (A.B)^T = A^T. B^T where A and B are matrices
(d) (A–1)T = (A^T)^–1 where A is a matrix
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When the exchange rate changes from 1$ = Rs 72 to 1$ = Rs 68, then the :
(A) Rupee has depreciated
(B) Dollar has depreciated
(C) Rupee has appreciated
(D) Dollar has appreciated
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Which of the following are a source of market failure ?
(a) The existence of public goods
(b) The presence of externalities
(c) The fact that some goods are rivals in consumption
(d) The existence of monopolies
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Which of the following would reduce the credit creaton capacity of a commercial Bank ?
(a) Time and Demand deposits
(b) Loans
(c) Deposits with the Central Bank
(d) Cash in hands
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Which of the following measres would result in an increase in the money supply in the economy ?
(a) Purchase of goverment securities from the public by Central Bank
(b) Deposit of currency in Commercial Banks by the public
(c) Borrowing by the government from the Central Bank
(d) Sale of government securities to the public by the Central Bank
(e) Minting of more money by the Central Bank for circulation
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Inequalities in income are measured by which of the following ?
(a) Lorenz Ratio
(b) Theil's Index
(c) Palma Ratio
(d) Deprivation Ratio
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In which of the followingways have there been structural changes in agricultural and rural areas in India ?
(a) Crop diversification within agriculture sector
(b) Diversification from livestock to crop husbandry
(c) Diversification from non-commercial crops to commercial crops
(d) Diversification from traditional inputs to modern inputs
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With reference to the programme 'NIDHI' which of the following statement(s) is/are CORRECT ?
(1) The programme of 'NIDHI' was started for students to begin statups
(2) Its aim is to financially support 20 students for startups each year
(3) Its aim is to financially support 200 students for statups each year
(4) Its aim is to financially support only students of backward classes to start up each year
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Which of the following statements are CORRECT in regard to FDI in India in FY 2020 ?
(A) Share of services sector is highest
(B) Share of infrastructure activities is highest
(C) Share of computer hardware and software is in the second position
(D) Share of telecommunications is highest
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Consider the following statements about the rational expectations model :
(1) Monetary policy cannot affect output and employment
(2) Unanticipated changes will not affect real variables in the very short run
(3) There is equilibrium in the markets
(4) Economic agents use all relevant available information to form their expectations
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In the context of investments, which of the following statements(s) is/are CORRECT ?
(a) According to the accelerator model, investment demand is proportional to change in income
(b) The higher the real interest rate, the higher is the rental cost of capital
(c) Investment is a stock variable
(d) The real rate of interest is equal to the nominal rate of interest plus the inflation rate
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Which of the following statement are CORRECT for correlation analysis ?
(a) Degree of linear association is measured between two variables
(b) Predictability is not part of correlation analysis
(d) Spearman has no contribution to correlation analysis
(d) Cause and effect relationship is established through correlation analysis
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Which of the following are NOT properties of Cobb-Douglas production function ?
(a) Cobb-Doulglas production function is a homogeneous production function
(b) Curve representing average and marginal productivity of inputs are not downward sloping
(c) Marginal productivity of labour and capital in Cobb-Douglas production function are functions of the capital-labour ratio
(d) Iso-quants of Cobb-Douglas production functions are positively sloped
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Improvement in the balance of payments deficit may be effected through :
(a) Import controls
(b) Export promotion
(c) Foreign exchange control
(d) Devaluation
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Which of the following are relavant conditions assumed by the Factor price Equalization theorem ?
(1) The countries are characterized by different factor endowments
(2) The countries are characterized by different production functions
(3) The industires are characterized by different factor inensities
(4) Each country will export the commodity which uses it abundant factor
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Zero Based Budgeting (ZBB) lays emphais on :
(a) Allocation of resources based on cost-benefit terms
(b) Unlimited deficit financing
(c) Preparing a new budget, right from the scratch
(d) Preparing the budget, neglecting the history of expenditure
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Which of the following statements are relevant for Gender Budgeting ?
(1) Preparing a separate budget fo women
(2) Gender budget is not practised by the Government of India
(3) Evaluating budgetary provisions with a gender perspective
(4) Gender budgeting is a tool for Gender Empowerment
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Which of the following are true for the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) ?
(a) The relationship between income and Environmental damages take the shape of an inverted U
(b) EKC is applicable in case of irreversible environmental damage
(c) EKC holds true for global pollutants
(d) EKC hypothesis intends to represent a long term relationship between economic growth and pollution
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Which of the following statement(s) is/are CORRECT for environmental evaluation ?
(a) Travel cost method measures the recreational values of Environmental Resources
(b) Hedonic pricing is used for environmental amenities associated with property value
(c) Replacement cost method is used by substituting natural resources with a man-made equipment
(d) Defensive expenditure deals with preventive measures
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Match the List – I with List – II :
      List – I                                                        List - II
(a) Perfect competition                              l. Many real or perceived differences in products
(b) Monopoly                                             ll. Litle or no difference in products
(c) Monopolistic competition                     lll. Identical products
(d) Oligopoly                                             lV. Product without close substitutes
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Match the List – I with List – II :
    List – I                                                                             List - II
(a) Menu cost                                                                 I. Monetary Policy
(b) Quantitative Easing                                                  II. Inflation
(c) Pump Priming                                                          III. Phillips curve
(d) Trade-off between inflation and unemployment      IV. Fiscal policy
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Match the List – I with List – II :
List – I                                         List - II
(a) Carl Friedrich Gauss            I. Central Tendency
(b) Multicollinearity                    II. OLS
(c) Mode                                   III. Karl Pearson
(d) Correlation coefficient         IV. Relationship among explanatory variables
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Match the List – I with List – II :
   List – I                                                                List - II
(a) Convex Function                                          I. Basic variable
(b) Input-Output Analysis                                  II. Use of Derivative
(c) Linear Programming                                    III. Hawkins-Simon condition
(d) Marginal Propensity to Consume                IV. Demand Curve
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Match the List – I with List – II :
    List – I                                                                         List - II
(a) Supply side of International Trade                        I. David Ricardo
(b) Demand side of International Trade                     II. Bustable and Alfred Marshall
(c) Opportunity cost of International Trade                III. G. Haberler
(d) Real cost theory of International Trade                IV. Alfred Marshall and Edgeworth
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Match the List – I with List – II :
      List – I                                                                                     List - II
(a) Canons of Taxation                                                                 I. U. K. Hicks
(b) Canons of Public Expenditure                                                II. Adam Smith
(c) Effective Incidence of Tax                                                      III. Findlay Shirras
(d) Benefit received approach of Public Expenditure                 IV. Erik Lindahl
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Match the List – I with List – II :
List – I                                                                                                               List - II
(a) Security Exchange Board of India (SEBI)                                                  I. 1991
(b) National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL)                                                II. 1992
(c) Credit Rating Information Service of India ltd (CRISIL)                              III. 1988
(d) Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency of India (ICRA)            IV. 1996
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Match the List – I with List – II :
     List – I                                                           List - II
(a) Adam Smith                                               I. Theory of Big Push
(b) R. Rodan                                                   II. Traditional Society
(c) W. W. Rostow                                            III. Reserve army of labour
(d) Karl Marx                                                   IV. Division of labour
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Match the List – I with List – II :
         List – I                                                                                                                                                   List - II
(a) Conserving the Environment for benefit of the future generation                                                        I. Indirect use value
(b) Search of Alternative fuels is necessary because traditional sources are non-renewable                  II. Option Value
(c) Wood from the forest is useful as timber                                                                                             III. Bequest Value
(d) Insects are important as they help in pollination                                                                                 IV. Use Value
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Match the List – I with List – II :
     List – I                                                                       List - II
(a) NIRVIK                                                                  I. A project directed to provide piped cooking gas to millions of households
(b) Ayshman Bharat                                                   II. A scheme to enhance energy efficiency
(c) Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga (PMUG)                   III. Export credit insurance scheme
(d) Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT)                       IV. Programme related to health issues in the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors
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Arrange the following concepts of consumer behaviour in chronological order
(a) Law of diminishing marginal utility
(b) Law of demand
(c) Revealed Preference Analysis
(d) Indifference Curve Analysis
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Arrange the following business cycles in ascending order in terms of their approximate duration .
(a) Kondratiev cycle
(b) Kitchin cycle
(c) Jugular cycle
(d) Kuznets cycle
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Identify the proper sequence in the traditional econometic methodolgy of conducting research :
(a) Data collection
(b) Policy prescription
(c) Testing of hypothesis
(d) Formulation of hypothesis
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What is the CORRECT sequence of the following ?
(a) Uruguay Round
(b) Kennedy Round
(c) Doha Round
(4) Geneva Round
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Arrange the introduction of the following taxes in India in chronological order :
(a) Service Tax
(b) Income Tax
(c) Banking Transaction Tax
(d) Gift Tax
(e) Goods and services Tax
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Arrang ethe following committees appointed for the Banking sector in India in chronological order :
(a) Urjit patel Committee
(b) Goiporia Committee
(c) Narasimham Committee - I
(d) Chakravarty Committee
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Arrange the following in chronological order in which they were introduced :
(a) SDGs
(b) MPI
(c) PQLI
(d) HDI
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Arrange the following United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conferences in chronological order :
(a) Copenhagen Conference
(b) Doha Conference
(c) Paris Conference
(d) Katowice Conference
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Consider some of the schemes/programs introduced by the government of India to enhance agriculture productivity and farmer's income. Arrange them in chronological order of their appearance.
(a) Soil Health Card Scheme
(b) Kisan Credit Card Scheme
(c) Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna
(d) Doubling Farmers' income Program
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Arrange the following Committees of poverty estimation in chronological order :
(a) Alagh Committee
(b) Lakdawala Committee
(c) Tendulkar Committee
(d) Rangarajan Committee
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Given below are two statements : One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : A lumpsum tax imposed on a monopolist cannot be shifted to the consumers.
Reason (R) : The lumpsum tax becomes a part of his fixed cost and it does not affect the marginal cost of production.
In the light of the above statement, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Given below are two statements : One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : There is no incentive for a profit maximising producer to supply public goods.
Reason (R) : If he produces, it, he is unable to exclude people from consuming it and hence he cannot charge a price.
In the light of the above statement, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Given below are two statements : One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : New capital accumulation is the vehicle of technical progress.
Reason (R) : Technical progress is embodies in new machines.
In the light of the above statement, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Given below are two statements
Statement I (A) : Social Welfare Function(SWF) is a soft of social indiffernce map consisting or the Social Indifference Curves (SICs) which shows the various combination of utilities that gives the same level of social welfare (SW)
Statement II (R) : Social Indifference Curves (SICs) may no be convex or cocave to the origin
In the light of the above statement, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Given below are two statements
Statement I (A) : One of the assumptions under OLS method states that the regresion model is linear in the parameters, though it may or may not be linear in the variables.
Statement II (R) : The variance of the error, or disturbance, term is not the same regardless of the value of the explanatory variable under OLS.
In the light of the above statement, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

In the study of International Economics, we use the tools of :

Match the List – I with List – II :
         List – I                                                                              List - II
(a) Karl Marx Theory of Population growth                             (i) Static interpretation
(b) Blacker’s Theory of Population growth                             (ii) Three stages
(c) Landry’s Theory of Population growth                              (iii) Four stages
(d) Prof. Sidgwick’s Optimum Population Theory                  (iv) Five stages
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Given below are two statements  : One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A)  : High powered money is the source of all other forms of money that impact money supply.
Reason (R) : Credit is created by commercial banks.
In the light of the above statement, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Which one of the following is a valid objective function as a linear programming problem ?

Transportation cost of trade affects :
(a) Pattern of trade
(b) Boundaries between tradable and non-tradable goods
(c) Global supply chains
(d) Boundaries of non-tradable goods
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Presence of asymmetric information in the market causes which of the following ?
(a) Adverse selection
(b) Marginal benefits of an additional unit of resources diminish with an increasing number of unit of resources
(c) Efficiency wages
(d) Principal-Aent problem
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For the production function, Q = AL^αK^ß
(a) The Coefficient A shows managerial efficiency
(b) If α + ß > 1, then the production function exhibits increasing return to scale
(c) Marginal Rate of Technical Substitution of L for K is given by 
(d) The Marginal Product of Capital is given by 
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Match the List – I with List – II :
              List – I                                                        List - II
(a) Critical Minimum Effor Theory                        (i) C.P. Blacker
(b) Neo-Classical Growth Model                         (ii) W.W. Rostow
(c) Demographic Transition Theory                     (iii) R. Solow
(d) Age of High Mass Consumption                    (iv) H. Leibenstein
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"The best system of taxation from the economic point of view is that which has the best or the least bad economic effects". Who said this ?

Labour force participation rate is given by :

The solution of the following game is given by
              

Given below are two statements.
Statement I : The endogeneous growth theorists suggest, investment in human capital, innovation and knowledge leads to economic growth.
Statement II : Investment in human capital, innovation and knowledge reduces the diminishing returns on investment.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Which of the following equations represent national income identit ?
(a) Y = C + I + X
(b) Y = C + I + G + S
(c) Y = C + I + G + (X – M)
(d) Y = C + I + G + M
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Match the List – I with List – II :
       List – I                                                                                                  List - II
(a) Absolute Advantage Theory of International Trade                          (i) Heckscher Ohlin
(b) Factor Proportion Theory of Trade                                                  (ii) Marshall
(c) Offer Curves                                                                                    (iii) Adam Smith
(d) Opportunity Costs                                                                           (iv) Haberler
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Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : If A is any Matrix given by A =  , then det A = 0 since all elements in column II are zero.
Reason (R) : Laplace expansion permits evaluation of a determinant along any row or column.
In the light of the above statement, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

According to traditional neoclassical growth theory, output growth results from :
(a) Increase in labour quantity and quality
(b) Increase in capital
(c) Increase in exports
(d) Improvement int echnology
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Match the List – I with List - II
     List – I                                              List - II
(a) Linear Function                            (i) y = 3x² + 2x+ 9
(b) Quadratic Function                      (ii) y = 5³
(c) Exponential Function                   (iii) y = 3e^2 x
(d) Power Function                           (iv) y = 5x+3
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Which one of the following statements is wrong ?

Cross elasticity of demand of metro rides is 9.8 and total ridership per day is 1.5 Lakh. If price of bus rides rises by 5%m, the change in total metro rides will be :

For any two equally likely, exhaustive and independent events A and B, P(AB) will be equal to :

Which one of the following Price Index number satisfy the Factor Reversal Test ?

Match the element of List – I with List – II :
        List – I                                        List - II
(a) Chamberlin                      (i) Small group model
(b) Sweezy                           (ii) Kinked demand curve
(c) Stackelberg                    (iii) Price leadership model
(d) Fellner                            (iv) Reaction curves
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The number of districts initially selected from states under the Intensive Area Development Programme (1960) .

Given below are two statements :
Statement I : The Rybczynski theorem postulates that at constant commodity prices, an increase in the endowment of one factor will increase by a greater proportion the output of the commodity, intensive in that factor and will reduce the output of the other commodity.
Statement II : The Stolper-Samuelson theorem postulates that an increase in the relative price of a commodity (for example as a result of a tariff) decreases the return or earnings of the factor used intensively in the production of the commodity.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Seigniorage in banking means :
(a) The economic cost of providing a currency within a given economy
(b) The difference between the face value of money and the cost of providing it
(c) The cost involved in running ATMs
(d) The costs of making debit/credit cards in an economy
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Given below are two statements : One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Marshall-Learner condition should be fulfilled for the success of devaluation.
Reason (R) : Devalution makes exports costly and Imports cheaper.
In the light of the above statement, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

If the distrubance term is heteroscedastic, which one of the responses based on given statements is true ?
(a) OLS estimates are biased
(b) OLS estimates do not have the minimum variance property
(c) Tests of significance based on OLS estimates will be inaccurate
(d) OLS estimates are incosistent
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According to Economic Survey, 2019, the top five trading partners of India continue to be USA, China, UAE and :
(1) Saudi Arabia
(2) Hong Kong
(3) Singapore
(4) Srilanka
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Given below are two statements :
Statement I : Learning curve effect is related to a firm's long-run average cost curve.
Statement II : A swapped allocation is one that is Pareto efficient as well as an equiable alocation.
In light of the above statement, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Which of the following are foms of government borrowing ?
(1) Drawing from treasury
(2) Printing of currency notes
(3) Borrowing from non-bank public institutionsd
(4) Borrowingfrom the banking systems
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Arrange the following growth economists in chronological order of when they proposed their theories :
(a) Harrod
(b) Schumpeter
(c) Rostow
(d) Solow
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If no industry (sector) draws its own output as input, then the principal diagonal element in the Technological Coefficient Matrix will be :

The combined liabilities of Centre and States as a percentage of GDP during the two years 2016–17 and 2017–18 consolidated is at :

According to the last Census (2011), which Indian state has the minimum sex ratio ?

White revolution refers to boost in the production of :

Given the production function, Q = 10 L^0.8 K^0.2, the Marginal Product of Labour (MP_L) and Capital (MP_K), respectively are given by :
(1) MP_L = 8 (K/L)^0.2
(2) MP_L = 8 (L/K)^0.2
(3) MP_K = 2 (L/K)^0.8
(4) MP_K = 2 (K/L)^0.8
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Which of the following are Hawkins-Simon conditions ?
(a) Determinant A should be positive
(b) Determinant (I-A) should be positive
(c) Determinant (I-A) should be negative
(d) Principal diagonal elements of Matrix (1-A) should be positive
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Given below are two statements :
Statement I : Mrs Ursula K. Hicks stated that "Private finance, whether of firms or individuals, starts with a given income plan as a framework within which expenditure must be planned ; public finance, on the contrary, starts with a given expenditure plan and the authorities adjust their income by means of taxes and resources to match the expenditure"
Statement II : Prof. Shiras pointed out that "public authorities differ from private expenditure in that the former should balance income and should not necessarily seek as profit in the manner that an individiual would"
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

A leftward shift in labour demand curve is caused by :

Markowitz theory of portfolio management considers which of the following assumptions ?
(1) Investors are pessimistic about start-ups but optimistic about an established business
(2) Investors have free access to fair and correct information on return and risk
(3) Investors have a tendency to lean towards cryptourrencies
(4) Investors are rational and maximize their utility with a given level of income and money
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Harrod-Domar considers a functional economic relationship in which the growth rate of the gross domestic product depends :
(a) Direct on the national net savings rate
(b) Inversely on the national capital – output ratio
(c) Directly on industrial growth
(d) Inversely on agricultural growth
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Overshooting model of exchange rate developed by economist Rudi Dornbush, attempts to establish :

Given below are two statements : One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Compared to a certain point on the Contract curve, a point above the Contract curve is more efficient.
Reason (R) : The Contract curve represents the locus of points where the marginal rate of substitution between two goods is the same for both individuals.
In the light of the above statement, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Absolute income hypothesis explains :

The government multiplier is given by (where c = MPC and t = tax rate)

GDP expressed in terms of current prices is called :

A growth model in which there are diminishing returns on each factor of production but constant returns to scale and exogenous technological change that generates long term economic growth is the :

A time series, under the conditions E(xt) = µ and Cov (xt, xt+k) = y(k) is said to be :

Which one of the following is not the objective of IMF ?

Population Density refers to :

Forward exchange rates are useful for those who wish to :
(a) Protect themselves from the risk that the exchange rate will change before a transaction is completed
(b) Gamble that a currency will rise in value
(c) Gamble that a currency will fall in value
(d) Exchange curencies at a point in time in the future
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Maximum Social Welfare is guaranteed where a competitive firm exhibits the following condition [where MRPT_xy is Marginal Rate of Product Transformation of x for y]

The concept of Goods and Service Tax (GST) is originated in :

Which of the following are the three states which secured the highest percentage of intershare of tax revenue among states, as per recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission ?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Andhra Pradesh
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Given the Total Cost, TC = Q³ – 10Q² + 60Q, what will be the Minimum average cost ? At what level of output will the minimum cost occur ? (Q is the level of output)

Given the Total Revenue function, TR = 1400Q – 6Q² and Total cost functions, TC = 1500 + 80Q at Q = 100 units (where Q is the amount of output), which one of the following responses is correct ?
(a) MR > MC
(b) MC = 80
(c) MR < MC
(d) MR = MC
In the light of the above statement, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Given the sample size 400 with sample mean 99, the population mean 100 and computed value of z-statistic at 2.5, the value of population standard deviation will be :

Given below are two statements :
Statement I : Industrialization strategy advocates trade and development to overcome market failures through government policy.
Statement II : It encourages technology transfer and exports of progressively more advanced products.
In the light of the above statement, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Match the List – I with List – II :
     List – I                                      List - II
(a) Kerala                                 (i) Least urbanized
(b) Punjab                                (ii) Highest percentage of S.C's in their population
(c) Himachal Pradesh              (iii) Highest percentage of S.T's in their population
(d) Madhya Pradesh                (iv) Highest sex ratio
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Based on the order condition, state whether the first equation is identified ?
Given the following structural model :
y1 = 3y2 – 2x1 + x2 + u1
y2 = y3 + x3 + u2
y3 = y1 – y2 – 2x3 + u3
where y's are the endogenous variables, x's are predetermined variables and u's are random terms

Given below are two statements.
Statement I : Growth in infrastructure is considered as an essential pre-requisite for stepping up GDP growth.
Statement II  : It is vitally important to increase capital formation in India.
In the light of the above statement, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

IS and LM curve analysis explain :
(a) Product market equilibrium
(b) Money market equilibrium
(c) Capital market equilibrium
(d) Foreign trade equilibrium
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Who said, "I believe that the objective for disinvestment should be to benefit the public, the consumer and the investor and at the same time to improve competitiveness and eliminate monopoly" ?

For the given Income Consumption curve in the diagram, which one of the following is correct, beyond point A ?
             

Which of the following situtations represents an economic investment in the national income calculation ?
(a) Buying a newly constructed house for self-occcupation
(b) Buying of new shares
(c) Buying a new car by a publishing house for delivering books
(d) Buying a new car by a household
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What type of relationship exists between two variables, if all points on the scatter diagram appear to fall on a straight line going upward from left to right ?

The share of the service sector in the Gross Value Added of India at current prices, during 2018-2019 is between :

Match the List – I with List – II :
     List – I                                                                                                                   List – II
  (Statistic)                                                                                                            (Standard Error)
A. Sample mean                                                                                          1. 
B. Sample Variance (s²)                                                                                     2. 
C. Difference of two independent sample means                                3. 
D. Difference of two independent sample standard                                           4.  Deviations (s1 – (s2)
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Which one of the following response is true as a solution for simultaneous equation bias ?
(a) OLS Method
(b) Principle Component Method
(c) Two-stage Least square Method (2 SLS Method)
(d) Full Information Maximum Likelihood Method (FIML)
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The cost of holding money by individuals :
(1) Loss of real value of money due to deflation.
(2) Foregone interest from savings,
(3) Utility foregone by not buying goods and services.
(4) Returns foregone by no holding other assets.
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Given 'σ' as the Standard Deviation of a given series and if to each and every observation of the series is added a constant 'k', then what will be the Standard Deviation of the new series ?

Growth rate of population is :

Changes in terms of trade typically put less developed countries at a disadvantage, because :

Account payee crossing is defined in which section of the Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act ?

Match the List – I with List – II :
      List – I                                                           List - II
(a) Rybezynski Theorem                               (i) The effect of tariffs on factor prices
(b) Metzler effect                                           (ii) The effect of factor growth on production and trade
(c) Stolper- Samuelson Theorem                 (iii) The effect of tariffs on domestic prices
(d) Immiserising growth theory                     (iv) The effect of growth on terms of trade
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A decision free framework to identify a country's most binding constraints on economic growth is termed as :

Based on the following Blacker's stages of population growth diagram, the portion between A, B and C implies :
         

Inadequacy of absence of KYC (Know Your Customer) standards can subject a bank to serious and counter party risk as follows :
(a) Reputation risk
(b) Compliance risk
(c) Legal risk
(d) Bankruptcy risk
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Given below are two statements : One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : The main cause of commercial bank failure is because of providing inappropriate loans to bank insiders.
Reason (R) : Bank employees are provided loans at lower interest rates.
In the light of the above statement, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Given below are two statements  : One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A)  : Chronic poverty is the main problem facing India.
Reason (R) : British colonial rule has caused underdevelopment in India.
In the light of the above statement, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

A graph reflecting the relationship between a country's per capita income and its inequality of income distribution is the :