Chapter 11 The Government Functions and Scope

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1) The deliberate action in fiscal policy taken by the government to stablize the economy is called

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Fiscal policy

Discretionary Fiscal policy

Automatic stablizer

Budget

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2) The policy of the government regarding public expenditure, taxation, borrowing and revenue are called

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Fiscal policy

Budget

Capital receipt

None of these

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3) The priciple of exclusion is applicable in case of

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Public goods

Private goods

Both of above

None of these

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4) If MPC is 0.8, then tax multiplier is

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1

8

5

50

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5) In the given equation C = 20 + .8Y,  income is 100. Then consumption will be

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20

.8

20.8

100

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6) Government finances deficit in budget by

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Taxation

Borrowings

Printing currency

All of the above

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7) The borrowing of the government to finance deficit in budget leads to

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Revenue

Public debt

Taxation

None of these

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8) Select the odd one

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Income tax

Sales tax

Fees

Customs duty

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9) Which of the following is not a major item of revenue expenditure ?

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Defence service

Acqusition of land

Interest payment

Subsidies

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10) Autonomous expenditure, A = 100 and MPC is 0.75 , equilibrium income is

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4000

400

300

133.3

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11) Select the odd one

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Surplus budget

Balanced budget

Deficit budget

Supplementary budget

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12) Excess of total expenditure over total income excluding borrowing is

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Revenue deficit

Fiscal deficit

Primary deficit

Monetized deficit

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13) Which of the following is the AD in a closed economy with government ?

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C + I + G + X

C + G + NX

C + I + G - X

C + I + G

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14) Balnced budget multiplier is

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One

Less than one

More than one

Zero

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15) Which of the following is an indirect tax ?

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Excise duty

Sales tax

Customs duty

All of these

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16) Goods in which  the consumption should be encouraged are called

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Public good

Private good

Club good

Merits good

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17) Which of the following are the functions of government ?

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Allocation

Distribution

Stabilization

All of the above

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18) Fiscal deficit reduced by interest payment is

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Primary deficit

Total deficit

Monetized deficit

Trade deficit

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19) The expenditures which neither create assets nor reduces liabilities are called

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Revenue expenditure

Capital expenditure

Revenue receipts

None of these

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20) Revenue receipts

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Reduce assets

Increase assets

Neither increase nor reduce assets

None of these

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