Economics miscellaneous


Economics miscellaneous

  1. In accounting terms, what constitutes the ‘closing stock’?









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    Closing stock refers to the goods remaining unsold during the year. It includes finished products, raw materials, or work in progress and is deducted from the period's costs in the balance sheets. The amount of closing stock (properly valued) is used to arrive at the cost of goods sold in a periodic inventory system with the following calculation: Opening stock + Purchases - Closing stock = Cost of goods sold.

    Correct Option: D

    Closing stock refers to the goods remaining unsold during the year. It includes finished products, raw materials, or work in progress and is deducted from the period's costs in the balance sheets. The amount of closing stock (properly valued) is used to arrive at the cost of goods sold in a periodic inventory system with the following calculation: Opening stock + Purchases - Closing stock = Cost of goods sold.


  1. An increase in national income because of an increase in price is called









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    To find the real value of changes in output under inflationary conditions, the effects of any general price increase (price inflation) must be taken into account. This is done by holding prices constant from a starting measure, called the base year. It holds prices constant in terms of the prices existing in the base year.

    Correct Option: D

    To find the real value of changes in output under inflationary conditions, the effects of any general price increase (price inflation) must be taken into account. This is done by holding prices constant from a starting measure, called the base year. It holds prices constant in terms of the prices existing in the base year.



  1. Which one of the following items is included in the national income account?









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    National income is the total value a country's final output of all new goods and services produced in one year. Services provided by housewives, income of smugglers and services of sadhus can be categorized as non-economic services and thus cannot be accounted.

    Correct Option: D

    National income is the total value a country's final output of all new goods and services produced in one year. Services provided by housewives, income of smugglers and services of sadhus can be categorized as non-economic services and thus cannot be accounted.


  1. According to the classical system, saving is a function of









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    Saving function is a mathematical relation between saving and income by the household sector. This function captures the saving-income relation, the flip side of the consumption-income relation that forms one of the key building blocks for Keynesian economics.

    Correct Option: A

    Saving function is a mathematical relation between saving and income by the household sector. This function captures the saving-income relation, the flip side of the consumption-income relation that forms one of the key building blocks for Keynesian economics.



  1. ‘Personal Income’ equals









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    Disposable income is total personal income minus personal current taxes (or plus receipts of the government). In national accounts definitions, personal income, minus personal current taxes equals disposable personal income. Subtracting personal outlays (which includes the major category of personal (or, private) consumption expenditure) yields personal (or, private) savings

    Correct Option: C

    Disposable income is total personal income minus personal current taxes (or plus receipts of the government). In national accounts definitions, personal income, minus personal current taxes equals disposable personal income. Subtracting personal outlays (which includes the major category of personal (or, private) consumption expenditure) yields personal (or, private) savings