Agricultural economics – MCQs

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1.What is the typical range for open unemployment rates in developing countries?

2.What term describes individuals who are willing and capable of working but cannot find appropriate employment opportunities?

3.In developed nations, what percentage of total exports is typically made up of manufactured products?

4.What percentage of the population in developed countries resides in urban areas?

5.What is the approximate percentage contribution of agriculture to the Gross National Product (GNP) in developing countries?

6.What percentage of the population in developed nations resides in rural areas?

7.What percentage of the total population in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is made up of children below 15 years of age?

8.What percentage of children are dependents in the least developed countries?

9.What term is used to describe individuals in society who do not contribute productively?

10.Which of the following best represents the fundamental value of development?

11.Who were the recipients of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1979?

12.Which branch of economics examines how power influences economic decision-making?

13.What term describes the amount by which total revenue exceeds total costs?

14.What term describes the repeated rise and fall in economic activity over several years?

15.What term describes the speed at which one country's currency is traded for the currency of another country?

16.What term describes the monetary income a company forgoes when utilizing a resource it owns instead of selling it in the marketplace?

17.Which type of resource cannot be altered in quantity by a business in the short-term?

18.Which form of unemployment describes individuals who are temporarily out of work due to voluntarily switching jobs or short-term layoffs?

19.What do we call a collection of businesses that manufacture the same or closely related products?

20.What term describes a financial obligation or an amount owed by a company or an individual?