Agricultural economics – MCQs

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1.Who introduced the stage theory of economic growth?

2.What term describes the number of infants who pass away before reaching one year of age per 1,000 live births?

3.Which example best represents an extreme case of abundant physical resource endowment?

4.In less developed countries (LDCs), what is the typical annual growth rate of the labor force due to urban migration?

5.What term describes individuals in rural and urban areas who are working fewer hours than they are capable of?

6.What percentage of the total population do children represent in developed nations?

7.What percentage of the population in Less Developed Countries (LDCs) lives in urban areas?

8.In economically advanced countries, what percentage of the workforce is employed in the agricultural sector?

9.What percentage of the population in less developed countries (LDCs) lives in rural areas?

10.What percentage of dependents in wealthier countries are children?

11.What percentage of the population in less developed countries is typically economically dependent?

12.What term is used to describe the annual number of live births per 1,000 individuals in the population?

13.Which type of economy is based on the assumption of economic rationality, focusing solely on materialistic, individualistic, and self-interested decision-making?

14.Which field of economics typically involves significant government intervention and coordinated economic planning aimed at transforming the economy?

15.What term describes the infusion of private overseas capital into the economy of a developing country?

16.What term describes the process of transferring ownership of government-owned assets to private individuals or companies?

17.What is the term for a graph that represents all possible combinations of two goods a consumer can buy given their income and the prices of the goods?

18.Which type of tax is imposed on the manufacture of a particular product based on the amount of the product bought?

19.What term describes the debt, either private or public, that a country owes to foreign individuals, companies, or organizations?

20.What term describes utilizing all available resources to produce the highest possible quantity of goods and services?