Economics Mcqs – MCQs

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1.According to the substitution effect, what happens to leisure consumption when wages rise?

2.What term describes the concept that the need for automobile workers arises because of the demand for automobiles?

3.What does the term 'poverty trap' mean?

4.Why do current anti-poverty programs often reduce the motivation to work?

5.Why does Rawls’s maximin principle not imply that income should be redistributed to make everyone’s earnings equal?

6.According to utilitarian principles, how should the government design policies to maximize overall societal welfare?

7.According to Rawls's theory of justice, what does the maximin principle require the government to prioritize?

8.If individuals are able to borrow and lend freely to perfectly stabilize their consumption over their lifetime, which measure best reflects the distribution of living standards?

9.How does a recession-induced unemployment period impact a worker's income?

10.Since in-kind transfers are excluded from conventional income distribution metrics, how do these standard measures typically reflect the inequality in living standards?

11.What was the growth rate of gross fixed capital formation (domestic investment) in the fiscal year 2009-10?

12.Industry ranks as the second biggest sector in the economy. What percentage of the GDP does it contribute?

13.When was Pakistan's Pak Sat I satellite launched following the December 10, 2001 deployment of Space Satellite Badr II?

14.In which year was the inaugural nuclear power facility established in Karachi?

15.Which sector represents the largest industry in Pakistan?

16.What is Wah primarily known for?

17.For which purpose is Mianwali notably significant?

18.Which city in Pakistan is renowned for producing top-quality sports goods?

19.Which one of the following qualifies as a cottage industry?

20.Which nickname is commonly used to refer to Faisalabad?