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Question 41. Which of the following is not seen as an advantage of the gold standard?
  1.    No country needs to serve at the centre of this fixed exchange rate system.
  2.    For a given stock of gold, a rise in real money supply can only occur if the price level declines.
  3.    Inflation is unlikely to emerge as a significant problem.
  4.    The monetary mechanism has credibility.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> For a given stock of gold, a rise in real money supply can only occur if the price level declines.
Answer: (b)For a given stock of gold, a rise in real money supply can only occur if the price level declines. The blue fit of Gold standard is that a fixed assets back the money values. It provide a self regulating and stabilizing effect on the economy that discourages the inflation.
Question 42. An expression coined by economists to describe an economy that is growing at such a slow pace that more jobs are being lost than are being added
  1.    Growth Recession
  2.    Ratchet Inflation
  3.    Stagflation
  4.    Recession
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Growth Recession
Answer: (a)
Question 43. Rise in the price of a commodity means
  1.    fall in the value of currency only
  2.    rise in the value of commodity only
  3.    rise in the value of currency only
  4.    fall in the value of currency and rise in the value of commodity
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> fall in the value of currency only
Answer: (a)When the price level rises, each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services.So rise in the price of a commodity means fall in the value of currency only.
Question 44. Which of the following is included in M1?
  1.    stock
  2.    gold
  3.    checkable deposits
  4.    credit cards
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> checkable deposits
Answer: (c)
M1 measures the most liquid components of the money supply, as it contains cash and assets that can quickly be converted to currency.
M0 + M1 - Narrow money - includes coins and notes in circulation and other money equivalents that are easily convertible into cash.
M2 - M1 + short term deposits in banks.
M3 - M2 + long term deposits and money market fund.
M4 - M3 + other deposits.
Question 45. A rapid increase in the rate of inflation is sometimes attributed to the base effect. What is base effect?
  1.    It is the impact of the price levels of previous year on the calculation of inflation rate.
  2.    It is the impact of drastic deficiency in supply due to failure of crops.
  3.    It is the impact of the surge in demand due to rapid economic growth.
  4.    None of the statements given above is correct.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> It is the impact of the price levels of previous year on the calculation of inflation rate.
Answer: (a)The base effect relates to inflation in the corresponding period of the previous year: If the inflation rate was too low in the corresponding period of the previous year, even a smaller rise in the price index will arithmetically give a high rate of inflation.
Question 46. The acronym SRO, being used in the capital market for various market participants, stands for which one of the following?
  1.    Securities Roll-back Operators
  2.    Self Regulatory Organisations
  3.    Small Revenue Operators
  4.    Securities Regulatory Organisations
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Self Regulatory Organisations
Answer: (b)
A self-regulatory organization (SRO) is a non-governmental organization that has the power to create and enforce industry regulations and standards.
The priority is to protect investors through the establishment of rules that promote ethics and equality.
Question 47. What is meant by price discrimination?
  1.    A situation where the same product is sold to different consumers for different prices
  2.    Subsidization of a product by the Government to sell it at a lower price
  3.    Increase in price of a commodity over time
  4.    General decrease in price of a commodity over time
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> A situation where the same product is sold to different consumers for different prices
Answer: (a)When different consumers pay different prices for the same product, this situation is known as price discrimination.
Question 48. Which one of the following is the act of stimulating the economy by increasing the money supply or by reducing taxes ?
  1.    Inertial inflation
  2.    Disinflation
  3.    Reflation
  4.    Inflation hedge
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Reflation
Answer: (c)
Reflation is the act of stimulating the economy by increasing the money supply or by reducing taxes, seeking to bring the economy (specifically price level) back up to the long-term trend, following a dip in the business cycle.
Disinflation: Reduction in the rate of inflation.
Inflation Hedge: It is an investment with intrinsic value such as Oil, Natural Gas, Gold, farmland and to a lesser degree commercial real state.
Question 49. Which of the following would cause the aggregate demand curve to shift to the right?
  1.    an increase in real interest rates
  2.    an appreciation of the American dollar
  3.    an increase in purchases by the federal government
  4.    a decrease in the money supply
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> an increase in purchases by the federal government
Answer: (c)An increase in purchase by the federal Gov. causes the aggregate demand curve to shift to the right.
Question 50. With reference to India, consider the following statements.
  1. The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) in India is available on a monthly basis only.
  2. As compared on Consumers Price Index for Industrial Workers [CPI(IW)] the WPI gives less weight to food articles.
Which of the following statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  1.    Both 1 and 2
  2.    Neither 1 nor 2
  3.    Only 1
  4.    Only 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Both 1 and 2
Answer: (a)

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