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Which of the following is not a quantitative method of credit control __________________.

  1. Bank Rate policy

  2. Open market operations

  3. The Repo Rate

  4. Consumer credit regulation


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Quantitative or traditional methods of credit control consist of banks rate policy, open market operations and variable reserve ratio. Qualitative or selective methods of credit control consist of the guideline of margin requirement, credit rationing, regulation of customer credit and direct action. 

Quantitative controls are planned to control the volume of credit created by the banking system qualitative measures or selective methods are intended to regulate the flow of credit in specific uses.

The correct option is D.

Quantitative Methods aim at influencing _______________________.

  1. The end-use of credit in specific areas

  2. The total volume of credit in the banking system

  3. Both (a) and (b)

  4. Neither (a) nor (b)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Quantitative Methods aim at influencing the total volume of credit in the banking system.Quantitative measures to control credit are also known as general measures. Quantitative instruments of control credit are those instruments which focus on overall supply of money in the economy. These measures are used in a manner such that overall supply of money in the economy is reduced during inflation and increased during deflation.

Our economy is characterized by __________.

  1. unlimited wants and needs

  2. unlimited material resources

  3. no energy resources

  4. abundant productive labour


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Our economy is characterized by unlimited wants and needs.Every economy in the world is characterized by needs and wants which are unlimited as it is a very well known fact that human needs are never ending.
Economics deals with the management of this scarce resources to its alternative uses in order to gain maximum satisfaction and profit.

____is the top traffic handler in coastal & overseas shipping.

  1. Kochi

  2. Kandla

  3. Thiruvanandpuram

  4. Vishakhapatnam


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Kandla, also known as the Kandla Port Trust or Deendayal Port is a seaport in Kutch District of Gujarat state in western India, near the city of Gandhidham. Located on the Gulf of Kutch, it is one of major ports on west coast as it is one of the top traffic handler off all the merchandise that is imported and exported to the west countries. 

Who first raised the fears of a world food shortage?

  1. David Ricardo

  2. T.R. Malthus

  3. J.S. Mill

  4. J.B. Say


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Thomas Robert Malthus was an English cleric and scholar, influential in the fields of political economy and demography who for the first time proposed the condition of food shortage on the grounds of scarce resources and unlimited wants after studying the world demographics. 

Of the major $12$ ports, _________ has been the top traffic handler for last five years.

  1. Paradip

  2. Cochin

  3. Kandla

  4. Mumbai


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Kandla, also known as the Kandla Port Trust or Deendayal Port is a seaport in the Kutch district of Gujarat state in western India, near the city of Gandhidham. Located on the Gulf of Kutch, it is one of the major ports on the west coast as it is one of the top traffic handlers of all the merchandise that is imported and exported to the western countries.

The economic reforms have failed to ______________.

  1. keep fiscal deficits to the targeted levels

  2. fully implement industrial deregulation

  3. fully open the economy to trade

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The economic reforms have failed to keep fiscal deficits to the targeted levels, fully implement industrial deregulation and fully open the economy to trade.

Which one of the following is NOT a feature of developing economy?

  1. High rate of unemployment.

  2. High rate of population growth.

  3. High rate of capital formation.

  4. Widespread poverty.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The capital formations really signify a very significant part of economic development. This earnings manufacture and growth of more capital goods, such as machines, tools, factories, buildings, raw materials, fuels, etc., which are to be additionally used in producing more goods. 

Resources creation does not mean enlarge in money capital, but it actually refers to increase in physical capital, i.e., machinery, factories, transport equipment, bridges, power projects, dams, irrigation systems, etc. 

To sum up, capital formation implies the making of real assets. Low per capita real profits is one of the most defining qualities of developing economies. 

The correct answer is C.

Who controls economic activities under centrally planned economies?
  1. Industrialists

  2. Private firms

  3. Government 

  4. Consumer


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The government controls economic activities under centrally planned economies A centrally planned economy, also known as a command economy, is an economic system in which a central authority, such as a government, makes economic decisions regarding the manufacturing and the distribution of products. Centrally planned economies are different from market economies in which such decisions are traditionally made by businesses and consumers.

In which of the following cases does output double with the doubling of all inputs?

  1. Constant Returns to Scale

  2. Decreasing Returns to Scale

  3. Increasing Returns to Scale

  4. Increasing as well as decreasing returns to Scale


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In economic terms, constant returns to scale is when a firm changes its inputs with the results being exactly the same change in outputs (production). In other words, if a firm increases its inputs they will see a proportional increase in production (or outputs). 

The similar can be true if a firm decreases its inputs and that results in a proportional decrease in outputs. Constant returns to scale take place when increasing the number of inputs leads to an equivalent increase in the output.

Thus, the correct option is A.