πŸ“Š International Economics
Q. Tariffs are
  • (A) taxes imposed on imports.
  • (B) taxes imposed on the consumption of domestic goods
  • (C) taxes imposed on the consumption of imported services.
  • (D) taxes imposed on the consumption of domestic services.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) taxes imposed on imports.
πŸ“Š International Economics
Q. Which among the following is NOT a measure to correct the balance of payment disequilibrium?
  • (A) devaluation
  • (B) deflation
  • (C) revaluation
  • (D) non of the above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) non of the above
πŸ“Š International Economics
Q. Which among the following sentence is NOT true
  • (A) items are said to be above the line (autonomous) or below the line (accommodating).
  • (B) the sum of the accommodating and autonomous items must be zero, since all entries in the balance of payment s accounts must come under one of the tw3o headings.
  • (C) a surplus in a nation’s balance of payments is given by a net debit balance in the nation’s autonomous items and a deficit is given by a net credit balance.
  • (D) b o p is a systematic statistical statement or record of the character and dimensions of the country’s economic relationship with the rest of the world.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) a surplus in a nation’s balance of payments is given by a net debit balance in the nation’s autonomous items and a deficit is given by a net credit balance.
πŸ“Š International Economics
Q. Distinguish between autonomous and accommodating items in the balance of payments.
  • (A) all transactions in the current and capital account are called automatic transactions. accommodating items are transactions that come under the official reserve account.
  • (B) transactions are said to be autonomous if their value is determined independently of the balance of payments. accommodating items are determined by the net consequences of the autonomous items.
  • (C) they take place for business or private motive. accommodating items are required to balance international transactions.
  • (D) all the above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) all the above
πŸ“Š International Economics
Q. Official reserves consist of
  • (A) gold,
  • (B) special drawing rights (sdrs) borrowed from the imf,
  • (C) holding of foreign convertible currencies.
  • (D) all the above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) all the above
πŸ“Š International Economics
Q. The _______________ records all international financial transactions that involve resident of the country concerned- changing either his assets with or his liabilities to a resident of another country.
  • (A) current account
  • (B) capital account
  • (C) official reserve account
  • (D) unilateral transfers.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) capital account
πŸ“Š International Economics
Q. _______________are receipts which the residents of a country receive for free, without making any present or future service transaction in return.
  • (A) grants
  • (B) external borrowings
  • (C) unilateral transfers
  • (D) non of the above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) unilateral transfers
πŸ“Š International Economics
Q. Which among the following best explains the difference between Trade in Invisibles and merchandise trade?
  • (A) invisible trade is much more hetnogenious than the merchandise.
  • (B) invisibles trade includes shipping, banking and insurance services and payments by residents as tourists abroad. trade in merchandise include the export and import of goods only.
  • (C) the net of exports and import of visible in balance of payment accounts is called the merchandise trade balance. the net of exports and import of invisibles or services in balance of payment accounts is called the services trade balance.
  • (D) all the above.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) all the above.
πŸ“Š International Economics
Q. When each international transaction undertaken by the residents of a country are entered as a debit and credit entry of equal size, into the balance of payments, the method is known as.
  • (A) balance ot trade
  • (B) balance of payment
  • (C) double entry bookkeeping
  • (D) non of the above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) double entry bookkeeping
πŸ“Š International Economics
Q. If Debit balance in the balance of payment accounts are greater than the Credit balance it leads to
  • (A) balance of payment surplus.
  • (B) balance of payment deficit
  • (C) chronic disequilibrium in bop
  • (D) non of the above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) balance of payment deficit