Macro Economics MCQ (GK Set-1) with Answers

Firms delay new hires in good times until they are really sure that the economy has improved

Such regulations increase the effective cost of labour to firms

Firms will be able to pay lower wages because greater job security has offsetting value to workers

Firms will make increased use of temporary work agencies

supply-side policies eliminate dead-weight loss from taxation

supply-side policies do not imply a short-run trade-off between unemployment and inflation

supply-side policies will reduce output gaps by increasing total factor productivity

supply-side policies help to shift the Beveridge curve away from the origin

(A) lower (B) lower

(A) higher (B) lower

(A) lower (B) higher

(A) higher (B) higher

For a given stock of gold, a rise in real money supply can only occur if the price level declines.

Inflation is unlikely to emerge as a significant problem

No country needs to serve at the centre of this fixed exchange rate system

The monetary mechanism has credibility

silver was significantly overvalued with respect to gold at the official parity

silver was significantly undervalued with respect to gold at the official parity

sterling’s parity was not properly aligned with its price level and was undervalued

British official liabilities exceeded Britain’s gold reserves