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Economics Past Questions and Answers

Economics Questions

Question 446:
The central bank controls the activities of other banks by all but one of the following
  • A The use of bank rate
  • B The purchase or sale of government bonds on the open market
  • C Special deposite
  • D The use of directives
  • E Taxation
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Question 447:
which of these alternative is wrong? central banks are
  • A Bankers to the government
  • B Bankers to commercial banks
  • C Merchant banks
  • D Controllers and regulators of money supply
  • E Issuers of bank note
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Question 448:
The principle of comparative advantage or comparative cost is NOT based on one of the following assumptions
  • A There are restrictions in trade
  • B There are no cost of transportations
  • C Ther is perfect competition
  • D There are no tariff or import and export quota
  • E There are only two countries and only two commodities entering into international trade
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Question 449:
Which of the following is not a direct tax?
  • A Company income tax
  • B Capital tax
  • C Purchase tax
  • D Personal income tax
  • E Capital gain tax
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Question 450:
Division of labour means
  • A Dividing the labour into different categories
  • B Splitting the process of production into different parts to be completed by each person
  • C Dividing the goods and services into different sections
  • D Assigning different duties to labourers
  • E Group of labourers working in a factory or shop
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