Subject

Economics

Class

CBSE Class 12

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 Multiple Choice QuestionsShort Answer Type

21.

Define marginal propensity to consume.

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22.

Define government budget.

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23.

Give meaning of balance of trade.

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24.

Define externalities. Give an example of negative externality. What is its impact on welfare?

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25.

Explain the significance of 'store of value' function of money.

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26.

Explain the significance of 'medium of exchange' function of money.

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27.

Is the following, revenue expenditure or capital expenditure in the context of government budget? Give reason.
(i) Expenditure on collection of taxes.
(ii) Expenditure on purchasing computers.

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28.

Explain the meaning of balance of payments deficit.

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29.

Recently Government of India has doubled the import duty on gold. What impact is it likely to have on foreign exchange rate and how?

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30.

Define money supply and explain its components.


By money supply we mean the total stock of monetary media of exchange available to a society for use in connection with the economic activity of the country. Supply of money refers to the total stock of money (in the form of currency notes and coins) held by the people of an economy at a particular point of time. The following are the components of money.

(i) Currency Component: It includes,
a) Currency notes in circulation issued by the Reserve Bank of India.
b) The number of rupee notes and coins in circulation.
c) Small coins in circulation.

(ii) Deposit Component: The other important components of money supply are demand deposits of the public with the banks. These demand deposits held by the public are also called bank money or deposit money. Deposits with the banks are broadly divided into two types: demand deposits and time deposits.

Demand deposits in the banks are those deposits which can be withdrawn by drawing cheques on them. Through cheques, these deposits can be transferred to others for making payments from which goods and services have been purchased. Whereas time deposit is a deposit in a bank account that cannot be withdrawn before a set date or for which notice of withdrawal is required.

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