Thursday 18 July 2019

UGC-NET ECONOMICS JULY-2018 (SOLVED)



1. Which of the following will be true for both monopoly and monopolistic competition in the short run?
(1) Price is greater than marginal revenue.
(2) Price is equal to marginal revenue.
(3) Price is equal to marginal cost.
(4) Price is equal to average cost.
2. Consider the following matrix which describes the respective strategies and the corresponding pay-offs of firms A and B operating in a duopoly:

Which of the following statement(s) is/are true for the above game?
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) Firm A has no dominant strategy.
(b) Firm B has a dominant strategy.
(c) The game has a Nash equilibrium.
(d) Neither Firm A nor Firm B has a dominant strategy.
Code:
(1) (a), (c)
(2) (b), (c)
(3) (d) Only
(4) (a), (b) and (c)
3. In the context of oligopoly, consider the following statements:
(a) Cournot’s equilibrium is a Nash equilibrium.
(b) Stackelberg equilibrium is a Nash equilibrium.
Select the correct answer from the code given below:
(1) Only (a)
(2) Only (b)
(3) Both (a) and (b)
(4) Neither (a) nor (b)
4. Match List – I with List-II and point out the correct answer from the codes below:
List - I (Concept)
List-II (Economist)
(a) Profit as a dynamic surplus
(b) Profit as a reward for innovation
(c) Profit as a reward for uncertainty bearing
(d) Profit arises due to monopoly power enjoyed by the producers
(i) J. Schumpeter
(ii) M. Kalecki
(iii) F.H. Knight
(iv) J.B. Clark
Code:
      (a) (b) (c) (d)
(1) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(2) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
(3) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(4) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
5. When the marginal cost is equal to average cost, the slope of the average cost is:
(1) positive
(2) negative
(3) zero
(4) infinite
6. For the function Q=A  Kα  Lβ, which of the following is correct?
(1) The degree of homogeneity is 1
(2) The elasticity of substitution is equal to α+β
(3) Output elasticity with respect to capital is α
(4) The marginal product of a factor=Average product of the factor
7. When information asymmetry is observed after an agreement is obtained between individuals, it is called:
(1) Signaling
(2) Moral hazard
(3) None of the above
(4) Both (1) and (2) above
8. In the given diagram, after the price change, the price line shifts from PQ to PQ’. And consumer comes to equilibrium at point B instead of point A. Then what is true for potatoes?
(1) It is a normal good.
(2) It is an inferior good.
(3) It is a Giffen good.
(4) Nothing can be said about the nature of the good.
9. Which amongst the following is a correct description of inverse demand function?
(1) p=f (D)
(2) D=f (p)
(3) D = f(1/p)
(4) p = f(D, 1/y)
Where p=price, D=demand, and y=income.
10. The first fundamental Theorem of Welfare Economics requires:
(1) that there be an efficient market for every commodity.
(2) that the economy operates at some point on the utility possibility curve.
(3) producers and consumers to be price takers.
(4) All of the above.
11. The Theory in which the trade cycle is generated due to excess of actual over the desired investment has been given by who amongst the following?
(1) R.G. Hawtry
(2) F. Hayek
(3) P. Samuelson
(4) J. Schumpeter
12. Consider the following statements:
(a) ‘Liquidity trap ‘is a situation when people prefer to hold money rather than investing it.
(b) ‘Liquidity preference’ is the situation when people prefer to invest money rather than hold it.
(c) ‘Liquidity crunch’ is a situation of short supply of money in the money market.
(d) ‘Credit crunch’ is a situation of short supply of money in the loan market.
Select the correct statements using the code given below:
(1) (a), (b) and (d)
(2) (a), (c) and (d)
(3) (b), (c) and (d)
(4) (a), (b) and (c)
13. ‘Menu costs’ in relation to inflation refers to:
(1) Cost of revaluing the currency.
(2) Cost of altering price lists.
(3) Cost of the maintenance of monetary base.
(4) Cost of finding better rates of return.
14. According to M. Friedman, Quantity Theory of Money is the theory of:
(1) Value of money
(2) Price determination
(3) Nominal income
(4) Demand for money
15. Gilt-edged market means:
(1) Bullion Market
(2) The market of pure metals
(3) The market of government securities
(4) Market of commodities
16. Which of the following is likely to be most inflationary in its impact?
(1) Repayment of public debt
(2) Borrowings from the public to finance a budget deficit
(3) Borrowings from banks to finance a budget deficit
(4) Creating new money to finance a budget deficit
17. Consider the following statements regarding the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF).
(a) MSF is on the line of the existing LAF and is part of it.
(b) MSF is a costlier route than Repo.
(c) MSF functions as the last resort for Banks to borrow short term funds.
(d) MSF is linked to the net demand and time liabilities of the Banks.
Choose the correct code given below.
(1) (b), (c) and (d)
(2) (a), (b) and (c)
(3) (a), (c) and (d)
(4) (a), (b), (c) and (d)
18. “The absorption approach” of analyzing the balance of payments was formulated by: 
(1) M. Friedman
(2) Marshall and Lerner
(3) Sydney Alexander
(4) Haberler
19. Which amongst the following is not correctly matched with regard to the balance of payments account?
Item
Nature
(1) Import of goods and services
(2) Receipt of transfer payments
(3) Direct investment receipts
(4) Portfolio investment redemption
Debit in the current account
Credit in the current account
Credit in the capital account
Debit in the current account
20. Prebisch – singer hypothesis relates to:
(1) Balance of payments problem of developing countries.
(2) Terms of trade in developing countries.
(3) Prevalency of poverty among developing countries.
(4) Inequality of income in developing countries.
21. Which of the following statement about India’s balance of payments is not correct?
(1) If a foreign citizen deposits some money in a bank in India, the accounts regard this as a credit.
(2) The current account balance shows only the balance for the trade in goods and services combined.
(3) Allowing for errors and omissions, the accounts always balance.
(4) If the country’s reserves of foreign currencies increase then there is a minus sign for this entry.
22. Let elasticity of demand for exports for a certain country be ex and elasticity of demand for imports be em. Assume that the country devalues its currency. Its balance of payments will almost certainly show improvement if:
(1) ex + em > 1
(2) ex + em < 1
(3) ex + em=1
(4) ex = em =1
23. Which of the following would cause Rupee to depreciate against U.S. Dollar, other things being equal?
(1) A rise in interest rates in India.
(2) A fall in incomes in the U.S.A.
(3) An expected rise in the external value of the rupee.
(4) An increased flow of foreign investment into India.
24. According to Mercantilists, trade is a:
(1) Positive sum game
(2) Infinite sum game
(3) Zero-sum game
(4) Negative sum game
25. There is incomplete specialization in production when country faces:
(1) constant opportunity costs
(2) decreasing opportunity costs
(3) increasing opportunity costs
(4) indeterminate opportunity costs
26. Tax buoyancy is expressed as:
(1) 1
(2) 2
(3) 3
(4) 4
27. Income tax is generally based on the principle of:
(1) Benefit received principle
(2) Ability to pay principle
(3) Willingness to pay principle
(4) None of these
28. Which method can help in obtaining a welfare improvement if externalities exist?
(1) Regulation
(2) Assigning property rights and permitting bargaining
(3) Pigovian taxes
(4) All of the above
29. Which of the following is a capital receipt in the Government budget?
(1) Interest receipts on loans given by the Government to other parties.
(2) Dividend and profit of public enterprises.
(3) Borrowings of the government from the public.
(4) Property tax receipts.
30. Which amongst the following would be most effective in mitigating the effect of externalities?
(1) Fiscal policy
(2) Regulation of monopoly
(3) Active monetary policy
(4) Freeing the markets
31. The maximum social advantage is achieved when:
(1) Total Social Sacrifice=Total Social Benefits
(2) Marginal Social Sacrifice=Marginal Social Benefits
(3) Net Social Sacrifice=Net Social Benefits
(4) Average Social Sacrifice=Average Social Benefits
32. Statutory incidence of a tax deal with:
(1) the person(s) legally responsible for paying the tax.
(2) the amount of revenue left over after taxes.
(3) the amount of taxes paid after accounting for inflation
(4) the amount of tax revenue generated after a tax is levied.
33. The relationship described by the Expectations – Augmented Phillips curve is correct in which of the following?
(1) Only in the long run.
(2) Only in the short run.
(3) Both in the short run and in the long run.
(4) Neither in the short run nor in the long run.
34. Non Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment (NAIRU) means:
(1) a rate of unemployment for which the change in the rate of inflation is zero.
(2) a rate of inflation which makes the rate of unemployment zero.
(3) a rate of inflation for which the change in the rate of unemployment is zero.
(4) a rate of unemployment which is equal to the rate of inflation.
35. New Keynesians use which of the following to explain price and wage stickyness?
(1) Staggered labor contracts
(2) Menu Costs
(3) Behavior-based on bounded rationality
(4) All of the above
36. Consider the following statements:
(a) Effective demand in a market is the demand for a product or service which occurs when purchasers are constrained in a different market.
(b) Notional demand is the demand that occurs when purchasers are not constrained in any market.
Which of the above statements is/are correct? Answer from the code below:
(1) Only (a) is correct
(2) Only (b) is correct
(3) Both (a) and (b) are correct
(4) Neither (a) nor (b) is correct
37. For the capitalist economy, the primary objective of New Classical Economics is to explain which of the following?
(1) Business cycle phenomenon
(2) Underemployment
(3) Wage – price rigidity
(4) Effectiveness of Government policy
38. Which of the following growth model(s) assume(s) Neutral Technical Progress?
(1) Harrod model
(2) Solow model
(3) Both (1) and (2)
(4) Neither (1) nor (2)
39. In an economy, the GDP deflator is found to be 110 for the current year. If the GDP has registered an annual growth rate of 15 percent in the same year, then, the rate of growths of real GDP will be:
(1) 5%
(2) 1.5%
(3) 25%
(4) 2.5%
40. What is the nature of equilibrium in the IS-LM model?
(1) Stock equilibrium
(2) Flow equilibrium
(3) Stock and flow equilibrium
(4) Oscillating equilibrium
41. If marginal propensity to import is 0.1 and the marginal propensity to consume is 0.7, the value of the income multiplier will be:
(1) 1.25
(2) 2.33
(3) 2.5
(4) 3.33
42. According to the neo-classical theory of distribution, constancy in the wage share in national income would come about only when the elasticity of factor substitution:
(1) is less than one
(2) is equal to one
(3) is zero
(4) is greater than one
43. Which amongst the following is not a feature of J.E. Meade’s model?
(1) Perfect competition prevails.
(2) Economy produces consumption goods and producer goods.
(3) Perfect substitution is possible between consumption and capital goods.
(4) It examines the relationship between the growth rate of population and growth rate of savings.
44. Consider the following production function forms with a technical progress term A(t).
(a) Q=f (Kt, A(t) Lt)
(b) Q=f (A(t) Kt, Lt)
(c) Q=A(t) f (Kt, Lt)
Of the above which production function, with labour augmenting technology will keep the distribution of output between labour and capital as constant? Answer from the code below:
(1) Only (a)
(2) Both (a) and (b)
(3) Only (c)
(4) Both (a) and (c)
45. Which of the following statements about the AK model (Y=AK) of growth is false?
(1) This is a part of endogeneous growth theories.
(2) The model assumes that an increase in the physical stock of capital will shift the production function upwards.
(3) The model assumes diminishing returns to capital.
(4) The model suggest that if the level of investment is higher than depreciation, there would be sustained growth.
46. Which of the following is not a correct feature for the absolute convergence to hold good?
(1) Same population growth rate
(2) Same savings propensity
(3) Same capital – labour ratio
(4) Different capital – labour ratio
47. In Solow’s growth model, the output per capita is a function of:
(1) Labour – Output ratio
(2) Capital – Output ratio
(3) Technical progress
(4) Capital – Labour ratio
48. Dusenberry was of the opinion that less developed countries will have serious and adverse effect on their balance of payments due to:
(1) demonstration effect
(2) multiplier effect
(3) backwash effect
(4) spread effect
49. Leibenstein in his critical minimum effort thesis treats population as a factor that is:
(1) Income – generating
(2) Investment – inducing
(3) Income – depressing
(4) Market – expanding
50. ‘Workers must own the capital to which their savings has given rise.’ This is an important assumption of the growth model, developed by:
(1) L. Pasinetti
(2) N. Kaldor
(3) R. Solow
(4) J.E. Meade

51. Which one of the following is true for demand-side the vicious circle of poverty?
(1) Low income -> Low demand -> Low investment -> Capital deficiency -> Low productivity -> Low income
(2) Low productivity -> Low income -> Low savings -> Low investment -> Capital deficiency
(3) Low income -> Low investment -> Low demand -> Low Capital deficiency
(4) Low demand -> Low saving -> Low productivity -> Low investment -> Capital deficiency
52. Which of the following is the cause of disequilibrium between the warranted rate of growth and the actual rate of growth in the Harrod model?
(1) The discrepancy between Ex-ante investment and Ex-post investment.
(2) The discrepancy between Ex-ante investment and Ex-ante savings.
(3) The discrepancy between Ex-ante savings and Ex-post savings.
(4) The discrepancy between Ex-post investment and Ex-post savings.
53. Which one of the following committees recommended to establish the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NBARD) in India?
(1) Narsimham Committee
(2) Chakravarti Committee
(3) Abhijit Sen Committee
(4) Shivaraman Committee
54. Which of the following option(s) is/are true for National Action Plan for Climate Change?
(1) It was launched in 2008
(2) It has 8 vertical missions for pollution control.
(3) Both (1) and (2) are true
(4) Neither (1) nor (2) is true
55. Which one of the following schemes is not included in the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)?
(1) National Mission for Protein Supplements
(2) Saffron Mission
(3) Accelerated Fodder Development Programme
(4) All of the above
The marks will be awarded to all the candidates against the question 
56. Which of the following is portrayed in the population pyramid of a country?
(1) Rural-urban distribution of population
(2) Young – old distribution of the population.
(3) Age and sex distribution of the population.
(4) Gender distribution of the population.
57. In the long period, which one of the following curves would aptly represent the time path of the population for a developing economy?
(1) Exponential curve
(2) Logistic curve
(3) Lorenz curve
(4) Hyperbolic curve
58. Identify the correct statement about the relationship between total fertility rate and gross reproduction rate.
(1) TFR < GRR
(2) TFR = GRR
(3) TFR > GRR
(4) All of the above
59. Which of the following is often referred to as the ‘hedonic price’ method for valuing environmental assets?
(1) Using linkages between variations in-house prices and geographical proximity to an environmental asset.
(2) Using ‘existence value ‘to estimate the value of an environmental asset.
(3) Using travel costs to estimate the value of an environmental asset.
(4) Using ‘willingness to pay’ to value an environmental asset.
60. Which of the following is not a scheme for the upliftment of women in India?
(1) Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao
(2) Sukanya Samridhi Yojana
(3) Gender Budgeting
(4) UJALA Scheme
61. In the context of the doubling of farmers income objective, which of the following is not correct?
(1) The target year is 2022 – 23.
(2) It is real income which is to be doubled.
(3) Income from cultivation alone is to be doubled.
(4) Diversification of agriculture is to be promoted to achieve this objective.
62. Which one of the following statements is correct?
(1) Global warming is simply another term for the greenhouse effect.
(2) Global warming is an entirely natural phenomenon.
(3) Global warming means melting down of glaciers.
(4) Global warming is the rise in average temperature at the earth’s surface.
63. According to Economic Survey 2017 – 18, the Indian economy is becoming more formalized. This is indicated by which of the following shifts? Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) The introduction of GST has brought more firms in the indirect tax net.
(b) After demonetization, a significant increase has taken place in the number of individuals filing income tax returns.
(c) An increase in savings in the formal financial sector.
Code:
(1) (a) and (b)
(2) Only (c)
(3) (a), (b) and (c)
(4) (b), (c)
64. Which of the following statements are correct regarding Finance Commission in India?
(a) Finance commission is constituted under Article 275 of the Constitution.
(b) The provision for Grants-in-aid to the states are provided for under Article 280.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
(1) Only (a)
(2) Only (b)
(3) Both (a) and (b)
(4) Neither (a) nor (b)
65. The share of agriculture in the GDP of India has declined over the years. Which of the following is not a correct reason for this?
(1) The relatively faster rate of growth of non-agricultural sectors in the economy.
(2) A stagnant or slow rise in the yield of agriculture commodities.
(3) Educated rural youths are not opting for agriculture as an occupation.
(4) Low-value addition in the case of agricultural commodities.
66. In the last decade, which one among the following sectors has attracted the highest Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow into India?
(1) Telecommunication sector
(2) Defense sector
(3) Service sector
(4) Insurance sector
67. In the context of the ‘twin balance sheet problem’ in India, consider the following statements:
(a) Over leveraged corporate debt.
(b) High Non-Performance Assets of nationalized banks.
(c) High fiscal deficit.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(1) (a) and (c)
(2) (a) and (b)
(3) (b) and (c)
(4) (a), (b) and (c)
68. In 2016 – 2017 the Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS’s) were restructured by the Government of India. Select the correct statements related to the restructuring, using the codes given below:
(a) The decision of restructuring was taken by the Governing Council of the NITI Aayog.
(b) This will avoid overlapping of expenditure and provide visibility and impact to the CSS’s.
(c) The CSS’s have been classified into a flagship and extra flagship categories.
(d) The existing number of CSS’s is 37.
Code:
(1) (a), (b), (c) and (d)
(2) (b), (c) and (d)
(3) (a) and (b)
(4) (a), (b) and (c)
69. As per census 2011, rank the following states in descending order of degree of urbanization. 
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Goa
(d) Punjab
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(1) (b), (a), (d), (c)
(2) (c), (a), (b), (d)
(3) (a), (c), (d), (b)
(4) (d), (b), (a), (c)
70. As on 31st, March 2017, external debt of India was in which of the following range as a percentage of GDP?
(1) 14 to 16 percent
(2) 16 to 18 percent
(3) 18 to 20 percent
(4) 20 to 22 percent
71. In relation to considerations of demographic the dividend, there appears to be ‘demographic dualism’ exhibited by the Indian states. In this regard consider the following factors: 
(a) Total Fertility Rate
(b) Sex Ratio
(c) Per capita income
Of the above, which factor(s) is/are correct. Answer from the codes below:
(1) Only (a)
(2) Both (a) and (b)
(3) Both (b) and (c)
(4) Only (b)
72. Arrange the following events in the Indian economy in chronological order:
(a) The first phase of nationalization of 14 Banks
(b) Establishment of Narshimhan Committee I on Banking system
(c) Enactment of FEMA Act
(d) Establishment of EXIM Bank of India
Code:
(1) (a), (c), (d), (b)
(2) (a), (d), (b), (c)
(3) (a), (c), (b), (d)
(4) (a), (d), (c), (b)
73. Which amongst the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(Concept)
(Organization)
(1) Gender Development Index
(2) Ease of Doing Business
(3) Inclusion Index
(4) World Hunger Index
UNDP
World Bank
World Economic Forum
United Nations
74. Consider the following diagram which shows the production of a commodity under the condition of increasing cost. If a unit tax is imposed on the commodity, what will be the amount of the burden of the tax on the buyers?
(1) NL
(2) LQ
(3) LR
(4) RQ
75. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true?
(a) a common resource is rival and non-excludable.
(b) a public good is non-rival and non-excludable.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(1) Both (a) and (b)
(2) Only (a)
(3) Only (b)
(4) Neither (a) and (b)
76. Arrange the following books in chronological order of their publication. Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) The Affluent Society
(b) Asian Drama
(c) The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
(d) Development as Freedom
Code:
(1) (c), (b), (a), (d)
(2) (c), (a), (b), (d)
(3) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(4) (d), (c), (b), (a)
77. Market failure can occur because of:
(1) Imperfect competition
(2) Externalities
(3) Both (1) and (2)
(4) Neither (1) nor (2)
78. Capital gains means:
(1) An increase in the value of an asset.
(2) An increase in the stock of capital.
(3) An increase in the yield of an asset.
(4) An increase in the amount of foreign capital.
79. Palma ratio is a measure of:
(1) Inequality of income
(2) Stock market volatility
(3) Morbidity in a region
(4) The volatility of crop prices
Questions 80 to 84 are Assertion (A) and Reason (R) type. Key to these questions is as follows:
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
80. (A): In Solow’s growth model under equilibrium conditions capital-labor ratio does not change.
(R): Substitution between capital and labor is possible.
1
81. (A): International trade along the lines of comparative advantage improves the allocative efficiency of existing resources.
(R): International trade is an engine of growth.
2
82. (A): The production possibility Frontier can be a straight line.
(R): The factors are not specialized and can be substituted at no extra cost.
1
83. (A): Devaluation results in the expenditure switching in an economy.
(R): Devaluation alters the composition of the current account of the balance of payments.
1
84. (A): External forces are of singular importance to the economic activities of the developing states.
(R): Relations between the dominant and dependent states are dynamic to reinforce the unequal pattern.
2
85. Given the Demand function of a consumer D=10−2p, the consumer’s surplus at price=2 is:
(1) 2
(2) 10
(3) 9
(4) 15
86. The total cost function of a producer is C=10+5Q+2Q2. If the price is 15, what is the marginal cost of the producer in equilibrium? 
(1) 10
(2) 5
(3) 15
(4) 4
87. Which of the following is the condition of economic viability and technological feasibility of Leontief’s static system?
(1) Marshall – Edgeworth conditions
(2) Kuhn – Tucker conditions
(3) Hawkins – Simon conditions
(4) Value of the objective function of the primal problem should equal the value of the objective function of the dual of the primal
88. Simplex method of solving Linear Programming problems was developed by:
(1) Koopmans
(2) Dantzig
(3) Leontief
(4) Solow
89. A bag contains 5 red, 7 white, and 3 green balls. One ball is randomly drawn from the bag. What is the probability that it is green?
(1) 12/15
(2) 1/5
(3) 7/15
(4) 1/3
90. If a sample survey of the same 100 households is conducted in a particular village, annually for five years, the data so collected will be described as:
(1) Time Series Data
(2) Cross-section Data
(3) Panel Data
(4) Pooled Time Series and Cross-section Data
91. If in a distribution mean is 40, mode is 60 and the standard deviation is 10, then the coefficient of skewness will be:
(1) −2
(2) 2
(3) −20
(4) 5
92. In a multiple linear regression with 4 independent variables, the overall regression’s significance is to be tested. Which the test would be used?
(1) Z test
(2) F test
(3) χ2 test
(4) t-test
93. If a sample of 100 is to be taken from a population of 1000 farmers consisting of marginal small and large farmers, which of the following will be the most appropriate sampling method?
(1) Simple random sampling
(2) Cluster sampling
(3) Stratified random sampling
(4) Systematic sampling
94. Which of the following statements are valid concerning a recursive system?
(a) The parameters can be validly estimated using separate application of OLS to each equation.
(b) The independent variables may be correlated with the error terms in other equations.
Code:
(1) (a) only
(2) (b) only
(3) Both (a) and (b)
(4) Neither (a) nor (b)
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95. Match the following lists and select the correct answer from codes below:
List – I
List - II
(a) Contingency Table
(b) Unit root test
(c) Fisher’s F test
(d) Granger test
(i) Stationarity
(ii) Causality
(iii) χ2 test
(iv) Test of significance of over-all regression
Code:
      (a) (b) (c) (d)
(1) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(2) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(3) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(4) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
96. Generalized Least Squares method of estimation will not be suitable for dealing with which of the following problems:
(a) Autocorrelated disturbances
(b) Heteroscedastic disturbances
(c) Multicollinearity
(d) Errors in variables
Code:
(1) (a) only
(2) (b) only
(3) (c) and (d)
(4) (a) and (b)
97. Match List – I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Code:
      (a) (b) (c) (d)
(1) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(2) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(3) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(4) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
98. In the adjacent diagram, the Government should fix the price at which of the following points to make monopoly result in a socially optimal outcome?
(1) At point A
(2) At point B
(3) At point C
(4) At point D
99. If the producer pays the price for each of the inputs that is used is equal to its value of Marginal product, then which one of the following does he earn?
(1) Zero supernormal profit
(2) Monopoly profit
(3) Positive supernormal profit
(4) Negative supernormal profit
100. Which of the following is not correctly matched for Union Budget 2018 – 19, announced on 01.02.2018? 
(As % of GDP)
(1) Fiscal Deficit
(2) Revenue Deficit
(3) Primary Deficit
(4) Effective Revenue Deficit
3.5
2.2
1.2
0.3


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DEVELOPMENT BANKS




Introduction:
Development banks are special industrial financing institutions. These banks are mostly set up after World War II in both developed and underdeveloped countries. Development banks do not mobilize savings like other banks but invest the resources in a productive manner. These banks make a significant contribution to industrial development.
Meaning:
Development Banks are the institutions engaged in the promotion and development of industry, agriculture and other key sectors. A development bank is an institution which takes up the job of developing industrial enterprises from its inception to completion.

Definition:
D.M.Mithani states that “A development bank may be defined as a financial institution concerned with providing all types of financial assistance (medium as well as long term ) to business units. 
William Diamond and Shirley Bosky consider industrial finance and development corporations as ‘development banks’ Fundamentally a development bank is a term lending institution.
The development bank is essentially a multi-purpose financial institution with a broad development outlook. A development bank may, thus, be defined as a financial institution concerned with providing all types of financial assistance (medium as well as long term) to business units, in the form of loans, underwriting, investment and guarantee operations, and promotional activities — economic development in general, and industrial development, in particular.
                          In short, a development bank is a development-oriented bank.
Features:

1. It is a specialized financial institution which provides a medium-term and long- term lending facilities.
2. It provides financial help, it undertakes promotional activities also.

3. Development banks provide financial assistance to both public and private institutions.
4. The role of a development bank is of gap filler.
5. Development banks accelerate the rate of growth through helping in industrialization in specific and
economic development in general.
6. The objective of the development bank is to serve the public interest rather than earning profits.
7. Development banks react to socio-economic needs of development

Needs of the development banks:
  •          Lay foundations for industrialization.
  •          Meet capital needs.
  •          Need for promotional activities.
  •          Help small and medium sectors.

Functions of development banks:
There are so many functions which are performed by the development bank. They can be explained with the help of the following table

Now let's discuss each important function of development banks one by one.

1. Small Scale Industries (SSI)
Development banks play an important role in the promotion and development of the small-scale sector. Government of India (GOI) started Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) to provide medium and long-term loans to Small Scale Industries (SSI) units. SIDBI provides direct project finance and equipment finance to SSI units. It also refinances banks and financial institutions that provide seed capital, equipment finance, etc., to SSI units.
2. Development of Housing Sector
Development banks provide finance for the development of the housing sector. 
GOI started the National Housing Bank (NHB) in 1988.
NHB promotes the housing sector in the following ways:
·It promotes and develops housing and financial institutions.
·It refinances banks and financial institutions that provide credit to the housing sector.
3. Large Scale Industries (LSI)
Development banks promote and develop large-scale industries (LSI). Development financial institutions like IDBI, IFCI, etc., provide medium and long-term finance to the corporate sector. They provide merchant banking services, such as preparing project reports, doing feasibility studies, advising on location of a project, and so on.
4. Agriculture and Rural Development
Development banks like the National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD) helps in the development of agriculture. NABARD started in 1982 to provide refinance to banks, which provide credit to the agriculture sector and also for rural development activities. It coordinates the working of all financial institutions that provide credit to agriculture and rural development. It also provides training to agricultural banks and helps to conduct agricultural research.

5. Enhance Foreign Trade
Development banks help to promote foreign trade. Government of India started Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) in 1982 to provide medium and long-term loans to exporters and importers from India. It provides Overseas Buyers Credit to buy Indian capital goods. It also encourages abroad banks to provide finance to the buyers in their country to buy capital goods from India.
6. Review of Sick Units
Development banks help to revive (cure) sick-units. Government of India (GOI) started Industrial Investment Bank of India (IIBI) to help sick units.
IIBI is the main credit and reconstruction institution for the revival of sick units. It facilitates modernization, restructuring, and diversification of sick-units by providing credit and other services.
7. Entrepreneurship Development
Many development banks facilitate entrepreneurship development. NABARD, State Industrial Development Banks and State Finance Corporations provide training to entrepreneurs in developing leadership and business management skills. They conduct seminars and workshops for the benefit of entrepreneurs.
8. Regional Development
Development banks facilitate rural and regional development. They provide finance for starting companies in backward areas. They also help the companies in project management in such less-developed areas.
9. Contribution to Capital Markets
Development banks contribute to the growth of capital markets. They invest in equity shares and debentures of various companies listed in India. They also invest in mutual funds and facilitate the growth of capital markets in India.

Role of development banks in the financial sector

Financial institutions provide means and mechanism of transferring resources from those who have an excess of income over expenditure to those who can make productive use of the same. The commercial banks and investment institutions mobilize savings of people and channel them into productive uses. Financial institutions provide all type of assistant required infrastructural facilities Institutions e p economic persons who can take the development in the following ways. Underdeveloped countries have low levels of capital formation. Due to low incomes, people are not able to save sufficient funds which are needed for sensing up new units and also for expansion diversification and modernization of existing units. The persons who have the capability of starting a business but does not have requisite help approach to financial institutions for help. These institutions help a large number of persons for taking up some industrial activity. The addition of new industrial units and increasing the activities of existing units will certainly help in accelerating the pace of economic development. Financial institutions have large inventible funds which are used for productive purposes
2. Infrastructural Facilities
The economic development of a country is linked to the availability of infrastructural facilities. There is a need for roads, water, sewage, communication facilities, electricity, etc. Financial institutions prepare their investment policies by keeping national priorities in major and the institutions invest in those aim is which can help in increasing the development of the country. Indian industry and agriculture are facing acute shortage of electricity. All India institutions are giving priority to invest funds in projects generating electricity. These investments will certainly increase the availability of electricity. Small entrepreneurs cannot spare funds for creating infrastructural facilities. To overcome this problem, institutions at the state level are developing industrial estates and provide sheds, having all facilities at easy installments. So financial institutions are helping in the creation of all those facilities which are essential for the development of a country
3. Promotional Activities
An entrepreneur faces many problems while setting up a new unit. One has to undertake a feasibility report, prepare project report, complete registration formalities, seek approval from various agencies, etc. All these things require time, money and energy. Some people are not able to undertake this exercise or some do not even take initiative. Financial institutions are the expense and manpower resources for undertaking the exercise of starting a new unit. So these institutions take up this work on behalf of entrepreneurs. Some units may be set up jointly with some financial institutions and in that case, the formalities are completed collectively. Some units may not have come up had they not received promotional help from financial institutions. The promotional role of financial institutions is helpful in increasing the development of a country.
4. Development of Backward Areas
Some areas remain neglected because facilities needed for setting up new units are not available here. The entrepreneurs set up new units at those places which are already developed. It causes an imbalance in the economic development of some areas. In order to help the development of backward areas, financial institutions provide special assistance to entrepreneurs for setting up new units in these areas. IDBI, IFCI, ICICI give priority in giving assistance to units set up in backward areas and even charge lower interest rates on lending. Such efforts certainly encourage entrepreneurs to set up new units in backward areas. The industrial units in these areas improve basic amenities and create employment opportunities. These measures will certainly help in increasing the economic development of backward areas.
5. Planned Development
Financial institutions help in the planned development of the economy. Different institutions earmark their spheres of activities so that every business activity is helped. Some institutions like SIDBI, SFCI’s especially help small scale sector while IFCI and SIDC’s finance large scale sector or extend loans above a certain limit. Some institutions help different segments like foreign trade, tourism, etc. In this way, financial institutions devise their roles and help the development in their own way. Financial institutions also follow the development priorities set by central and state governments. They give preference to those industrial activities which have been specified in industrial policy statements and in five-year plans. Financial institutions help in the overall development of the country
6. Accelerating Industrialization
The economic development of a country is linked to the level of industrialization there. The setting up of more industrial units will generate direct and indirect employment, make available goods and services in the country and help in increasing the standard of living. Financial institutions provide requisite financial, managerial, technical help for setting up new units. In some areas, private entrepreneurs do not want to risk their funds or gestation period His long but the industries are needed for the development of the area. Financial institutions provide sufficient funds for their development. Since 1947, financial institutions have played a key role in accelerating the pace of industrialization. The country has progressed in almost all areas of economic development.
7. Employment Generation
Financial institutions have helped both direct and indirect employment generation. They have employed many persons to man their offices. Besides office staff, institutions need the services of experts which help them in finalizing lending proposals. These institutions help in creating employment by financing new and existing industrial units. They also help in creating employment opportunities in backward areas by encouraging the setting up of units in those areas, thus financial institutions have helped in creating new and better job opportunities.

Development banks in India


The foreign rulers in India did not take much interest in the industrial development of the country. The recommendation for setting up industrial financing institutions was made in 1931 by Central Banking Enquiry Committee but no concrete steps were taken. In 1949, Reserve Bank had undertaken a detailed study to find out the need for specialized institutions. It was in 1948, that the first development bank i.e. Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) was established. To cater to the needs of the small and medium enterprises, in 1951, Parliament passed the State Financial Corporation Act. Under this Act, state governments could establish financial corporations for their respective regions. After this, National Industrial Development Corporation (NIDC) was established which could not serve the ambitious role assigned to it and restricted itself to modernization and rehabilitation of cotton and jute textile industry In 1955, The Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Ltd.(ICICI) was established as a joint-stock company. It provides term loans and takes an active part in the underwriting of and direct investments in the share of industrial units. Then in 1958, Refinance Corporation for Industry (RCI) was set up by the Reserve Bank of India. In 1964, IDBI was set up as an apex institution in the area of industrial finance, RCI was merged with IDBI. IDBI was a wholly-owned subsidiary of RBI and was expected to co-ordinate the activities of the institutions engaged in financing, promoting, or developing the industry.


Friday 12 July 2019

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION


Meaning: - Economic integration is a process whereby countries in a geographical region (location) co-operate with one another to reduce or eliminate barriers to the international flow of products, people or capital. It can be of served forms with different degree of integration.


ACCORDING TO SALVATORE’S:-

“Commercial policy of discriminatively reducing or eliminating trade barriers only among the nations joining together”

•Note:-
Therefore it refers to a decision or process whereby two or more countries combine into a larger economic region by removing discontinuities and discriminations existing along national frontiers, and by establishing certain elements of cooperation between them.

ON THE BASICS OF CO-OPERATION WE HAVE FOLLOWING TYPES OF ECONOMIC INTEGRATIONS.
1.Preferential trading system/Preferential trade arrangements (PTA).
2.Free trade area (FTA).
3.Customs union (CU).
4.Common market.
5.Economic Union (EU).

1.PREFERENTIAL TRADING SYSTEM/PREFERENTIAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS (PTA)
1.It was the earliest form of economic integration Among the 48 Commonwealth nations during the British Empire (1932).
2.It is the loosest form of EI which provides lower barriers on trade among the participating nations than on trade with non- member nations.
3.It ended after the formation of GATT rules.
2. FREE TRADE AREA (FTA).
1.It is a loose form of EI wherein the member countries fully or partially abolish trade barriers and tariffs on most (if not all) goods traded among them but retain its own tariff, trade barriers and commercial policies with non-member countries.
2.It is simply based on inter-area trade.
3.Examples of this: EFTA, LAFTA, LAIA.
3. CUSTOM UNION (CU).
1.In this EI the participating counties adopt a common external policy and abolish all tariff and trade barriers among themselves.
2.In CU all member nations act as a unit in their trade relations with non-member countries.
3.Example of this: European common market/European Union formed in 1957/ The European Community (EC).
4. COMMON MARKET.
1.Besides allowing for free trade and common external policy for non-member, It is a single unified common the market area among nations in which there goods, services, and factor market are integrated.
2.The EC is also a common market.
3.EU achieved the status of a common market at the beginning of 1993.
5. ECONOMIC UNION (EU).
1.The economic union is the highest and most advanced form of economic integration, besides the integration of product and factor markets as in the common market; it involves harmonization of monetary, fiscal and other policies such as exchange rate, transportation, industrial, social policies.
2.Example:-European economic the community has transformed into an economic union called the European Union in 1991.


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