UGC NET Mock Test 23 on Economics – 20 Questions for Practice

1. What is meant by farm mechanization?

2. The estimated regression equation of the form y = α0 + α1x1 + α2x2 + e is y = – 6.79 + 1.79(x1) + 0.97 x2 and SE (α0) = 1.32, SE (α1) = 0.41 and SE (α2) = 0.53. To test H0 : α1 ≠ 0, the test statistic | t | is equal to

3. Rank the States in descending order of their size of State Domestic Product at current prices in the recent years: I. Karnataka II. Maharashtra III. Uttar Pradesh IV. Tamil Nadu

4. Opportunity cost version of comparative cost advantage doctrine was introduced by

5. Which of the following is the most significant in stabilization policy?

6. To test the stationarity of the series in time series analysis, the following test will be used:

7. Solow built his model as an alternative to

8. What has been the share of the ‘food, beverages and tobacco’ in the private final consumption expenditure in India in the recent years?

9. An input-output model which has endogenous final demand vector is known as

10. If interest payments are subtracted from gross fiscal deficit, the remainder will be

11. The concept of vicious circle of poverty is associated with

12. Inter-sectoral terms of trade in an economy refers to

13. For downward movement along the iso-quant, MRTS of Labour per unit of capital (MRTSL, K) is given by

14. Which of the following measures of central tendency will be the most appropriate to use if the data relate to rates, proportions and ratios?

15. Which of the following development programmes is receiving 100 percent funding as centrally sponsored scheme from the Government of India? I. Accelerated Power Development & Reform Programme (APDRM) II. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana III. National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) IV. Women & Child Development Programme

16. The total cost function and the market demand function of a competitive firm are C = 1/3 x3 – 10x2 + 9x + 1000 and x = (12 – p)/9 respectively. The level of output at which profits will be maximised?

17. In the presence of heteroscedasticity, the best linear unbiased estimators are provided by the method of

18. Identify the Five Year Plans when actual growth realisation has been higher than the growth target : I. Fifth Plan II. Seventh Plan III. Ninth Plan IV. Tenth Plan

19. Charging a different price in different markets is called

20. What is the economic cost of foodgrains to the Food Corporation of India?