UGC NET Mock Test 26 on Economics – 20 Questions for Practice

1. χ2 (chi-square) test is used to test

2. Assertion (A): Sunk costs are not relevant to economic decisions. Reason (R): The opportunity cost of such resources is zero.

3. Cochin Clark has argued that for most countries of the world, the safe upper limit of taxation is

4. In a binomial distribution, the sum of mean and variance is 15 and the product of mean and variance is 54, then the number of observations (n) is equal to

5. Assertion (A) : Fisher’s index is an ideal index. Reasoning (R) : Fisher’s index satisfies Time Reversal and Factor Reversal Tests.

6. For substitutes, cross elasticity of demand is

7. In game theory model, strategies include I. The potential choices to change the price II. To develop new or differentiated products III. To introduce a new or different advertisement campaign IV. To build excess capacity

8. Which of the following statements is true?

9. The permanent income hypothesis is consistent with cross-section and time series data because

10. Which of the following is tantamount to absence of taxation?

11. Pareto optimum implies

12. Which of the following tax is within the jurisdiction of States as enumerated in List – II of the Schedule VII of the Constitution of India?

13. Random sampling implies that

14. Which of the following tax can be shifted easily?

15. Who is widely known as the founder of Austrian School?

16. A model of oligopoly in which one business sets output before the other business do is

17. Reservation wage means

18. Elasticity of substitution is

19. An economic region of production consists of

20. Which of the following are relevant in Zero Base Budgeting? I. Each item of expenditure is challenged in pre-budget review. II. No minimum level of expenditure is allowed to be taken as given. III. Expenditure of each item is increased marginally. IV. Most item of expenditure is taken for granted when budget is prepared for the next year.