HSST - ECONOMICS [SR for SC/ST]
[KERALA HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT]
Kerala PSC Fully Solved Question Paper 2017 for Practice | Exam held on 07.03.2017
PART - 1 | QUESTIONS : 01-20
PART - 1 | QUESTIONS : 01-20
1] Which State has recently imposed a total ban on alcohol?
[a] Kerala
[b] Delhi
[c] Bihar
[d] Gujarat
2] What is the aim of Rajiv Awaz Yojana?
[a] Rural housing
[b] Urban housing
[c] Slum free India
[d] Housing for SC and ST
3] Which Asian country has the largest number of Nobel Laureates?
[a] Japan
[b] India
[c] China
[d] South Korea
4] Who is the author of the famous book "The Confession of a Young Novelist"?
[a] Gabriel Garcia Marquez
[b] Umberto Eco
[c] Salman Rushdie
[d] Norman Borlaugh
5] Who has made the fastest century in Cricket history?
[a] AB de Villiers
[b] Corey Aderson
[c] Iraq Thomas
[d] Shahid Afridi
6] Who won the Laureus award for the best sports women of the year 2016?
[a] Yelena Isinbayeva
[b] Justine Henin
[c] Genzebe Dibaba
[d] Serena Williams
7] Which film won the national award for best film for the year 2015?
[a] Baahubali
[b] Piku
[c] Bajirao Mastani
[d] Nirnayakam
8] The World Theatre Day is observed on
[a] March 26
[b] March 27
[c] March 28
[d] March 31
9] Name the bullet shaped retrievable Scientific Research Satellite.
[a] SA-15
[b] SI-13
[c] SJ-10
[d] SD-12
10] What is the theme of the 2016 World Down Syndrome Day?
[a] Build an Inclusive Society for all
[b] Let Us In-We Want to Work
[c] My Friends, My Community
[d] Neighbours and My Country
11] Which among the following is correct function of teacher behaviour (B) if; (P) is characteristics of teacher, (E) indicate teacher development environment, (T) task in which teacher engages, (D) distractions and (f) represent function
[a] B = (f) P,E,T
[b] B = (f) D,E,P
[c] B = (f) T,E,D
[d] B = (f) P,E,D
12] Which among the following is a construction of how teaching ought to be done?
[a] Teacher aptitude
[b] Teacher competence
[c] Teaching skill
[d] Method of teaching
13] Which of the following is known as naturalistic inquiry?
[a] Ethnography
[b] Phenomenology
[c] Case study
[d] Descriptive study
14] Which of the following is the simplest measure of dispersion?
[a] Mean
[b] Median
[c] Range
[d] Mode
15] Which of the following is a non parametric test?
[a] ANCOVA
[b] Correlation
[c] Chi-square
[d] MANCOVA
16] Characteristic manner in which teaching acts are performed is
[a] Skill of teaching
[b] Style of teaching
[c] Control of teaching
[d] Method of teaching
17] A hardware for giving instructions to a student without presence of a human teacher
[a] Teaching machine
[b] OHP
[c] Slides
[d] Power point
18] The point in the distribution below which a given percentage of scores fall is
[a] Mean deviation
[b] Percentile rank
[c] Quartile deviation
[d] Mean
19] Standard deviation of distribution of sample means around population mean is known as
[a] Sampling error
[b] Standard error of mean
[c] Sampling distribution
[d] Sampling mean
20] The variation of sample mean from population mean is
[a] Sampling error
[b] Variance
[c] Sampling distribution
[d] Mean
21] Which one of the following is not an objective of Bharat Nirman Scheme?
[a] Electricity
[b] Housing
[c] Telephone
[d] Internet
22] ICDS is a programme launched by India government for
[a] Providing home for poor
[b] For child development
[c] Self employment
[d] For construction of houses
23] UDISHA is a programme launched by ministry of women and child development. The main objective of this programme is
[a] Training Programme for ICDS Workers
[b] Rural Self Employment
[c] Insurance
[d] Health
24] Swavalamban Yojana is a _________ scheme targeted at the unorganized sectors of India.
[a] Employment
[b] Pension
[c] Self employment
[d] Skill development
25] PMAGY was initially implemented in four states Bihar, Assam, Rajasthan and ________
[a] Kerala
[b] Tamil Nadu
[c] Karnataka
[d] Orissa
26] Which was the scheme launched in 25th Dec 2000 to provide all weather road connectivity in rural areas of the country?
[a] SGSY
[b] TRYSEM
[c] PMGSY
[d] NREP
27] Which programme aimed to support the "poorest of poor"?
[a] PMRY
[b] AAY
[c] Kudumbasree
[d] SGSY
28] Which is the grassroots of kudumbasree project?
[a] PMGS
[b] NHGs
[c] SGSY
[d] PMRY
29] PMAGY is
[a] Prime Minister Adharsh Grameen Yojana
[b] Pradhan Mantri Adharsh Grameen Yojana
[c] Prime Mahila Aadhar Grama Yojana
[d] Primary Maha Aadhar Grama Yojana
30] Rajiv Gandhi gramin vidyudikaran yojana was a scheme for _________
[a] Scheme for starting of hydro electric projects
[b] Scheme for rural electricity and household electrification
[c] Scheme for installation of electricity in gamin schools
[d] Scheme for starting small hydro electric projects in rural areas
31] Which of the following best describes the methodology of Microeconomics?
[a] Dynamic, descriptive and general equilibrium
[b] Static, predictive and partial equilibrium
[c] Comparative static, descriptive and partial equilibrium
[d] Dynamic, predictive and general equilibrium
32] In the case of Giffen goods substitution effect is
[a] Smaller than income effect
[b] Greater than income effect
[c] Equal to income effect
[d] None of the above
33] ''Beautiful mind'' is the biography of which mathematical genius who won Nobel Prize in Economics
[a] James Heckman
[b] John F. Nash
[c] James M. Mirless
[d] Kenneth J. Arrow
34] A dynamic demand function postulates
[a] Consistency in preferences
[b] Lagged values of demand and income
[c] Transitivity in choice
[d] Strong ordering of preferences
35] If income is either Rs. 250 with probability p=0.40 or Rs. 2,500 the expected income is
[a] Rs. 2,000
[b] Rs. 1,800
[c] Rs. 1,500
[d] Rs. 1,600
36] Which of the following circumstances in an industry will result in Nash equilibrium?
[a] All firms have a dominant strategy and each firm chooses it
[b] All firms have a dominant strategy and only one firm choose it
[c] All firms have a dominant strategy and no firm chooses it
[d] None of these
37] Marginal Revenue Product of a factor of production is
[a] The total revenue generated when one more unit of a factor is employed
[b] Change in the average revenue when an additional unit is employed
[c] Total revenue per factor when one more unit is hired
[d] Change in total revenue when an additional unit is used
38] Market power is least for the seller in case of
[a] Perfect competition
[b] Bilateral monopoly
[c] Oligopoly
[d] Monopsony
39] The short run average cost curve has a flat stretch over a range of output because of the existence of
[a] Excess capacity
[b] Reserve capacity
[c] Full capacity utilization
[d] Efficiency in resource use
40] In a Pareto optimal situation
[a] It is possible to make A or B better off without making any one of them worse off
[b] It is possible to make A or B better off by making any one of them worse off
[c] It is impossible to make A or B better off without making any one of them worse off
[d] It is impossible to make A or B worse off in order to make any one of them better off
41] The value of Marginal propensity to consume is
[a] >1
[b] between 0 and 1
[c] between 1 and 2
[d] none of the above
42] Which of the following schools of thought follow adaptive expectations?
[a] New Classical
[b] Real Business Cycle
[c] New Keynesian
[d] Orthodox Monetarist
43] Insider outsider model explains
[a] Insider trading
[b] Internal and external trade
[c] Wage rigidity
[d] Interest elasticity of investment
44] Classical economists believed in
[a] Market clearing
[b] Says law of markets
[c] Neutrality of money
[d] All of the above
45] The concept of Natural Rate of unemployment is primarily associated with
[a] Milton Friedman
[b] George Akerlof
[c] Bohm Baverk
[d] Mises-Hayek
46] In the region of liquidity trap the interest elasticity of money is
[a] 0
[b] very low
[c] very high
[d] none of the above
47] Phillips curve shows the relation between
[a] tax rate and total revenue
[b] inflation and unemployment
[c] interest rate and investment
[d] income and consumption
48] Which of the following schools believe that forces determining trend growth in an economy are not different from those causing fluctuations so that they consider analysis of growth inseparable from analysis of fluctuations in economic activity?
[a] Real business cycle
[b] Keynesian
[c] Monetarist
[d] All of the above
49] Post Keynesians believe that Fluctuations in economic activity arise due to
[a] Demand side factors
[b] Supply side factors
[c] Both demand and supply side factors
[d] None of the above
50] Relative income hypothesis is primarily associated with
[a] Milton Friedman
[b] J.S. Duesenberry
[c] F. Modigliani
[d] M.J. Farrel
51] Two unbiased dies are tossed simultaneously, what is the probability that the sum of the outcomes would be eleven
[a] 1/4
[b] 1/18
[c] 1/36
[d] 1/6
52] The value of second order differential of (Total Revenue - Total Cost) a profit maximiser will be
[a] zero
[b] positive
[c] negative
[d] not defined
53] The difference between collected data and actual value is called
[a] random error
[b] statistical error
[c] sampling error
[d] both (2) and (3)
54] Which of the following is known as parametric test?
[a] F-test
[b] Z-test
[c] t-test
[d] All the above
55] Inverse probability is also known as
[a] Bayesian probability
[b] Neyman probability
[c] Egon probability
[d] Poisson probability
56] In a college 60% of the students play football, 50% of the students play basketball, 30% of the students play both football and basketball. Find the probability that students play neither of the sports
[a] 80
[b] 0.90
[c] 0.50
[d] 0.20
57] In a regression involving time series data with successive observations showing interdependency, i.e. `"E (U_iU_j)" !=0` this is popularly known as
[a] Linear correlation
[b] Auto correlation
[c] Non-linearcorrelation
[d] Multicollinearity
58] In economic analysis when dependent variables are essentially qualitative we make use of
[a] Spearman Co-efficient
[b] Quality variables
[c] Dummy variables
[d] Estimator
59] Accepting a hypothesis which is false is called
[a] Type I Error
[b] Type II Error
[c] Absolute error
[d] More information required
60] In matrix, inverse is defined only in case of
[a] Singular matrix
[b] Non-singular matrix
[c] Row matrix
[d] Plural matrix
61] The official call for a New International Economic Order was first originated by
[a] UN General Assembly in 1974
[b] UNIDO in 1975
[c] IMF in 1980
[d] UNCTAD in 1987
62] The degree of inequality is measured using
[a] Kuznet's inverted U curve
[b] Offer curve
[c] Lorenz curve
[d] Laffer curve
63] An index which combines a measure of income per head with measures of life expectancy and adult literacy
[a] HPI
[b] HDI
[c] PGI
[d] PQLI
64] 'Life sustenance, Self-esteem and freedom are the basic components or core values of development' is the concept originally introduced by
[a] Amartya Sen
[b] Arthur Lewis
[c] D Goulet
[d] Michael P Todaro
65] If the ratio of marginal product is the same at the capital to labour ratio and equal proportional amounts of the two factors are saved, then it is
[a] Labour Saving Technical Progress
[b] Capital Saving Technical Progress
[c] Neutral Technical Progress
[d] Inventive and Innovative Technical Progress
66] Who authored the book "Economic Development with Unlimited Supplies of Labour"?
[a] T.W. Schultz
[b] Mark Blaug
[c] John Fei and Gustav Ranis
[d] Arthur Lewis
67] The relationship between the growth of productivity and growth of industry is referred to as
[a] Verdoon's law
[b] Wagner's law
[c] Okun's law
[d] Law of variable proportions
68] The process of economic development is regarded as a 'Chain of Dis-equilibria' is associated with
[a] Ragnar Nurkse
[b] A.O. Hirshman
[c] P.N. Rosenstein Rodan
[d] H. Leibenstein
69] India's 3rd Five Year Plan is said to be based on
[a] Domar Model
[b] Feldman Model
[c] Ashok Rudra Model
[d] S. Chakravarthy Model
70] The synchronized allocation of available capital in every sectors to meet the target of economic development in UDCs, is the idea behind
[a] Big Push Theory
[b] Balanced Growth Strategy
[c] Unbalanced Growth Strategy
[d] Critical Minimum Effort Thesis
71] The only state where females outnumber males is
[a] Karnataka
[b] Kerala
[c] Tamilnadu
[d] Bihar
72] Economic reforms were started in India in
[a] 1991
[b] 1992
[c] 1993
[d] 1994
73] The second five year plan gave priority to
[a] Agriculture
[b] Heavy capital goods industries
[c] Services
[d] Tourism
74] HDI is related to measure
[a] Economic growth
[b] Economic development
[c] Underdevelopment
[d] Stationary State
75] Lorenz curve measures
[a] Economic equality
[b] Economic inequality
[c] Income inequality
[d] All of the above
76] According to the latest study "Kerala Migration Survey 2011" ________ lakhs Kerala emigrants are living abroad in 2011.
[a] 20.1
[b] 19.2
[c] 22.8
[d] 21.8
77] Of the total persons employed in the Kerala State Government how many percent are women?
[a] 32.5
[b] 33.7
[c] 37.2
[d] 38.57
78] National population policy of India was formulated in
[a] 2000
[b] 2001
[c] 1999
[d] 1998
79] The fiscal deficit of Rs. 7731 crores of Kerala in 2010-11 was financed mainly by
[a] Market borrowings and from PF and small savings
[b] Borrowings from LIC
[c] Issue of bonds
[d] None of the above
80] The Finance Commission of India is appointed once in every
[a] 2 years
[b] 4 years
[c] 10 years
[d] 5 years
81] Raymond Vernon is associated with
[a] Technological Gap Model
[b] Product Cycle Model
[c] Intra-Industry Model
[d] Factor Endowment Model
82] A nation's willingness to import and export at various relative commodity prices is shown by
[a] Laffer curve
[b] J curve
[c] BP curve
[d] Offer curve
83] EURO became the common currency of the European Monetary Union on
[a] 1st January 1999
[b] 1st January 1989
[c] 1st January 2001
[d] 1 January 2006
84] The purchase of a currency from the monetary centre where it is cheaper for immediate resale in the monetary centre where it is dearer, in order to make a profit is called
[a] Currency swaps
[b] Hedging
[c] Arbitrage
[d] Futures
85] The most advanced form of economic integration is
[a] Customs Union
[b] Common market
[c] Economic union
[d] Free Trade Area
86] The Chairman of the 'Committee on Financial Inclusion'
[a] M. Narasimham
[b] Raghuram Rajan
[c] Y.V. Reddy
[d] C. Rangarajan
87] Which of the following model explains intra-industry trade?
[a] Technological Gap Model
[b] Heckscher-Ohlin Model
[c] Brander Krugman
[d] Mundell-Fleming Model
88] The absorption approach of balance of payments was contributed by
[a] Sidney Alexander
[b] Meade
[c] Kenneth Arrow
[d] Posner
89] The ratio of the price of its export commodity to the price of its import commodity is known as
[a] Exchange rate
[b] Comparative advantage
[c] Terms of trade
[d] Gains of trade
90] According to the Mercantilists' view, international trade was a
[a] Positive sum game
[b] Negative sum game
[c] Zero sum game
[d] None of these
91] Real Business Cycle Theory is associated with
[a] Keynes
[b] Kydland
[c] Schumpeter
[d] Fischer
92] Vital statistics is mainly concerned with
[a] Birth rate
[b] Death rate
[c] Fertility rate
[d] All the above
93] Rejecting `"H_0"` when `"H_0"` is true is called` `
[a] Type I error
[b] Type II error
[c] Power to the test
[d] None of these
94] The name of Garret Hardin is associated with
[a] Tragedy of commons
[b] Value judgement
[c] Market signalling
[d] General equilibrium
95] The SEBI established in which year with its Act?
[a] 1992
[b] 1990
[c] 1991
[d] 1999
96] India's official anti-monopoly body is
[a] MRTP commission
[b] Competition commission of India
[c] Monopoly commission
[d] None of the above
97] The term regression was introduced by
[a] R.A. Fisher
[b] Karl Pearson
[c] Sir Francis Galton
[d] Bowley
98] Contigent valuation method is also known as
[a] Non-hypothetical method
[b] Contigent ranking method
[c] Travel cost method
[d] Willingness to pay method
99] A pure economic loss with no corresponding gains elsewhere in the economy is
[a] Capital loss
[b] Devaluation
[c] Depreciation
[d] Dead weight loss
100] The percentage contribution of Kerala (current prices) to all India GDP during 2011-12 is around
[a] 5.8
[b] 3.8
[c] 6.8
[d] 2.8
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