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National income and its measurement

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Written by Dr. Ahmed Raza (Economics)

12 Class 12 Economics questions with answers and explanations.

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  1. GDP is the total market value of:

    • 1 Only exports
    • 2 All goods and services including intermediate goods
    • 3 Only government spending
    • 4 Final goods and services produced inside a country in a year
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    Correct answer: Final goods and services produced inside a country in a year

    Only final goods are counted to avoid double counting.

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  2. GNP is equal to:

    • 1 GDP minus depreciation
    • 2 GDP plus imports
    • 3 GDP minus imports
    • 4 GDP plus net factor income from abroad
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    Correct answer: GDP plus net factor income from abroad

    GNP counts the income of citizens wherever it is earned.

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  3. NNP is equal to:

    • 1 GNP plus taxes
    • 2 GNP minus depreciation
    • 3 GDP plus depreciation
    • 4 GDP minus exports
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    Correct answer: GNP minus depreciation

    It takes into account the wear and tear of capital.

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  4. Which of these is NOT counted in GDP?

    • 1 The output of a factory
    • 2 Pensions paid by the government
    • 3 The services of a doctor
    • 4 The wages of a teacher
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    Correct answer: Pensions paid by the government

    A pension is a transfer payment and nothing is produced.

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  5. The expenditure method gives GDP as:

    • 1 C + I - G
    • 2 Sum of all intermediate goods
    • 3 C + I + G + (X - M)
    • 4 W + R + I + P
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    Correct answer: C + I + G + (X - M)

    It adds spending on final goods and services.

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  6. C = 600, I = 200, G = 150, X = 100 and M = 80. GDP is:

    • 1 970
    • 2 890
    • 3 1,050
    • 4 1,130
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    Correct answer: 970

    600 + 200 + 150 + 20 = 970.

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  7. Value added is:

    • 1 The total sales of a firm
    • 2 The tax paid by a firm
    • 3 The profit of a firm
    • 4 The value of output less the value of intermediate goods
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    Correct answer: The value of output less the value of intermediate goods

    The product method adds the value added at each stage.

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  8. Real GDP is measured at:

    • 1 Constant prices of a base year
    • 2 Foreign prices
    • 3 Current prices
    • 4 Prices of the next year
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    Correct answer: Constant prices of a base year

    It removes the effect of price changes.

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  9. Nominal GDP is 500 and real GDP is 400. The GDP deflator is:

    • 1 125
    • 2 80
    • 3 900
    • 4 100
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    Correct answer: 125

    (500 / 400) x 100 = 125.

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  10. Which of these is a leakage from the circular flow of income?

    • 1 Savings
    • 2 Exports
    • 3 Government spending
    • 4 Investment
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    Correct answer: Savings

    Savings, taxes and imports take money out of the flow.

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  11. Per capita income is calculated as:

    • 1 GDP minus imports
    • 2 National income divided by population
    • 3 National income multiplied by population
    • 4 GDP divided by exports
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    Correct answer: National income divided by population

    It is the average income per person.

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  12. Counting the same output more than once in GDP is called:

    • 1 Value added
    • 2 Inflation
    • 3 Double counting
    • 4 Depreciation
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    Correct answer: Double counting

    It happens if intermediate goods are added to final goods.

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