Economics miscellaneous


Economics miscellaneous

  1. Tax on inheritance is called









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    Estate duty is a tax on the total market value of a person’s assets at the date of his or her death. The deceased person’s assets, as a whole, are called an estate. Inheritance tax is levied on assets that legal heirs inherit, while estate duty is applicable on the assets of those who are dead.

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    Estate duty is a tax on the total market value of a person’s assets at the date of his or her death. The deceased person’s assets, as a whole, are called an estate. Inheritance tax is levied on assets that legal heirs inherit, while estate duty is applicable on the assets of those who are dead.


  1. The term ‘Macro Economics’ was used by __________ .









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    Ragnar Frisch coined the widely-used term pair macroeconomics/microeconomics in 1933. He was a Norwegian economist and the co-recipient of the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969. He is known for having founded the discipline of econometrics.

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    Ragnar Frisch coined the widely-used term pair macroeconomics/microeconomics in 1933. He was a Norwegian economist and the co-recipient of the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969. He is known for having founded the discipline of econometrics.



  1. Excise duty is levied on









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    Excise duty is a tax on manufacture or production of goods. Excise duty on alcohol, alcoholic preparations, and narcotic substances is collected by the State Government and is called “State Excise” duty. The Excise duty on rest of goods is called “Central Excise” duty.

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    Excise duty is a tax on manufacture or production of goods. Excise duty on alcohol, alcoholic preparations, and narcotic substances is collected by the State Government and is called “State Excise” duty. The Excise duty on rest of goods is called “Central Excise” duty.


  1. One of the following is ‘Labour’ in Economics.









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    Labour includes both physical and mental work undertaken for some monetary reward. In this way, workers working in factories, services of doctors, advocates, ministers, officers and teachers are all included in labour. Any physical or mental work which is not undertaken for getting income, but simply to attain pleasure or happiness, is not labour.

    Correct Option: A

    Labour includes both physical and mental work undertaken for some monetary reward. In this way, workers working in factories, services of doctors, advocates, ministers, officers and teachers are all included in labour. Any physical or mental work which is not undertaken for getting income, but simply to attain pleasure or happiness, is not labour.



  1. Inflation is a situation characterised by









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    Demand-pull inflation is asserted to arise when aggregate demand in an economy outpaces aggregate supply. It involves inflation rising as real gross domestic product rises and unemployment falls, as the economy moves along the Phillips curve. This is commonly described as “too much money chasing too few goods.”

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    Demand-pull inflation is asserted to arise when aggregate demand in an economy outpaces aggregate supply. It involves inflation rising as real gross domestic product rises and unemployment falls, as the economy moves along the Phillips curve. This is commonly described as “too much money chasing too few goods.”