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Below are the scanned copy of Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) Question Paper with answer keys of Exam Name 'LECTURER IN COMMERCIAL PRACTICE NCA ' And exam conducted in the year 2018. And Question paper code was '044/2018/OL'. Medium of question paper was in Malayalam or English . Booklet Alphacode was 'A'. Answer keys are given at the bottom, but we suggest you to try answering the questions yourself and compare the key along wih to check your performance. Because we would like you to do and practice by yourself.
C:-Debit-cards are known as check cards
D:-ATM is one of the major channels used for electronic banking
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question86:-Which of the following is related with the question "Do higher interest rates slow the economy and lower
inflation ?"
A:-Deductive Method
-Inductive Method
C:-Normative Economics
D:-Positive Economics
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question87:-How the demand curve for cigarettes changes when there is a positive impact of public service announcements
and governments' mandatory health warnings on cigarette packages ?
A:-There will be a movement along the demand curve
B:-No change in demand curve
C:-Shift the demand curve for cigarettes to the left
D:-Shift the demand curve for cigarettes to the right
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question88:-Which among the following is a factor affecting supply curve of a commodity ?
A:-Internet shopping and auctions allow consumers to compare the prices of different dealers more easily and drives
high cost sellers out of business
B:-Increase in tariff on imported automobiles increases total automobile supply
:-If truck prices goes up, the supply of cars rises
D:-Computerised manufacturing lowers production costs and decreases supply
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question89:-Which of the following is the effect of imperfect competition ?
A:-Too low price and too high output
B:-It leads to price that rise above cost and to consumer purchases that are reduced below efficient levels
C:-Increase in economic efficiency
D:-None of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question90:-When the oligopolists find it profitable to sell in each other's territory markets, then this act is known as
A:-Phantom freight
ittsburgh-plus princing system
C:-Cross-hauling
D:-Both A) and B)
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question91:-Spending money in socially unproductive efforts to acquire, maintain or exercise monopoly is called
A:-Price regulation
B:-Rent seeking
C:-Deadweight loss
D:-Marginal expenditure
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question92:-Why economic profit is smaller than accounting profit ?
A:-Economic profit is total revenue minus total cost including both explicit and implicit costs
Accounting profit is the total revenue minus total explicit cost
C:-Economic cost include all opportunity cost when analysing a firm, whereas accounting cost measure only explicit
cost
D:-All the above
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question93:-Real GDP is calculated by using the formula
A:-Nominal GDP *-:* Real GDP
B:-Nominal GDP — Real GDP
C:-Nominal GDP *-:* ** * ‘ GDP Deflator
D:-GDP Deflator + GNP
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question94:-The price support policy in India aims at
A:-Maximum production of essential commodities
B:-Increasing the prices of rice, wheat, jute, cotton, sugarcane etc. so that producers' of those goods can receive higher
incomes
C:-Market regulation