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1. Identify the author of Employment Aspects of Planning in Underdeveloped Countries:
R.Nurkse
G.Myrdal
K.N.Raj
W.A.Lewis
2. Identify the author of The Trade Cycle:
J.M.Clark
R.C.Mathews
A.H.Hansen
Maurice Dobb
3. The theory of Monopolistic Competition was developed in the 1930s. Almost simultaneously and independently by two well-known economists. One was E.H.Chamberlin who was the other?
Joan Robinson
Alfred Marshall
J.K.Galbraith
A/C. Pigou
4. Which of the following is not the work of J.A.Schumpeter?
Theory of Economic Development
Readings in Economics
History of Economic Analysis
Business Cycles
5. Who is the author Capitalism Yesterday and Today?
Karl Marx
M.Dobb
J.A.Schumpeter
J.K.Galbraith
6. Identify the nationality of the 1977 Economics Noble Prize winner Bertil Ohlion:
Swedish
Norwegian
German
American
7. Which one of the following has been the most influential work of FHKnight?
Freedom and Reform
The Economics Organisation
The Economic Order and Religion
Risk Unertainty and Profit
8. Who first formulated the Revealed Preference Approach to free the theory of consumer behaviour from the constraint of traditional concept of utility?
Paul A.Samuelson
John Robinson
J.R.Hicks
R.G.D.Alien
9. Which of the following is the work of E.H Chamberlin?
Theory of Monopolistic Competition
Towards a more General Theory of value
The Economic Analysis of Labour Union Power
All of these
10. Identify the author of The Social Framework:
R.G.D.Alien
J.R.Hicks
R.F.Harrod
A.C.Pigou
11. Who in particular advocated the longterm capital gains tax?
J.M.Keynes
J.K.Galbraith
N.Kaldor
F.H.Knight
12. Which of the following is the work of Paul Baran?
The Political Economy of Growth
Essays on Economic Planning
Economic Development
Soviet Economic Development since 1917
13. With which of the following is the name of Jacob Viner associated?
Single factoral terms of trade
Utility terms of trade
Net barter terms of trade
Income terms of trade
14. Who first formulated the Marginal Productivity theory of Distribution?
J.B.Clark
F.H.Knight
J.A.Schumpeter
L.Euler
15. Which one of the following is the work of A.C.Pigou?
Economics of Welfare
Industry and Trade
Input-output Economics
Full Employment in a Free Society
16. Who is the author of the famous work Asian Drama: An Enquiry into the Causes of Poverty of Nations?
Paul Streeten
Irving Fisher
Gunnar Myrdal
Kingsley Davis
17. Who among the following served as Professor of Economics at Harvard?
E.H.Chamberlin
N.Kaldor
J.M.Keynes
A.C.Pigou
18. The Cambridge School refers to the group of English economists who came under the influence of:
Alfred Marshall
J.M.Keynes
E.H.Chamberlin
D.H.Robertson
19. The Modern or Neo-Keynesian Theory of Interest owes it development largely to the efforts of:
J.R.Hicks
Gunnar Myrdal
B.Ohlin
D.H.Robertson
20. Who wrote Economics of Imperfect Competition?
E.H.Chamberlin
John Robinson
E.A.G.Robinson
J.R.Hicks
21. Gunnar Myrdal was awarded Noble Prize for Economics in 1974. What is his nationality?
Norwegian
Dutch
Swedish
American
22. Who stated explicitly for the first time the Law of Comparative Costs in the context of the theory of international trade?
David Ricardo
Alfred Marshall
F.W.Taussig
A.C.Pigou
23. With which of the following concepts is the name of J.M. Keynes particularly associated?
Marginal propensity to save
Marginal propensity to consume
Liquidity preference
All of the above
24. Identify the author of The Affluent Society:
J.K.Galbraith
Gunnar Myrdal
John Strachey
N.Kaldor
25. Who wrote A Contribution to the Theory of Trade Cycle?
N.Kaldor
J.R.Hicks
J.S.Duesenberry
A.H.Hansen
26. Who among the following Noble Prize winners is an American economist?
Richard Stone
Ragnar Frisch
Lawerence Klein
James
27. The General theory of Employment Interest and Money is the major work of:
N.Kaldor
Alfred Marshall
F.A.Hayek
J.M.Keynes
28. At which university was W.W.Leontief appointed Professor of Economics in 1946?
London School of Economics
University of Chicago
Harvard University
University of Kiel
29. Who among the following economists is not a Noble Prize winner?
Paul A.Samuelson
Simon Kuznets
Robert M.Solow
Joan Robinson
30. Which of the following is not the work of Paul A.Samuelson?
Foundation of Economic Analysis
History of Economic Analysis
Readings in Economics
Linear Programming and Economic Analysis
31. In which year was Paul A. Samuelson awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics?
1970
1968
1966
1964
32. Identify the economist who first developed the Theory of Income Determination in its modern form:
Paul A.Samuelson
J.M.Keynes
Joan Robinson
J.K.Galbraith
33. How many economists were awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1990?
One
Two
Three
Four
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