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Questions Related to public finance

The budget in which its tax revenue and expenditure are equal is called ____________.

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  1. surplus budget

  2. balanced budget

  3. unbalanced budget

  4. none of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Balanced budget refers to a situation where the budget expenditure of the government on tax is equal to the budget revenue of the government from tax paid by the public.

Excess of total expenditure over total receipts is known as __________.

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  1. budgetary deficit

  2. revenue deficit

  3. fiscal deficit

  4. none of the above.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Budgetary deficit also known as government deficit refers to a situation when the budget expenditure of the government are greater than the budget revenue of the government due to which the expenses exceed the revenue. 

Write true or false with a reason:
Increase in income of the consumer is the only cause that leads to a parallel shift of budget line to the right.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Budget line shifts to right

(i) when income of consumer increases assuming price of two goods remains unchanged, and 
(ii) when there is proportionate fall in the prices of two goods, income of the consumer remaining unchanged.

Given the money income and the price, the line which shows all different combinations of two goods that a consumer can buy by spending all his income is called __________.

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  1. production line

  2. budget line

  3. iso-cost line

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: B

Budget line indicates __________.

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  1. price ratio

  2. income ratio

  3. cost ratio

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: A

A shift in the budget line, when prices are constant, is due to:

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  1. change in demand

  2. change in income

  3. change in preferences

  4. change in utility

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Correct Option: B

Slope of budget line is Indicated by:

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  1. $\displaystyle \frac{P _X}{P _Y}$

  2. $\displaystyle \frac{P _Y}{P _X}$

  3. $P _X = P _Y$

  4. all of these

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Correct Option: A

When price of Good-Y (shown on Y-axis) rises:

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  1. price line shifts to the right

  2. price line shifts to the left

  3. price line rotates to the right

  4. price line rotates to the left

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Correct Option: D

Write true or false with a reason:
All attainable combinations of Good-X and Good-Y are below the budget line of a consumer.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
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False. 

All attainable combinations of Good-X and Good-Y are below as well as along the budget line.

Any point above the consumer's equilibrium point is desirable but is not attainable because ________.

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  1. income and prices are given

  2. taste and income and given

  3. preference and prices are given

  4. none of the above

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Correct Option: A