Economics MCQs

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A stationary population is when population growth is ?


a increasing at an increasing rate

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b decreasing

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c zero

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d100%

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View Answer zero

The ______ is the ratio of the non-working population (under 15-year-old and over 64 years old) to the working-age population ?


a labor force participation rate

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bper capita population ratio

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cdependency ratio

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dNone of these

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View Answer dependency ratio

The goal of integrated pest management (IPT) is to?


areduce yield losses by pests while minimizing the negative effects of pest control

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bhave year-round plantings of a single crop

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cundertake monoculture pest planning

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dencompass biological control through fertilizers

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Prototypes of international agricultural research centers are the ?


a international Center for the Improvement of Maize and Wheat (CIMMYT)

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bInternational Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

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c Synthetic Rubber Research Institute (SRRI)

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dA and B

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View Answer A and B

Julian simon ?


a supported the Club of Rome’s Limits to Growth for estimating technical change

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bassumed that population growth causes technological progress

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cused the second law of thermodynamics to assume that technological progress is costless

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d assumed the classical view of technological change 6

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Organized family-planning programs and the demand for birth control resulting from urbanization, modernization, economic development and increased education have contributed to ?


aa decline in fertility

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bThe demographic transition from stage 3 to stage 2

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cincreases in the ratio of labor to capital

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dan increase in the dependency ratio

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In 2000, China and India constituted about _________ of the world’s population?


a40%

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b10%

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c80%

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d0.10%

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View Answer 40%

Malthus’s theory was that population ?


a increased proportionally to economic growth

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b increased geometrically, outstripping food supply which grew arithmetically

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c increased stagnantly with food supply and economic development

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d increased disproportionately surpassing agricultural production

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About _________ of the World’s population lives in LDCs?


a 80%

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b50%

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c25%

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d35%

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View Answer 80%

Which of the following is not a possible cost of high fertility rates and rapid population growth ?


aincreasing returns to natural resources with a direct impact on average food consumption

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b increased urbanization and congestion

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ca higher labor force growth rate and higher unemployment

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d a working population that must support a large number of dependents

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