UPSC Mains ECONOMICS-PAPER-I 2011

20 Questions • 400 Marks • With Detailed Model Answers

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Elucidate how does Kalecki's theory of distribution share the value of output between labour and capital.
EconomyMacroeconomics
2
20 Marks200 Wordsmedium
The marginal efficiency of capital together with the current rate of interest determine the profitability of an investment project. How does it help in the selection of an investment project?
EconomyFinance
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Is Friedman's quantity theory of money close to Classical or Keynesian approach to the aggregate demand for money? Give justifications for your arguments.
EconomyMacroeconomics
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The 'non-rival nature' of social goods consumption has important bearing on efficient resource allocation. Explore the problem with the examples and diagrams.
EconomyPublic Finance
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How does the burden of tax distribution between buyers and sellers in the ratio of elasticity of demand and that of supply take place?
EconomyPublic Finance
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Monetarists are of the view that only money does and Keynesians believe that money does not matter.' What is your reasoning of the extreme views held by the monetarists and the Keynesians?
EconomyMacroeconomics
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What is the difference between horizontal equity and vertical equity while considering ability to pay? How should the problem be resolved? Illustrate graphically.
EconomyPublic Finance
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What is liquidity trap'? How does it occur? Illustrate.
EconomyMacroeconomics
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Would the introduction of automatic teller machines, which allows people to withdraw cash from banks as needed, make deposits more inconvenient and affect the money supply? Elucidate.
EconomyFinance
10
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How do the small trading nations share the gains from trade which occur, as a consequence of gains from exchange and gains from specialisation?
EconomyInternational Trade
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If all assumptions hold true, how does trade between nations tend to bring about equalisation of factor prices?
EconomyInternational Trade
12
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How does portfolio balance approach differ from monetary approach in determining the exchange rate?
EconomyInternational Finance
13
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What do the following terms signify in structural transformation and growth? Kuznets' U-shaped curve
EconomyDevelopment Economics
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What do the following terms signify in structural transformation and growth? Environmental Kuznets curve
EconomyEnvironment
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What do the following terms signify in structural transformation and growth? N-shaped Kuznets curve in the long-run
EconomyDevelopment Economics
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How can the structural independence between A-sector and K-sector in the dualistic economy foster growth in the absence of external stimuli?
EconomyDevelopment Economics
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Compare Human Development Index (HDI) with Human Poverty Index (HPI) as a measure of development. How is the Human Poverty Index different from the Happy Planet Index?
EconomyDevelopment Economics
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Why do energy elasticities tend to unity in industrially advanced countries?
EconomyEnvironment
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What are the negative externalities of high energy coefficients?
EconomyEnvironment
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How is subsidy better than tariff to achieve domestic objectives?
EconomyInternational Trade