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This set of Business Economics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Business Economics Set 13

Q1 | In a system of managed float there is less chance of speculation.
  • flexible
  • managed float
  • fixed
  • restictive
Q2 |     __ is done to overcome uncertainties.
  • Arbitrage
  • Hedging
  • speculation
  • locking
Q3 |     _ is the opposite of hedging.
  • Arbitrage
  • locking
  • speculation
  • blocking
Q4 | The modern foreign exchange market functions in a system of _ .
  • Fixed exchange rate
  • Gold standard
  • Britton Wood system
  • Floating exchange rate
Q5 | Pick out the feature which is not true of the foreign exchange market.
  • Buying and selling of currencies
  • Largest market
  • High liquidity
  • Existence of a central market place
Q6 | In the determination of the exchange value of a currency, the first currency of a currency pair is called _ .
  • Price currency
  • Hard currency
  • Base currency
  • bitcoin
Q7 | The currency used for international transactions irrespective of the importing or exporting country’s currency is called _ .
  • Soft currency
  • Bitcoin
  • Vehicle currency
  • value currency
Q8 | Pick out the feature which is not true of the foreign exchange market.
  • It is open 24 hours a day
  • Not one single entity can control the market
  • Huge market
  • It has limited geographical dispersion
Q9 |     _ enables an investor to earn high returns while minimizing capital risks.
  • Liquidity
  • Reserves
  • Returns
  • Leverage
Q10 | Trading in foreign exchange has become fast and simple due to _ .
  • Simple procedures
  • Geographical proximity
  • Improved technology
  • Bullet trains
Q11 | Pick out the feature which is not true of the foreign exchange market.
  • Huge trading volumes
  • Operates throughout the week
  • Presence of a risk element
  • Leverage enables to make profit
Q12 | The provision of foreign bills of exchange in international payments in an example of _ .
  • Transfer function
  • Credit function
  • Speculation
  • None of the above
Q13 | Transaction where the exchange of currencies take place on the same date is known as
  • swap transaction
  • ready transaction
  • spot transaction
  • value tomorrow
Q14 | Transaction in which exchange of currencies take place at a specified future date, subsequent to spot date is known as,
  • swap transaction
  • forward transaction
  • future transaction
  • non-deliverable forwards
Q15 | Transaction in which currencies to be exchanged the next day of the transaction is known as
  • value today
  • ready transaction
  • spot transaction
  • value tomorrow
Q16 | According to the Purchasing Power Parity theory, the rate of exchange between the currencies of two countries is determined by_                      
  • their relative price levels
  • their import and export volumes
  • their import and export values
  • their relative capital movements
Q17 | Which of the following is not an assumption of the Purchasing Power Paritytheory? _                      
  • There are no trade barriers between countries
  • The price index for each of the two countries must be comprised of the same basket of goods
  • All the prices should be indexed to the same year
  • Changes in the exchange rate changes internal price level
Q18 | Exchange rate between two currencies is based on    _ __
  • purchasing power of two currencies
  • economic development of the two nation
  • political stability in the two countries
  • export - import in two countries
Q19 | Purchasing Power Parity Theory considers that goods in different countries are _         
  • differential
  • identical
  • superior
  • inferior
Q20 | Under IMF, the exchange rate system was    _                 
  • gold standard
  • currency board system
  • dollarization
  • EURO
Q21 | Under managed float, the central bank of a nation intervenes to_ _ foreign currency.
  • only purchase
  • only sell
  • purchase and sell
  • auction
Q22 | Flexible exchange rate system, the exchange rate is determined by _     
  • Market forces
  • Central Bank
  • commercial bank
  • Scheduled Bank
Q23 | India has adipted _ _ _ Exchange rate system.
  • Fixed
  • Flexible
  • Managed
  • Stable