Class 12 Macro Economics - Chapter Government Budget and Economy NCERT Solutions | Suppose marginal propensity to consume i

Explain the relation between government deficit and government debt.

Give the relationship between the revenue deficit and the fiscal deficit.

Discuss the issue of deficit reduction.

Are fiscal deficits inflationary?

‘The fiscal deficit gives the borrowing requirement of the government’. Elucidate.

We suppose that C = 70 + 0.70Y D, I = 90, G = 100, T = 0.10Y (a) Find the equilibrium income. (b) What are tax revenues at equilibrium income? Does the government have a balanced budget?

In the above question, calculate the effect on output of a 10 per cent increase in transfers, and a 10 per cent increase in lump-sum taxes. Compare the effects of the two.

Explain why the tax multiplier is smaller in absolute value than the government expenditure multiplier.

Does public debt impose a burden? Explain.

Explain why public goods must be provided by the government.

What is marginal propensity to consume? How is it related to marginal propensity to save?

Differentiate between balance of trade and current account balance.

What are the four factors of production and what are the remunerations to each of these called?

What is a barter system? What are its drawbacks?

What is the difference between microeconomics and macroeconomics?

What is the difference between ex ante investment and ex post investment?

What are official reserve transactions? Explain their importance in the balance of payments.

Why should the aggregate final expenditure of an economy be equal to the aggregate factor payments? Explain.

What are the main functions of money? How does money overcome the shortcomings of a barter system?

What are the important features of a capitalist economy?

Why should the aggregate final expenditure of an economy be equal to the aggregate factor payments? Explain.

Write down some of the limitations of using GDP as an index of welfare of a country.

From the following data, calculate Personal Income and Personal Disposable Income.
                                                                               Rs (crore)
(a) Net Domestic Product at factor cost                    8,000
(b) Net Factor Income from abroad                              200
(c) Undisbursed Profit                                                1,000
(d) Corporate Tax                                                         500
(e) Interest Received by Households                         1,500
(f) Interest Paid by Households                                  1,200
(g) Transfer Income                                                       300
(h) Personal Tax                                                            500

What is a barter system? What are its drawbacks?

How is the exchange rate determined under a flexible exchange rate regime?

In a single day Raju, the barber, collects Rs 500 from haircuts; over this day, his equipment depreciates in value by Rs 50. Of the remaining Rs 450, Raju pays sales tax worth Rs 30, takes home Rs 200 and retains Rs 220 for improvement and buying of new equipment. He further pays Rs 20 as income tax from his income. Based on this information, complete Raju’s contribution to the following measures of income (a) Gross Domestic Product (b) NNP at market price (c) NNP at factor cost (d) Personal income (e) Personal disposable income.

Differentiate between balance of trade and current account balance.

Explain the functions of a commercial bank.

Define budget deficit and trade deficit. The excess of private investment over saving of a country in a particular year was Rs 2,000 crores. The amount of budget deficit was ( – ) Rs 1,500 crores. What was the volume of trade deficit of that country?

What are the important features of a capitalist economy?