Key Macroeconomics Exam Questions

May 21, 2024

Most Important Questions of Macroeconomics

Introduction

  • Discussion on the most important questions
  • Advice to check old preparations
  • Useful for those whose preparation is incomplete
  • Advice to cover all important topics in four to five hours

Unit Wise Important Questions

National Income

  • Four chapters: 18 questions (around four questions per chapter)
  • Important topics:
    • Difference between stock flow
    • Circular flow diagram
    • Factor income vs transfer income
    • Current and capital transfers
    • Difference between final and intermediate goods
    • Difference between capital and consumption goods
    • Three components of NFIA
    • Domestic income vs national income
    • Precautions of the value-added method
    • Difference between real and nominal GDP
    • Understanding of GDP deflator
    • Focus on numericals
    • Special non-monetary exchange and externality
  • Total questions: 16 (around four questions per chapter)

Money and Banking

  • Four questions:
    • Money supply and its measures
    • High powered money
    • Functions of the central bank (credit control and lender of last resort)
    • Money multiplier and its numericals

AD-AS

  • Important topics:
    • AD and AS curves
    • Consumption function
    • Curves and formulas of APC, MPC
    • Saving function
    • Curves of excess demand and deficit demand
    • Short questions: APC, APS, MPC, MPS
    • Practice and explanation of the investment multiplier table
    • Paradox of thrift
    • Difference between inflationary and deflationary gap
    • Methods to control excess demand

Government Budget

  • Important topics:
    • Difference between direct and indirect tax
    • Revenue and capital expenditure
    • Revenue and fiscal deficit
    • Objectives and implications of the budget

Foreign Exchange and BOP

  • Important topics:
    • Types of foreign exchange rates
    • Devaluation vs depreciation
    • Devaluation, revaluation, and appreciation
    • Difference between BOP and BOT
    • Current account surplus vs current account deficit
    • Components of the current and capital account
    • Accommodating and autonomous transactions

Conclusion

  • Advice to prepare everything in four to five hours
  • Those who know everything can attempt sample papers
  • Prepare the topics missed earlier
  • Sample paper attached in the video description
  • Prepare for numericals and MCQs in the evening

Conclusion

  • Advice to take a screenshot
  • Hope to meet soon

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