MCQ Questions for Class 11 Commerce Economics Index Numbers Quiz 2

Construct a composite index number as a weighted mean from the following data:

Index Number	122	145	101	98	137	116
Weight	7	2	4	1	6	5

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120
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122
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130
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132

Explanation

$Index\,number$ $I$	$Weight$ $w$	$I.w$
$122$	$7$	$854$
$145$	$2$	$290$
$101$	$4$	$404$
$98$	$1$	$98$
$137$	$6$	$822$
$116$	$5$	$580$
$Total$	$\sum w=25$	$\sum Iw=3048$

$\Rightarrow$ Composite index number =

$\dfrac{\sum Iw}{\sum w}=\dfrac{3048}{25}=121.92\approx 122$ .

Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite index of which of the following?

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Health , literacy and employment
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National income , size of population and general price level
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National income , per capita income and per capita consumption
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Physical resources , monetary resources and population size

The Human Development Index (HDI) is introduced by _______.

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UNDP
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UNICEF
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IMF
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World Bank

While calculating index numbers, the period with which the comparison is to be made, is known as the _______.

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compared period
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base period
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comparable period
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none of these

If all the values are not of equal importance the index number is called:

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Simple
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Unweighted
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Weighted
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None

A quantity index that is designed to measure changes in physical volume or production levels of industrial goods over time is known as the

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physical volume index
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time index
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Index of Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization
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none of the above

Price index numbers express __________.

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relative price level of commodities depending on the base period
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the changes in the physical volume of production, construction or employment.
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level of the output in the economy.
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none of the above

An index number is called a simple index when it is computed from:

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Multiple variable
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Bi-variable
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Single variable
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None of these

Stock market indexes traditionally served as a benchmark to measure the performance of which of the following types of portfolios of the investors/promoters?

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Equity portfolio
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Tax saving instruments
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Mutual Funds
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Investments in Govt Securities

The base year for SENSEX is____.

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1976-1977
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1978-19779
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1977-1978
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none

________ is not a dimension of Human Development Index.

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Per Capita income
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Education
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Life expectancy
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Moral value

IIP stands for ________.

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Indian Industrial Production
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Index of Indian Production
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Index of Indian Prices
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Index of Industrial Production

_______ number measures price changes from the producers perspective.

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Industrial production index
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WPI
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Producer price index
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Both A and C

Which of these is/are not component of HDI index?

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Knowledge
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Longevity
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Income
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Health

The ________ is widely used to measure the rate of inflation.

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IIP
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CPI
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WPI
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none of the above

If the sensex rises, it indicates _____.

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that the market is doing well and investors expect better earnings from companies
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it indicates a growing confidence of investors in the basic health of the economy
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both A and B
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none

CPI stands for ________.

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Customer Price Index
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Consumer Price Index
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Customer Petrol Index
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Consumer Petrol Index

From the following detail calculate index number using Aggregate expenditure method.

Items	Price in $2005$ c	Price in $2011$	Weight
Milk	$16$	$24$	$10$
Rice	$20$	$28$	$1$
Wheat	$10$	$16$	$15$
Total

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$151.22$
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$141.21$
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$121.5$
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$117.70$

From the following detail what is the weighted average price index.

Items	Price in $2005$ c	Price in $2011$	Weight
Milk	$16$	$24$	$10$
Rice	$20$	$28$	$1$
Wheat	$10$	$16$	$15$
Total

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$114.4$
0%
$133.33$
0%
$121.5$
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$117.70$

If the index number of aluminium in

$2014$ is

$350$ with base year

$2010$ , the prices of aluminium must have increased by ____________.

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$250\%$
0%
$350\%$
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$3.5\%$
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$2.5\%$

The average monthly emoluments of the officers of Nav Ratan Companies were Rs.

$66,000$ in

$2006$ when the consumer price index is

$225$ , what would have been their monthly emoluments in

$1995$ when the price index was

$150$ .

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Rs. $36000$
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Rs. $42000$
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Rs. $44000$
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Rs. $42150$

Given the Paasche Price index and Laspeyres index being

$101.5$ and

$107.85$ respectively. Find the Fisher ideal price index.

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$109.66$
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$108.675$
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$104.62$
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$108.80$

Given that Paasche Price index and Laspeyres index being

$121.5$ and

$117.85$ respectively. Find the Dorbish and Bowley price index.

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$115.77$
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$119.675$
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$119.05$
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$108.80$

The average monthly emoluments of PSU officers were Rs.

$25,000$ pm in

$1995$ when the consumer price index was

$150$ in

$1995$ , in

$2006$ their monthly emoluments went up to Rs.

$35,000$ due to additional DA paid from time to time which is directly based on consumer price index. The consumer price index in

$2006$ is __________.

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$210$
0%
$200$
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$196$
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$215$

Chain base index of the following fixed base index for the years

$2005$ to

$2009$ is.

Year	$2005$	$2006$	$2007$	$2008$	$2009$
FBI	$80$	$88$	$105.60$	$95.4$	$133$

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$(110, 115, 98, 130)$
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$(110, 115, 108, 125)$
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$(110, 120, 90, 140)$
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$(110, 125, 95, 136)$

The price movement of essential food grain items during the past two years is given.

Wheat	Rice	Cloth	Pulses	Tomato
$2004$	Rs. $16$ kg.	Rs. $2$ mts.	Rs. $30$ kg.	Rs. $15$ per kg.
$2009$	Rs. $20$	Rs. $3.30$ per mt.	Rs. $45$	Rs. $20$

Taking

$2004$ as the base year, the price index of essential commodities in

$2009$ is __________.

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$118$
0%
$154.60$
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$123$
0%
$131$

Average price of a commodity in

$2009$ was

$25\%$ more than the price in

$2008$ . What is the price relative for

$2008$ .

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$80\%$
0%
$85\%$
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$120\%$
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$1.20$

Which country rank first in terms of HDI index?

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Canada
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Japan
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Norway
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USA

When the cost of edible vegetable oil increased by

$60\%$ over the last for years a housewife who maintain her former scale of consumption felt that his cost of living index has gone up by

$12\%$ . What percentage of his cost of living was due edible oil before the change in price.

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$15\%$
0%
$20\%$
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$9\%$
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$12\%$

If the index number of Aluminium in 2005 is

$350$ with base year 1995, the prices of aluminium must have increased by

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$250$ %
0%
$350$ %
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$3.5$ %
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$2.5$ %

Simple Method	Weighted method
Simple Aggregate Method	Weighted Average of Price Relatives Method
Simple Average of Price Relatives Method	Weighted Aggregative Relatives Method Laspeyres’ Index Paasche’s Index Fischer’s Index

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