A period of rapid population growth between a preindustrial stable population characterized by high birth and death rates and a later modern, stable population marked by low fertility and mortality is known as ?

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1. Which of the following is not a possible cost of high fertility rates and rapid population growth ?

   A. increasing returns to natural resources with a direct impact on average food consumption
   B. increased urbanization and congestion
   C. a higher labor force growth rate and higher unemployment
   D. a working population that must support a large number of dependents

2. Malnutrition is one of the main reasons behind the high mortality rates among ?

   A. mothers
   B. infants
   C. both a & b
   D. not a nor b

3. The motive for holding money that encourages investors to hold bonds when interest rates are low, with the hope of selling them when interest rates are high, is the ?

   A. Transactions motive
   B. precautionary motive
   C. profit motive
   D. speculation motive

4. Under a system of floating exchange rates relatively low productivity and high inflation rates in the United States results in a (an) ?

   A. increase in the demand for foreign currency a decrease in the supply of foreign currency and a depreciation in the dollar
   B. increase in the demand for foreign currency an increase in the supply of foreign currency and a appreciation in the dollar
   C. decrease in the demand for foreign currency a decrease in the supply of foreign currency and a depreciation in the dollar
   D. decrease in the demand for foreign currency and increase in the supply of foreign currency and a appreciation in the dollar

5. Under a system of floating exchange rates relatively high productivity and low inflation rates in the United States results in a (an) ?

   A. increase in the demand for foreign currency a decrease in the supply of foreign currency and a depreciation in the dollar
   B. increase in the demand for foreign currency an increase in the supply of foreign currency and a appreciation in the dollar
   C. decrease in the demand for foreign currency a decrease in the supply of foreign currency and a depreciation in the dollar
   D. decrease in the demand for foreign currency an increase in the supply of foreign currency and a appreciation in the dollar

6. The period of high inflation and low economic growth is termed as ?

   A. Stagnation
   B. Take-off stage in economy
   C. Stagflation
   D. None of these

7. Based on Mankiw Romer and Weil (1992) with conditional convergence holding fertility rates, education and government spending as a share of GDP constant ?

   A. income per capita is the same regardless of poor or rich countries
   B. income per capita in poor countries grows faster than in rich countries
   C. income per capita in rich countries grows faster than in poor countries
   D. income per capita in poor countries grows conditional upon foreign aid

8. A very rapid growth in prices in which money loses its value to the point where even barter may be preferable is known as ?

   A. Inflation
   B. Hyper-inflation
   C. Deflation
   D. Disinflation

9. The growth rates of economies tend to converge because ________ is easier when capital per worker is low and because of?

   A. capital-widening technical innovation
   B. capital-widening Catch-up in technology
   C. capital-deepening technical innovation
   D. capital-deepening, catch-up in technology

10. Economics in India Pakistan the Philippines and Mexico argue the foodgrain growth would not have kept up with population growth in the last four decades without ?

    I- improved packages of high-yielding seed varieties
    II- fertilizers, pesticides and irrigation
    III- improved transportation
    IV better extension service

    A. I and III only
    B. II and III only
    C. I, II and III only
    D. I, II, III and IV