{"id":7502,"date":"2017-08-31T10:35:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T05:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=7502"},"modified":"2017-08-31T10:35:56","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T05:05:56","slug":"economics-optional-test-6-for-upsc-mains-2017-mains-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/economics-optional-test-6-for-upsc-mains-2017-mains-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Economics Optional Test 6 for UPSC Mains 2017 : Mains Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Economics Mains Marathon : Test-6<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
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  1. What do you understand by ‘sterilization’ effects of foreign exchange market intervention? How does ‘sterilization’ work in the case of imperfect capital mobility?<\/li>\n
  2. Define a balance of payment function and explain the factors that cause a shift in this function. Explain the general equilibrium situation in a four-sector IS- LM model.<\/li>\n
  3. Summarise the main arguments of the trade optimists and trade pessimists with regard to trade policy for developing countries, which argument does the data tend to support?<\/li>\n
  4. Distinguish between Currency Board Arrangement and dollarisation. Why would a nation adopt one or the other?<\/li>\n
  5. How does portfolio balance approach differ from monetary approach in determining the exchange rate?<\/li>\n
  6. Do you agree with the view that “international trade is an engine of growth\u201d? Elucidate your answer.<\/li>\n
  7. What are different kinds of disequilibrium in balance of payments? Suggest some measures to solve the problem of structural disequilibrium in balance of payments.<\/li>\n
  8. Discuss critically the role of International Monetary Fund in imparting stability in international monetary system.<\/li>\n
  9. Give salient features of WTO Agreement in relation to agriculture. In this context, explain the concept of TRIPS.<\/li>\n
  10. What are the elasticity and absorption approaches to BOP adjustment? Discuss.<\/li>\n
  11. Discuss the role of multinationals in employment creation, income generation and transfer of technology.<\/li>\n
  12. Explain the TRIMs of WTO. What are the major debates relating to it?<\/li>\n
  13. Point out critical elements in typical PPP agreements in the infrastructure projects to safeguard the interests of the public.<\/li>\n
  14. Do you subscribe to the view that the \u201ccontroversy regarding economic planning versus market mechanism is both unnecessary and futile\u201d. Elaborate your answer.<\/li>\n
  15. What are the human development indices used for international comparison of status of development? Elaborate the methodology used for developing Human Development Index.<\/li>\n
  16. \u201cIndustrial development and environmental degradation are highly correlated\u201d. If it is true what should be, in your opinion, the policy options for industrialisation process vis-a-vis pollution control?<\/li>\n
  17. Outline the global efforts for checking the environmental degradation. Do you think that the advanced countries are cooperating in the efforts?<\/li>\n
  18. Outline the main dimensions of human capital formation highlighting their relative significance in economic development.<\/li>\n
  19. How does carbon trading help in reducing environmental degradation?<\/li>\n
  20. Discuss the role of renewable energy resources in order to maintain environmental sustainability with special reference to India.
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