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181 A country's GDP is ₹1,000 crore and its net factor income from abroad is −₹40 crore. Its GNP is: Environmental Studies
Measuring national income
Easy
182 GDP is ₹800 crore and depreciation is ₹60 crore. What is NDP? Environmental Studies
Measuring national income
Easy
183 The income of an Indian engineer working temporarily in Dubai while remaining a normal resident of India is i… Environmental Studies
Measuring national income
Medium
184 After a chemical leak, a town spends heavily on hospital treatment and clean-up. How does this affect measure… Environmental Studies
Measuring national income
Medium
185 GDP is ₹1,200 crore, NFIA is ₹50 crore, depreciation is ₹100 crore and net indirect taxes are ₹80 crore. What… Environmental Studies
Measuring national income
Hard
186 One carbon credit generally represents the right to emit: Environmental Studies
Environmental economics
Easy
187 Families in a city buy air purifiers because of severe winter smog. This spending is an example of: Environmental Studies
Environmental economics
Easy
188 Firm X can cut a tonne of CO₂ for ₹500 and Firm Y for ₹2,000. Under cap-and-trade, what is most likely to hap… Environmental Studies
Environmental economics
Medium
189 The view that critical natural capital such as a stable climate cannot be replaced by machines or money is ca… Environmental Studies
Environmental economics
Medium
190 A product's carbon footprint is stated as 3 kg CO₂e. Which statement about this figure is correct? Environmental Studies
Environmental economics
Hard
191 A sugar mill dumps waste into a river and fish catches downstream fall. For the fishermen this is: Environmental Studies
Externalities
Easy
192 A beekeeper's bees pollinate the apple orchard next door, raising its yield. This is an example of: Environmental Studies
Externalities
Easy
193 A firm's marginal private cost of producing a unit of cement is ₹300 and the pollution damage per unit is ₹80… Environmental Studies
Externalities
Medium
194 In a market with a strong negative externality and no regulation, output tends to be: Environmental Studies
Externalities
Medium
195 According to the Coase theorem, a pollution dispute between a factory and a farmer can be solved efficiently … Environmental Studies
Externalities
Hard
196 A project's benefits have a present value of ₹150 crore and its costs a present value of ₹120 crore. Its bene… Environmental Studies
Economic tools
Easy
197 At a discount rate of 10% per year, what is the present value of ₹121 to be received after two years? Environmental Studies
Economic tools
Medium
198 A mobile phone company is required to collect used handsets from consumers and send them for safe recycling. … Environmental Studies
Economic tools
Easy
199 Why do critics say a high discount rate in cost-benefit analysis is unfair to future generations? Environmental Studies
Economic tools
Medium
200 A dam costs ₹100 crore now and gives benefits of ₹60 crore at the end of each of the next two years. At a 10%… Environmental Studies
Economic tools
Hard