Business Economics · Class 12 Commerce
Ch 6National Income and Macroeconomic Fundamentals — Class 12 Business Economics, concept-first.
So far in Business Economics you have studied how a single firm decides its output, cost, revenue and price. This chapter zooms out from the individual firm to the economy as a whole — the macroeconomic view — because no business operates in a vacuum.
Key concepts
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Concepts of National Income (GDP, GNP, NNP, NDP)
National income can be expressed through several related aggregates, and knowing which one is being quoted matters. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) values final output produced within a country's borders.
Most relevant Q&A
- Define Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Gross National Product (GNP). How is GNP derived from GDP?Free
- Distinguish between Gross National Product (GNP) and Net National Product (NNP). What role does depreciation play in this distinction?Free
- Explain the difference between National Income at Market Price and National Income at Factor Cost.Free
- Which one of the following is not included in National income? (a) Operating Surplus (b) Compensation of employees (c) Transfer income (d) M…Preview
- What is the value of the Gross Domestic Product if the value of Gross National Product is Rs. 60,000 crore and the net factor income from ab…Preview
Chapter contents
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National Income: Meaning and Basic Concepts
So far in Business Economics you have studied how a single firm decides its output, cost, revenue and price.
Methods of Measuring National Income
National income can be measured in three internationally accepted ways. Each looks at the same circular flow of income from a different point — production, income, or spending — and in principle all t…
Per Capita Income, Real and Nominal Income
Per Capita Income (PCI) is the average income available per person, obtained by dividing national income by the country's mid-year population:
Basics of Money and Banking
Modern business is impossible without money and banks. A Business Economics student needs the essentials of both.
Basics of Public Finance and Its Bearing on Business
Public finance is the branch of economics that studies the income (revenue) and expenditure of the government and the management of the two.
Exercises
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- Q1Define Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Gross National Product (GNP). How is GNP derived from GDP?Free
- Q2Distinguish between Gross National Product (GNP) and Net National Product (NNP). What role does depreciation play in this distinction?Free
- Q3Explain the difference between National Income at Market Price and National Income at Factor Cost.Free
- Q4Explain the three methods used to measure national income. Which method is most commonly used for the tertiary (services) sector, and why?Preview
- Q7What is Per Capita Income? Explain how it is calculated and state one limitation of using it as a measure of a country's welfare.Preview
- Q9What is money? Explain its main functions and briefly state how each function is useful to a business firm.Preview
- Q11Explain the main functions of the central bank. How do its credit-control functions affect business firms?Preview
- Q12What is public finance? Distinguish between direct and indirect taxes, and between revenue expenditure and capital expenditure, giving one e…Preview
Sample & Board Papers
Sample papers and previous-year board questions for this subject.
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- Q1Which one of the following is not included in National income? (a) Operating Surplus (b) Compensation of employees (c) Transfer income (d) M…Preview
- Q2What is the value of the Gross Domestic Product if the value of Gross National Product is Rs. 60,000 crore and the net factor income from ab…Preview
- Q3Which one of the following functions of money makes money a unit of account? (a) Medium of exchange (b) Measure of value (c) Standard of def…Preview
- Q4Which one of the following is a function of the Central Bank? (a) Acceptance of deposits from the public (b) Advancing loans (c) Issue of no…Preview
- Q5Examine the correctness of the following statement. Correct it if necessary, without changing the portion underlined : Flour for a bread fac…Preview
- Q6Examine the correctness of the following statement. Correct it if necessary, without changing the portion underlined : Net indirect taxes ar…Preview
- Q7Examine the correctness of the following statement. Correct it if necessary, without changing the portion underlined : Surplus budget is use…Preview
- Q8Examine the correctness of the following statement. Correct it if necessary, without changing the portion underlined : In public finance nor…Preview
- Q9Answer within 30 words : What is private income?Preview
- Q10Answer within 30 words : What is overdraft?Preview
- Q11Answer within 30 words : What is investment demand?Preview
- Q12Answer within 30 words : What is meant by Net National Product?Preview
- Q13Answer within 30 words : What is personal disposable income?Preview
- Q14Answer within 30 words : What is demand deposit?Preview
- Q15Answer within 30 words : What is credit control?Preview
- Q16Answer within 30 words : What is balanced budget?Preview
- Q17Distinguish between (limit your answer to 50 words) : Commercial Bank and Central Bank.Preview
- Q18Explain Simple Keynesian Theory of income determination.Preview
- Q19Discuss the objectives of Budget.Preview
- Q20Which bank creates credit ? (a) Central Bank (b) Rural Bank (c) Commercial Bank (d) Cooperative BankPreview
- Q21Examine the correctness of the following statement and correct it if incorrect, without changing the underlined portion : Cash at hand is th…Preview
- Q22Examine the correctness of the following statement and correct it if incorrect, without changing the underlined portion : Reserve Bank of In…Preview
- Q23Examine the correctness of the following statement and correct it if incorrect, without changing the underlined portion : Surplus budget is…Preview
- Q24Examine the correctness of the following statement and correct it if incorrect, without changing the underlined portion : In a balanced budg…Preview
- Q25What is disposable personal income ?Preview
- Q26What is Unbalanced budget ?Preview
- Q27What do you mean by Gross Domestic Product ?Preview
- Q28Distinguish between : Public finance and private financePreview
- Q29Discuss the functions of Central Bank.Preview
- Q30What is budget ? Discuss the objectives of budget.Preview
More questions
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- Example 5From the following data, calculate Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by the expenditure method (all figures in Rs crore): Private Final Consumpti…Free
- Example 6From the following data (all figures in Rs crore), calculate National Income (NNP at Factor Cost) by the income method: Compensation of Empl…Free
- Example 8A country's National Income (NNP at Factor Cost) is Rs 2,40,000 crore and its population is 60 crore. (i) Calculate its Per Capita Income. (…Preview
- Example 10A commercial bank receives an initial (primary) deposit of Rs 20,000. If the Legal Reserve Ratio (LRR) required of the banking system is 25%…Preview
- Example 13From the following budget data of a government (all figures in Rs crore), calculate the fiscal deficit: Revenue Receipts = 8,00,000; Non-deb…Preview