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राष्ट्रीय आय से संबंधित समुच्चय: सकल राष्ट्रीय उत्पाद (GNP)
In this Class 12 Economics topic from “National Income and Related Aggregates,” students learn how Gross National Product (GNP) measures the value of final goods and services produced by a country’s normal residents during a given period. The topic explains the relationship between GNP and GDP, the role of Net Factor Income from Abroad (NFIA), and the formula GNP = GDP + NFIA. Students also understand how resident ownership of factors of production affects national income measurement.
Practice questions
01 If GNP is ₹6,000 crore and depreciation is ₹500 crore, what will be NNP?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. ₹5,500 crore
Explanation: Net National Product (NNP) is obtained by deducting depreciation, also called consumption of fixed capital, from Gross National Product (GNP). Therefore, NNP = GNP − depreciation = ₹6,000 crore − ₹500 crore = ₹5,500 crore. The gross measure is converted into a net measure after this deduction.
02 Which item clearly shows the difference between GNP and GDP?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Net factor income from abroad
Explanation: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measures production within the domestic territory, while Gross National Product (GNP) measures production associated with the normal residents of a country. The relationship is GNP = GDP + Net Factor Income from Abroad (NFIA). Thus, NFIA is the item that creates the difference between GDP and GNP.
03 If GNP is ₹10,200 crore and GDP is ₹9,800 crore, what is NFIA?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. ₹400 crore
Explanation: Net Factor Income from Abroad (NFIA) is the difference between Gross National Product and Gross Domestic Product. The relationship is GNP = GDP + NFIA, so NFIA = GNP − GDP. Substituting the given values: ₹10,200 crore − ₹9,800 crore = ₹400 crore. Since GNP is greater than GDP, NFIA is positive, indicating that factor income received from abroad exceeds factor income paid to foreign factors within the country.
04 Why can salary earned abroad by an Indian engineer be included in GNP?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Because it is factor income earned abroad by a resident factor
Explanation: GNP is based on the income of a country’s normal residents, not merely on production within its geographical boundaries. If the Indian engineer is a normal resident, the salary earned abroad is factor income from abroad. It contributes to NFIA and is added to GDP while calculating GNP. Residence, rather than nationality alone, is the key criterion.
05 How can profit earned in India by a foreign company be adjusted in GNP?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. As factor income paid abroad
Explanation: A foreign company producing in India contributes to India’s GDP because production occurs within domestic territory. However, if its profit belongs to non-resident owners or factors and is paid abroad, it is factor income paid abroad. This payment is subtracted when calculating NFIA: NFIA = factor income from abroad − factor income paid abroad. Hence it lowers GNP relative to GDP.
06 If GDP is ₹15,000 crore, factor income from abroad is ₹900 crore, and factor income paid abroad is ₹700 crore, what will be GNP?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. ₹15,200 crore
Explanation: First calculate Net Factor Income from Abroad: NFIA = factor income received from abroad − factor income paid abroad = ₹900 crore − ₹700 crore = ₹200 crore. Then use GNP = GDP + NFIA. Therefore, GNP = ₹15,000 crore + ₹200 crore = ₹15,200 crore. The correct answer is option C.
07 Why is foreign aid not directly included in GNP?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Because it is not a reward for factor services used in production
Explanation: GNP measures the value of production associated with a country’s normal residents and includes factor incomes arising from productive services. Foreign aid is generally a transfer receipt, not payment for a factor service such as labour, land, capital, or entrepreneurship. Therefore, it is not directly counted as part of GNP, although it may influence spending or saving in the economy.
08 What is the purpose of counting only final goods and services in GNP?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Avoiding double counting
Explanation: Only final goods and services are counted in GNP to avoid double counting. The value of an intermediate good is already embodied in the price of the final product in which it is used. If both intermediate and final goods were added, the same production value would be counted more than once, overstating national output and income.
09 If GNP at factor cost (GNPFC) is ₹11,000 crore and net indirect taxes (NIT) are ₹900 crore, what will be GNP at market price (GNPMP)?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. ₹11,900 crore
Explanation: To convert GNP from factor cost to market price, add net indirect taxes because market price includes indirect taxes after deducting subsidies, while factor cost reflects payments to factors of production. The formula is GNPMP = GNPFC + NIT. Therefore, GNPMP = ₹11,000 crore + ₹900 crore = ₹11,900 crore. Hence, option C is correct.
10 If GNP at market price is ₹16,000 crore, depreciation is ₹1,200 crore and net indirect taxes are ₹800 crore, what will be NNP at factor cost?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. ₹14,000 crore
Explanation: To obtain NNP at factor cost, deduct both depreciation and net indirect taxes from GNP at market price. Thus, NNPFC = ₹16,000 − ₹1,200 − ₹800 = ₹14,000 crore. Option B deducts only depreciation, option C deducts only net indirect taxes, and option D does not make both required adjustments.
11 Why is the sale of an old machine not counted in GNP?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Because it is not current production
Explanation: The sale of an old machine is a transfer of ownership of an asset produced in an earlier period. Counting its full sale value again would duplicate past production. GNP measures the value of goods and services produced during the current period, although a current repair or brokerage service connected with the sale may be counted.
12 Why is the sale value of old shares not counted in GNP, but brokerage commission may be counted?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Commission is payment for a current service
Explanation: The sale value of an old share represents a transfer of ownership of an existing financial asset, not current production. In contrast, a broker performs a current service by arranging and facilitating the transaction. The brokerage commission is payment for that service and can therefore be included as current service income in national income.
Correct answer: A. Because it is not a reward for a production service
Explanation: A lottery winning is a transfer-like receipt rather than payment for a good or service produced by the winner. GNP records the value of current production and the factor incomes generated by that production. Since the winning does not arise from a productive service supplied by the recipient, the receipt itself is excluded from GNP.
14 In which situation is a resident's foreign income added to GNP?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. When it is earned from a factor service
Explanation: GNP is based on the income generated by the factors owned by a country's residents, wherever those factors operate. Therefore, a resident's income earned from providing labour, capital, land or entrepreneurship abroad is included through net factor income from abroad (NFIA). Gifts, loans and lottery winnings are transfers or financial transactions, not factor income.
15 If factor income from abroad is ₹300 crore and factor income paid abroad is ₹500 crore, what will be NFIA?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. -₹200 crore
Explanation: Net Factor Income from Abroad (NFIA) is calculated as factor income received from abroad minus factor income paid to foreign factors: NFIA = ₹300 crore − ₹500 crore = −₹200 crore. The negative result means that payments to foreign factors exceed income received from abroad by ₹200 crore. Therefore, option B is correct.
16 If GDP is ₹20,000 crore and NFIA is −₹200 crore, what will be the relation between GNP and GDP?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. GNP will be ₹200 crore less than GDP
Explanation: The relationship is GNP = GDP + NFIA. Substituting the values gives GNP = ₹20,000 crore + (−₹200 crore) = ₹19,800 crore. Thus, GNP is ₹200 crore less than GDP. A negative NFIA lowers GNP below GDP because factor payments to foreign residents exceed factor income received from abroad.
17 Why can GNP at factor cost be called gross national income?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Because it shows the gross income of resident factors
Explanation: GNP at factor cost measures the total factor income earned by the normal residents of a country during an accounting period, before deducting depreciation. Since factor payments such as wages, rent, interest and profit are incomes earned from production, GNP at factor cost can be treated as gross national income. Therefore, option A is correct.
18 Which example can directly increase GNP but not GDP?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Factor income earned by an Indian resident abroad
Explanation: GNP is based on the production or factor income of a country’s normal residents, wherever they work, whereas GDP is based on production within domestic territory. Factor income earned abroad by an Indian resident is added through NFIA and raises GNP, but it is outside India’s domestic territory and therefore does not directly raise India’s GDP. Option A is correct.
19 Which example increases GDP but may lead to a deduction when calculating GNP?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Profit of a non-resident company earned within the country
Explanation: Production taking place within a country’s domestic territory is included in GDP, even when it is carried out by a non-resident company. However, the company’s profit is factor income payable to foreign owners and is deducted through NFIA when moving from GDP to GNP. Therefore, option A correctly describes the situation.
20 If GDP at market price is ₹12,500 crore, NFIA is ₹300 crore and NIT is ₹1,000 crore, what will be GNP at factor cost?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. ₹11,800 crore
Explanation: First convert GDP at market price into GNP at market price by adding NFIA: GNPMP = ₹12,500 + ₹300 = ₹12,800 crore. Then subtract net indirect taxes to convert market price into factor cost: GNPFC = ₹12,800 − ₹1,000 = ₹11,800 crore. Thus, option A is correct; ₹12,800 crore is only GNP at market price.
21 Why is a loan taken by a domestic household not counted in GNP?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Because it is a financial transaction, not income generated from current production
Explanation: A household loan is a financial transaction that transfers purchasing power from a lender to a borrower. The loan itself does not represent newly produced goods or services and is not factor income generated during the current period. Therefore, it is excluded from GNP. If the borrowed money purchases a newly produced good, the production may be counted, but the loan amount is not.
22 When can grain produced for self-consumption be included in GNP?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. When it is current production and its imputed value can be estimated
Explanation: GNP measures the value of final goods and services produced during the current period by the normal residents of a country. Some output, such as grain retained by a farmer for household consumption, is not sold in the market. It can nevertheless be included if its imputed or estimated market value can be reasonably calculated. Gifts, loans, and old goods are not current production and therefore do not qualify.
23 In GNP, what changes when measurement is made on a resident basis rather than a domestic-territory basis?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Income of factors of production
Explanation: GDP is measured according to production within the domestic territory, regardless of whether the producers are residents or non-residents. GNP uses the resident basis: it adds factor income received by residents from abroad and subtracts factor income paid to non-residents. Thus, the relevant change is the treatment of income earned by factors of production, represented by NFIA.
24 If GNP is ₹13,200 crore and NNP is ₹12,450 crore, what is depreciation?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. ₹750 crore
Explanation: The word ‘gross’ includes depreciation, whereas ‘net’ excludes it. Therefore, NNP = GNP − depreciation, so depreciation = GNP − NNP. Substituting the values gives ₹13,200 crore − ₹12,450 crore = ₹750 crore. Hence, option A is correct. The other options merely repeat one of the given figures or add the two figures and do not represent the gross-to-net adjustment.
25 If GNP is ₹17,000 crore and GDP is ₹17,250 crore, what is NFIA?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. −₹250 crore
Explanation: The basic relationship is GNP = GDP + NFIA, where NFIA means net factor income from abroad. Rearranging gives NFIA = GNP − GDP. Therefore, NFIA = ₹17,000 crore − ₹17,250 crore = −₹250 crore. The negative sign is essential: it indicates that factor income paid to foreigners is greater than factor income received by residents from abroad. Thus, option B is correct, not option A.
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