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In Class 12 Economics, under National Income and Related Aggregates, students learn how the GDP Deflator measures the overall change in prices of goods and services produced within an economy. The topic explains its relationship with nominal GDP and real GDP, the role of a base year, and the formula: GDP Deflator = (Nominal GDP ÷ Real GDP) × 100. Students also interpret changes in the index to understand inflation and distinguish price effects from changes in production.
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As part of factor income from production
Always as a transfer payment
As the sale of an old asset
As expenditure by a foreign embassy
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5 percent
10 percent
11 percent
21 percent
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5 percent
6.67 percent
7 percent
17 percent
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Rose by 10 percent
Rose by 8 percent
Remained unchanged
Fell by 2 percent
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Only on the name of the costly good
On weights determined by current production quantities
Only on base-year population
Only on the volume of imports
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17 percent rise
20 percent rise
30 percent rise
3 percent fall
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About 10 percent
About 13.6 percent
About 15 percent
About 35 percent
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Both measure only imported goods
GDP deflator covers domestically produced final output, whereas CPI covers a consumer basket
CPI has no base year
The GDP deflator measures only wages
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96
100
120
125
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It doubled
It halved
It remained unchanged
It quadrupled
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About 4.7 percent
About 5.0 percent
About 7.0 percent
About 19.0 percent
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100
110
115
120
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Only CPI
GDP deflator
Both must fall
Neither will show a price change
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21 percent
31 percent
33.1 percent
110 percent
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5.36 percent
6 percent
6.5 percent
30 percent
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It rises by 6.67 percent
It rises by 5 percent
It falls by 5 percent
It falls by 45 percent
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₹1,200 crore
₹1,250 crore
₹1,300 crore
₹1,458 crore
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105
108
110
115
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About 1.2 percent rise
About 3 percent rise
About 3 percent fall
About 27 percent rise
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₹720 crore
₹800 crore
₹840 crore
₹900 crore
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Current price level is 25 percent below the base year
Current price level is 75 percent above the base year
Real output is 25 percent lower
Nominal GDP is zero
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6 percent
8.16 percent
10.20 percent
10 percent
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₹250
₹300
₹350
₹450
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115.4
120.0
123.1
128.6
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110
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130
Question 1HardLevel 1
If a company gives a production-related bonus to its employees, from which perspective can the bonus be linked to GDP?
Correct answer: A
A bonus paid to employees as compensation for their contribution to current production is treated as labour compensation and therefore forms part of factor income. Through the income method, factor payments such as wages, salaries, and production-related bonuses are connected with the income generated by GDP. It is not automatically a transfer payment.
Nominal GDP rises from 1000 to 1210 and real GDP rises from 1000 to 1100. What is the percentage rise in the GDP deflator?
Correct answer: B
Initially, the GDP deflator is (1000 ÷ 1000) × 100 = 100. In the later period it is (1210 ÷ 1100) × 100 = 110. The index therefore rises from 100 to 110, which is a 10% increase. Option B is correct. The 21% rise in nominal GDP is not the deflator increase because real output also grew.
If nominal GDP rises by 12 percent and real GDP rises by 5 percent, what is the approximate exact growth rate of the GDP deflator?
Correct answer: B
Because the GDP deflator is proportional to nominal GDP divided by real GDP, its growth factor is 1.12 ÷ 1.05 = 1.0667. Therefore, deflator growth is (1.0667 − 1) × 100 ≈ 6.67 percent. The subtraction 12 − 5 = 7 percent is only a close first-order approximation, not the exact percentage calculation requested.
In one year nominal GDP is ₹750 crore and real GDP is ₹600 crore. If next year they become ₹810 crore and ₹648 crore respectively, what happens to the price level?
Correct answer: C
The first year's GDP deflator is (750 ÷ 600) × 100 = 125. In the next year it is (810 ÷ 648) × 100 = 125 as well. Since the deflator represents the average price level relative to the base, an unchanged index indicates no change in that price level. The rise in both GDP measures reflects proportional growth, not inflation.
In a two-good economy if the price of one good rises and the other falls, the GDP deflator will mainly depend on what?
Correct answer: B
The GDP deflator equals nominal GDP divided by real GDP, multiplied by 100. Nominal GDP uses current prices and current quantities, whereas real GDP uses current quantities valued at base-year prices. Therefore, when one price rises and another falls, the overall deflator depends on the relative current production quantities and their value weights. It does not depend merely on a good’s name, population, or imports; option B is correct.
If the GDP deflator rises from 100 to 130 while real GDP falls by 10 percent, what is the exact change in nominal GDP?
Correct answer: A
The GDP deflator equals nominal GDP divided by real GDP, multiplied by 100. The deflator changes by a factor of 130/100 = 1.30, while real GDP changes by a factor of 0.90. Hence nominal GDP changes by 1.30 × 0.90 = 1.17. Its final value is therefore 117 percent of the initial value, which means an exact increase of 17 percent. Simply adding or subtracting the two percentage changes would be incorrect.
An economy's nominal GDP rises by 25 percent while its GDP deflator rises by 10 percent. What is the closest estimate of real growth?
Correct answer: B
Because the GDP deflator separates the price effect from nominal GDP, the real GDP growth factor is obtained by dividing the nominal growth factor by the deflator growth factor. Thus, real growth = (1.25 ÷ 1.10) − 1 = 0.13636, or approximately 13.6 percent. Simply subtracting 10 percent from 25 percent gives 15 percent, but that ignores the compound relationship between prices and output.
What is a major difference between the GDP deflator and the Consumer Price Index?
Correct answer: B
The GDP deflator is calculated as nominal GDP divided by real GDP, multiplied by 100, so its basket consists of final goods and services produced domestically and can change with current output. CPI measures the cost of a representative consumer basket, including imported consumer goods. Therefore option B is correct; neither index measures only imports, CPI has a base period, and the deflator is not a wage index.
An economy produces only one good. Its base-year price and quantity were ₹20 and 100, while its current-year price and quantity are ₹25 and 120. What is the current GDP deflator?
Correct answer: D
The GDP deflator is calculated as nominal GDP divided by real GDP, multiplied by 100. Current nominal GDP is ₹25 × 120 = ₹3,000. Real GDP at base-year prices is ₹20 × 120 = ₹2,400. Thus the deflator is (3,000 ÷ 2,400) × 100 = 125. The current quantity appears in both calculations; using the base quantity incorrectly would lead to a different distractor.
Between two years nominal GDP doubled and the GDP deflator also doubled. What happened to real GDP?
Correct answer: C
Real GDP is obtained from nominal GDP by dividing by the GDP deflator and multiplying by 100. If nominal GDP changes from N to 2N and the deflator changes from D to 2D, the new value is (2N ÷ 2D) × 100, which equals the original (N ÷ D) × 100. Hence real GDP remains unchanged; the equal movements reflect a proportional price increase rather than higher real output.
If nominal GDP grows by 12 percent and real GDP grows by 7 percent in a year then approximately how much does the GDP deflator grow?
Correct answer: A
Because the GDP deflator is proportional to nominal GDP divided by real GDP, its growth factor is 1.12 ÷ 1.07 = 1.0467. Thus the deflator rises by approximately 0.0467 × 100 = 4.7 percent. Subtracting the two growth rates gives 5 percentage points, a rough approximation, but the ratio method gives the more accurate answer in option A.
An economy produces wheat and cloth. Base-year prices are ₹20 and ₹50, while current quantities are 100 and 40. If current prices are ₹24 and ₹55, what is the GDP deflator?
Correct answer: C
Use the same current quantities for both valuations. Real GDP at base prices = (₹20 × 100) + (₹50 × 40) = ₹4,000 crore-equivalent. Nominal GDP at current prices = (₹24 × 100) + (₹55 × 40) = ₹4,600. GDP deflator = (Nominal GDP ÷ Real GDP) × 100 = (4,600 ÷ 4,000) × 100 = 115. Hence, option C is correct.
Prices of domestically produced final goods rose while prices of imported consumer goods fell. Which index is more likely to rise?
Correct answer: B
The GDP deflator covers prices of final goods and services produced within the domestic economy, so higher domestic prices tend to raise it. Imported consumer goods are excluded from GDP because they are not domestic production. CPI, in contrast, includes imported goods consumed by households, so falling import prices may offset its increase. Thus, option B is most likely.
If the GDP deflator rises from 100 to 121 and real GDP rises by 10 percent, by what percentage will nominal GDP rise?
Correct answer: C
Nominal GDP equals real GDP multiplied by the GDP deflator, with the deflator expressed as an index. The deflator changes from 100 to 121, so its factor is 1.21; real GDP changes by a factor of 1.10. The combined factor is 1.21 × 1.10 = 1.331, giving a 33.1% nominal increase. Thus C is correct; adding 21% and 10% misses the interaction term.
In a year, nominal GDP rises by 18 percent and real GDP rises by 12 percent. What is the approximate exact growth rate of the GDP deflator?
Correct answer: A
Since the GDP deflator is proportional to nominal GDP divided by real GDP, its growth factor is 1.18 ÷ 1.12. This equals approximately 1.05357, so the deflator grows by (1.05357 − 1) × 100 ≈ 5.36%. Option A is correct. Subtracting 12% from 18% gives 6%, but that is only a rough approximation and not the exact rate.
Nominal GDP falls by 20 percent and the price level falls by 25 percent. What is the exact change in real GDP?
Correct answer: A
Real GDP changes according to the ratio of nominal GDP change to the price-level change. Taking the initial values as 1, the new nominal GDP is 0.80 and the new price level is 0.75. Thus the real GDP ratio is 0.80 ÷ 0.75 = 1.0667. Real GDP therefore increases by approximately 6.67 percent, so option A is correct.
If nominal GDP is ₹1,350 crore and the GDP deflator is 108, then what is real GDP?
Correct answer: B
The GDP deflator formula is GDP deflator = (nominal GDP ÷ real GDP) × 100. Rearranging gives real GDP = (nominal GDP ÷ deflator) × 100. Substitution gives (1,350 ÷ 108) × 100 = 1,250 crore. Thus option B is correct. Option A would result from an incorrect denominator or rounding, while D multiplies instead of deflating the nominal value.
If real GDP is ₹1,440 crore and nominal GDP is ₹1,584 crore, then what is the GDP deflator?
Correct answer: C
The GDP deflator measures the price level relative to the base year and is calculated as (nominal GDP ÷ real GDP) × 100. Here, (1,584 ÷ 1,440) × 100 = 1.10 × 100 = 110. Hence option C is correct. A and B understate the price index, while D would require a larger nominal-to-real GDP ratio than the one given.
If real GDP rises by 15 percent and the GDP deflator falls by 12 percent, then approximately what happens to nominal GDP?
Correct answer: A
Nominal GDP changes through the product of the real-output factor and the price-level factor. A 15 percent real increase gives a factor of 1.15, while a 12 percent deflator fall gives a factor of 0.88. Their product is 1.15 × 0.88 = 1.012, so nominal GDP rises by 1.2 percent. Option B uses simple subtraction, and C and D misstate the direction or size.
If nominal GDP is ₹1080 crore and the GDP deflator is 135, what is real GDP?
Correct answer: B
The GDP deflator is defined as (Nominal GDP / Real GDP) × 100. Rearranging gives Real GDP = (Nominal GDP × 100) / Deflator. Substituting the values, Real GDP = (₹1,080 × 100) / 135 = ₹800 crore. Thus option B is correct. Dividing 1,080 by 135 without multiplying by 100 would give an incorrect result because the deflator index is based on 100.
If the GDP deflator is 75, what is the correct interpretation?
Correct answer: A
The GDP deflator is an index with the base-year value conventionally set at 100. A deflator of 75 means the current price level is 75% of the base-year price level. The difference is 100 − 75 = 25 percentage points, so prices are 25% lower than in the base year. Option A is correct; the index says nothing directly about a 25% fall in real output or zero nominal GDP.
If nominal GDP rises by 8 percent and real GDP falls by 2 percent, what is the exact growth rate of the price level, approximately?
Correct answer: C
Because Nominal GDP = Price level × Real GDP, the price-level factor equals the nominal factor divided by the real-output factor. Thus it is 1.08 / 0.98 = 1.10204 approximately. The price level therefore rises by (1.10204 − 1) × 100 ≈ 10.20%. Adding 8% and 2% gives only a rough intuition, not the exact rate.
An economy has nominal GDP of ₹1800 crore and a deflator of 150. If population is 4 crore, what is real GDP per capita?
Correct answer: B
First convert nominal GDP into real GDP using Real GDP = Nominal GDP × 100 / Deflator. Thus real GDP = ₹1,800 crore × 100 / 150 = ₹1,200 crore. Dividing by the population of 4 crore gives real GDP per capita = ₹1,200 crore / 4 crore = ₹300 per person. Hence option B is correct; the other choices use an incorrect deflator adjustment or division.
If real GDP is ₹1,560 and nominal GDP is ₹1,920 then what is the closest value of the deflator?
Correct answer: C
The GDP deflator is calculated as (Nominal GDP / Real GDP) × 100. Substituting the values gives (₹1,920 / ₹1,560) × 100 = 123.0769..., which rounds to approximately 123.1. Therefore option C is correct. A and D result from incorrect division or rounding, while B does not represent the ratio of nominal to real GDP for the data given.
If the nominal GDP index is 156 and the real GDP index is 130 then what is the deflator index?
Correct answer: C
The GDP deflator measures the price level of currently produced final goods relative to the base year. Its index is calculated as (Nominal GDP index ÷ Real GDP index) × 100. Substitution gives (156 ÷ 130) × 100 = 1.2 × 100 = 120. Therefore option C is correct. Values such as 110 or 115 would result from an incorrect division or approximation, while 130 simply repeats the real index without applying the formula.
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