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In Class 12 Economics, this topic explains gross investment and depreciation within the chapter “National Income and Related Aggregates.” Students learn that gross investment includes spending on new capital goods as well as replacement of worn-out assets, while depreciation measures the loss in value of fixed capital through wear, tear and obsolescence. The topic clarifies the relationship between gross and net investment: Net Investment = Gross Investment − Depreciation. It also shows why depreciation is deducted when converting gross national income or domestic product measures into their net equivalents.
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610 crore rupees
720 crore rupees
830 crore rupees
940 crore rupees
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2 lakh rupees
3 lakh rupees
3.25 lakh rupees
8 lakh rupees
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₹650 crore
₹750 crore
₹850 crore
₹2,850 crore
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Net investment is ₹200 crore and capital stock rises
Net investment is minus ₹200 crore and capital stock falls
Net investment is zero and capital stock remains stable
Net investment will be ₹1,600 crore
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820 crore rupees
1180 crore rupees
1540 crore rupees
360 crore rupees
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300 crore rupees
Negative 300 crore rupees
900 crore rupees
Negative 900 crore rupees
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Net investment will also rise by 18%
Net investment will remain unchanged
Net investment will rise by 36%
The direction cannot be known without the initial amounts
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540 crore rupees
580 crore rupees
1,120 crore rupees
1,700 crore rupees
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710 crore rupees
850 crore rupees
990 crore rupees
1,130 crore rupees
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2 lakh rupees
3 lakh rupees
3 lakh 40 thousand rupees
10 lakh rupees
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When net investment is negative
When gross investment exceeds depreciation
When more new machines are purchased
When capital formation is positive
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It may rise because inventory investment is part of production
It must fall because the goods were unsold
It can never have any effect
It is treated as imports
Question 1MediumLevel 6
If gross investment is 720 crore rupees and net investment is negative 110 crore rupees, what is depreciation?
Correct answer: C
The governing identity is net investment = gross investment − depreciation. Rearranging gives depreciation = gross investment − net investment. Substituting the figures, depreciation = 720 − (−110) = 720 + 110 = 830 crore rupees. Thus option C is correct. The negative net investment must be handled carefully: subtracting a negative amount increases the depreciation figure, so 610 crore is based on an incorrect sign.
A machine costs 26 lakh rupees, has an estimated salvage value of 2 lakh rupees, and a useful life of 8 years. What is annual depreciation under the straight-line method?
Correct answer: B
Under the straight-line method, annual depreciation equals depreciable cost divided by useful life. Depreciable cost is original cost minus salvage value: 26 − 2 = 24 lakh rupees. Dividing by 8 years gives 24 ÷ 8 = 3 lakh rupees per year. Therefore option B is correct. Option C results from dividing the original cost without the proper adjustment, while A and D do not follow the formula.
If an economy has gross investment of ₹1,800 crore and net investment of ₹1,050 crore, what is depreciation?
Correct answer: B
The governing relationship is Net Investment = Gross Investment − Depreciation. Rearranging gives Depreciation = Gross Investment − Net Investment = ₹1,800 crore − ₹1,050 crore = ₹750 crore. Therefore, option B is correct. Option A and C result from incorrect subtraction, while option D adds the two figures instead of finding their difference.
If gross investment is ₹700 crore and depreciation is ₹900 crore, what happens to net investment and capital stock?
Correct answer: B
Net investment is calculated as Gross Investment − Depreciation. Thus, ₹700 crore − ₹900 crore = −₹200 crore. A negative net investment means that current investment is insufficient to replace the capital that has worn out, so the capital stock declines by ₹200 crore. Hence option B is correct; the other options ignore the negative sign or add the figures incorrectly.
If gross investment is 1180 crore rupees and the actual increase in capital stock is 360 crore rupees then what is depreciation?
Correct answer: A
The governing investment identity is net investment = gross investment − depreciation. The actual increase in the capital stock represents net investment, so 360 = 1,180 − depreciation. Rearranging gives depreciation = 1,180 − 360 = 820 crore rupees. Thus, option A is correct. Option D is the net investment itself, while option B is the gross investment and cannot be the depreciation here.
If depreciation is 150 percent of gross investment and gross investment is 600 crore rupees then what is net investment?
Correct answer: B
Net investment is calculated as gross investment minus depreciation. Depreciation equals 150% of 600 = 600 × 1.5 = 900 crore rupees. Therefore, net investment = 600 − 900 = −300 crore rupees. A negative result means the capital stock falls because replacement needs exceed new investment. Hence, option B is correct; 900 is depreciation, not net investment.
If gross investment and depreciation both rise by 18%, how will the new amount of net investment change?
Correct answer: A
Net investment equals gross investment minus depreciation: NI = G − D. If both components increase by the same 18%, the new values are 1.18G and 1.18D. Hence new NI = 1.18G − 1.18D = 1.18(G − D) = 1.18NI. Therefore, net investment also increases by 18%. It does not rise by 36%, because the two changes are not added; depreciation is subtracted.
If GDP is 9,400 crore rupees, NDP is 8,820 crore rupees, and gross investment is 1,120 crore rupees, what is net investment?
Correct answer: A
The difference between GDP and NDP is depreciation: 9,400 − 8,820 = 580 crore rupees. Net investment equals gross investment minus depreciation, so it is 1,120 − 580 = 540 crore rupees. Therefore, option A is correct. Option B is only the depreciation amount, while option C is gross rather than net investment.
If gross investment is 850 crore rupees and net investment is negative 140 crore rupees, what is depreciation?
Correct answer: C
The accounting identity is net investment = gross investment − depreciation. Rearranging gives depreciation = gross investment − net investment. Substituting the figures, depreciation = 850 − (−140) = 990 crore rupees. The negative net investment must be handled carefully; it increases the required depreciation amount. Therefore, option C is correct.
A machine costs 34 lakh rupees, has an estimated salvage value of 4 lakh rupees, and a useful life of 10 years. What is its annual depreciation under the straight-line method?
Correct answer: B
The governing accounting concept is straight-line depreciation, which spreads the depreciable amount evenly across the useful life. Depreciable amount = cost − salvage value = ₹34 lakh − ₹4 lakh = ₹30 lakh. Annual depreciation = ₹30 lakh ÷ 10 = ₹3 lakh per year, so option B is correct. Option C incorrectly divides the full cost by ten, while A and D use unsupported amounts.
In which situation may an economy's capital stock fall despite an increase in current NDP?
Correct answer: A
Capital stock changes according to net investment, which equals gross investment minus depreciation. If depreciation is greater than gross investment, net investment becomes negative and the existing capital stock declines. Current NDP can still rise because current production and the capital stock are different concepts. Therefore, option A is correct; the other choices describe conditions that generally increase capital stock.
If a firm's inventory of unsold final goods increases what may happen to real GDP?
Correct answer: A
GDP records production during the period, not merely completed sales to final consumers. When a firm produces final goods that remain unsold, the goods are recorded as an increase in inventories, which is a component of gross private investment in the expenditure approach. If the inventory quantity increases and prices are held constant for real measurement, real GDP may therefore rise. Unsold goods are not automatically imports, and lack of sale does not exclude them from current production. Thus A is correct.
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