List of top Questions asked in CUET (UG)

What is the meaning of the idiom: "Spill the beans"?
Complete the sentence using the correct phrasal verb of 'Put': We had to __________ our travel plans because of the sudden heavy rainfall.
Which of the following sentences uses the vocabulary word Abstruse correctly?
If the marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is \(0.6\), find the value of the tax multiplier.
Choose the option that best defines the vocabulary word: Meticulous
Complete the sentence with the correct homonym pair: The project manager visited the construction __________ to check if the new structure was within the line of __________.
Arrange the following statements in the correct chronological order with respect to open market operations:
  • [(A)] Payment for bonds increases total reserves in the economy
  • [(B)] RBI buys government bonds from the market
  • [(C)] RBI sells bonds when there is excess money supply
  • [(D)] Higher reserves increase money supply in the economy
What is the shape of the Average Fixed Cost (AFC) curve?
The decision of whether to produce more consumption goods or more investment goods (to boost future production and consumption) relates to which central problem of an economy?
If Rs. 150 is required to buy \(2\) dollars instead of Rs. 100 earlier, then:
  • [(A)] Domestic currency has depreciated
  • [(B)] Domestic currency has appreciated
  • [(C)] The rupee value of the import bill will increase
  • [(D)] Selling foreign exchange from its reserves by the Reserve Bank of India
Arrange the following statements in the context of calculating Gross National Product (GNP) at Market Price:
  • [(A)] Add Net Factor Income from Abroad
  • [(B)] Calculate value of output
  • [(C)] Determine total sales in the country
  • [(D)] Deduct intermediate consumption

Match the following:

List-IList-II
(A)Leftward shift in both demand and supply curves(I)Equilibrium price remains unchanged
(B)Rightward shift in both demand and supply curves(II)Equilibrium quantity increases
(C)Equal percentage increase in both demand and supply curves(III)Equilibrium quantity decreases
(D)Supply curve shifts right and demand curve shifts left(IV)Equilibrium quantity remains unchanged

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The price of a bag increased from \$8 to \$12 in the US and from Rs. 400 to Rs. 480 in India. What is the effect on the dollar in terms of exchange rate?
  • Revaluated
  • Appreciated
  • Depreciated
  • Devaluated
Choose the correct statements regarding the exchange rate system:
  • [(A)] In a floating exchange rate system, the exchange rate is determined by market forces of demand and supply.
  • [(B)] In a fixed exchange rate system, making the domestic currency cheaper is called devaluation.
  • [(C)] An increase in the exchange rate implies that the price of foreign currency has increased, which is called depreciation.
  • [(D)] Exchange rates between two currencies adjust to reflect differences in price levels in the two countries.
Identify the incorrect option related to a perfectly competitive market:
  • A firm’s average revenue is equal to the market price.
  • The price line represents the relationship between market price and the firm’s output level.
  • Marginal revenue is equal to the market price.
  • The firm’s total revenue curve is a horizontal straight line.

Match the following key historical terms with their associated country or regional context:

List-I (Historical Term)List-II (Country/Region)
A.Marshall Plan(1)Western Europe
B.Open Door Policy(2)China
C.Shock Therapy(3)Post-Soviet Russia
D.Look East Policy(4)India

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Which international treaty was signed in \(1972\) to restrict the development, production, and stockpiling of Biological Weapons?
Arrange the following Secretaries-General of the United Nations in the correct chronological order of their tenure:
  • Trygve Lie
  • U Thant
  • Boutros Boutros-Ghali
  • Kofi Annan
Consider the following statements regarding historical India-China relations:
  • India was one of the first non-communist countries to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
  • The boundary dispute between India and China primarily revolves around Aksai Chin in the western sector and NEFA in the eastern sector.
In which year did India formally join the United Nations as an original founding member?
Under which military operation did the United States launch cruise missile strikes against Al-Qaeda targets in Sudan and Afghanistan in \(1998\)?

Match the following regional organisations with their founding charter or treaty:

List-I (Organisation)List-II (Treaty/Charter)
A.European Economic Community(1)Treaty of Rome
B.ASEAN(2)Bangkok Declaration
C.SAARC(3)Dhaka Charter
D.Shanghai Cooperation Organisation(4)Shanghai Convention

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Deficiency of which of the following essential vitamins in the human diet causes a reduction in intestinal calcium absorption, leading to the bone-softening childhood skeletal deformity known as Rickets?
Arrange the following institutional steps in the evolution of European integration in the correct chronological order:
  • Establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)
  • Signing of the Treaty of Rome
  • Introduction of the Single Currency (Euro)
  • Implementation of the Lisbon Treaty

Match the following Soviet leaders with their primary historical associated event:

List-I (Soviet Leaders)List-II (Associated Event)
A.Nikita Khrushchev(1)Cuban Missile Crisis
B.Leonid Brezhnev(2)Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
C.Mikhail Gorbachev(3)Policy of Glasnost
D.Boris Yeltsin(4)Dissolution of USSR

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