By
THE INSTITUTE OF BANKERS, BANGLADESH (IBB)
Banking Diploma Examination, November-December, 2019
JAIBB :
Principles of Economics & Bangladesh Economy (PBE)
Time—3 hours
Full marks—100
Pass marks—S0
TaT-8
[N.B. The figures in the right margin indicate full marks, Answer any five questions.]
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(a) “All enlightened citizens from bankers, traders, development
workers to diplomats must have some good idea about
economics to perform their own jobs most efficiently,”—
Elucidate the statement.
(b) Briefly explain the most popular definition of economics.
(a) What do you mean by the laws of demand and supply? Do they
always work in Bangladesh?
(8) Discuss the basic questions of ‘what’, ‘how’ and ‘for whom’ as
used in economics.
(a) State the distinguishing features of. (i) Perfect competition
(ii) Monopoly and (iii) Oligopoly.
(b) How does monopoly hurt the interest of common people?
(a) Distinguish between fixed costs and variable costs of a firm.
(b) Explain the concepts of (i) Price elasticity (ii) Income elasticity
and (iii) Cross elasticity of demand.
(a) What are the main features of foreign trade of Bangladesh?
(b) How can the export base of Bangladesh be further broadened to
reduce the trade deficits?
(a) What is an index number and what are its uses?
(b) What is inflation? How is it measured?
(a) What are the different accounts in the Balance of Payments?
(b) How would you correct deficit in the Balance of Payments?
What do you mean by Monetery Policy? How is it formulated in
Bangladesh? How can banks play an effective role to implement
Monetery Policy successfully?
Discuss the role, of small and medium industries in economic
development in Bangladesh. How banks can play vital role to boost
small and medium industries?
Write short notes on any four of the followings :
(a) Foreign exchange reserves
(b) Opportunity cost
(c) Consumer surplus
(d) Terms of trade
(e) CAMELS rating
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