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Business and economy resources: Sample quiz questions
The first answer is the correct one in each case.
When did Britain abandon the gold standard?
What is the popular name for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development?
- World Bank
- Development Bank
- World Development Bank
- International Bank
Who opened the 'five and ten cent store' in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, in 1879?
- Frank Woolworth
- Harry Selfridge
- Jesse Boot
- Frank Debenham
What is the security available in return for a loan called?
- Collateral
- Capital
- Savings
- Estate
What is the name for a tax levied on a company's profits?
- Corporation tax
- Income tax
- Value added tax
- Road tax
Which agency of the United Nations was established in 1977 to provide funds for benefiting the poor in developing countries?
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- International Finance Corporation
- International Monetary Fund
- International Development Fund
What is the name given to the passenger and cargo ships of a country?
- Merchant navy
- Fleet arm
- Mothball fleet
- Naval sevice
Who said 'In the affluent society no useful distinction can be made between luxuries and necessaries'?
- John Kenneth Galbraith
- Harry Selfridge
- Harold Macmillan
- Laurens van der Post
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