SSC CGL 2020 PYQ — Question 31

SSC CGL - 4th March 2020 Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q31

John Maynard Keynes, best known for his economic theories (Keynesian economics), hailed from which country?

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 2 i.e England

1. John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes CB FBA, was a British economist whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments.

2. John Maynard Keynes's most influential work was The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1935–36).

3. His other works included Indian Currency and Finance (1913), The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919), Treatise on Probability (1921), A Tract on Monetary Reform (1923), A Treatise on Money (1930), and many scholarly and journalistic articles.