ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

TECHNOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is an embargo?
A
When a country announces that it will no longer trade with another country in order to isolate and cause problems with that country’s economy.
B
Knowledge and skills that make it possible for workers to earn a living.
C
The value of all the final grade and services for workers to earn a living.
D
Factories, machines, and technology that people use to make products to sell.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An embargo (from the Spanish embargo, meaning hindrance, obstruction, etc. in a general sense, a trading ban in trade terminology and literally “distraint” in juridic parlance) is the partial or complete prohibition of commerce and trade with a particular country/state or a group of countries.

Detailed explanation-2: -An embargo is a government restriction placed on the import or export of goods, services, currency, and other values to any other country or state.

Detailed explanation-3: -Examples from Collins dictionaries The United Nations imposed an arms embargo against the country. That country experienced comprehensive embargoes on trade and finance. The fruit was embargoed. They embargoed oil shipments to the U.S.

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