Match List-I with List-II relating to benefits and cost of economic integration and identify the option representing correct matching.
| List-I | List-II |
| a. Trade creation | 1. Movement of production and resources in opposite directions. |
| b. Trade diversion | 2. Become active when a member country does not augment export but simply shifts its imports from low cost source to high cost source. |
| c. Trade deflection | 3. Shifting the locus of production from high cost to low cost centre within the union. |
| d. Polarisation forces | 4. Goods produced in a third country entering a free trade area through a member country having lower tariff. |
A. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
B. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
C. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
D. a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4
Answer: Option C

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