The following are types of capital except:___________

Step 1: Analyze the question We need to find the option that is NOT a recognized type of capital in economics.

Step 2: Explain the concept In economics, capital is a man-made resource used to produce other goods and services. Common classifications include:

• Fixed capital: machinery, buildings, equipment (used repeatedly)
• Working (circulating) capital: raw materials, money for day-to-day running of a business
• Current capital: another term for circulating/working capital, i.e. capital used up in a single production cycle
• Social capital: infrastructure and facilities provided by government for public use (roads, hospitals, schools, bridges), also used for networks of relationships
• Human capital: skills, knowledge and education of workers
• Private capital: capital owned by individuals or firms
• Sunk capital, Liquid capital, Venture capital, etc.

Step 3: Check each option

• A. Current capital: a recognized type, since it is circulating capital.
• B. Saving capital: not a standard classification. Saving is income not spent on consumption, and it can provide funds for capital formation, but "saving capital" is not a type of capital.
• C. Working capital: a recognized type.
• D. Social capital: a recognized type.

Step 4: Answer The odd one out is B. Saving capital.

Tip: Learn the standard list: fixed, working/circulating/current, social, human, private, public. If an option sounds like a general economic term (such as saving, investment, or income) rather than a classification of capital goods, it is probably the exception. Don't confuse saving (a flow of income not spent) with capital (a stock of productive assets).