Suppose the short run cost function can be written as TC=250 + 10Q. Average fixed cost equals
A. 250/Q
B. 250
C. 10
D. 250/Q + 10
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Price discrimination often favours public interest because it
A. Allows production of some products that would have been otherwise difficult in the economy due to the fear of making losses
B. Opens consumption possibilities to the consumer that would otherwise not be inaccessible if a single price prevailed in the market
C. Allows firms to make supernormal profits, which in turn, allows them to sustain price wars when breaking into new markets
D. All of the above
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In perfect competition, the demand curve of a firm is:
A. Vertical
B. horizontal
C. positively sloped
D. negatively sloped
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Match the following.
List-I (Elasticity Coefficient)
List-II (Change in Total Revenue)
a. e = 0
1. Increase
b. e < 1
2. Decrease
c. e = 1
3. No change
d. e = ∞
4. Decrease to zero
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2
C. a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
D. a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
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The elasticity of demand describes-
A. the distinction between changes in demand and changes in amount demanded
B. a change in the incomes of the buyers in response to change in the prices of products they sell
C. the slope of the demand curve
D. the responsiveness of price to changes in the quantity demanded
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The phrase 'Payment by results' is more close to
A. Time rate wages
B. Incentives
C. Productivity linked wages
D. All are correct
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If total production increases with the increases in variable factor, it is called
A. Law of constant return
B. Law of diminishing return
C. Law of increasing return
D. Law of supply of production
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The price elasticity of demand for any product in the long run
A. Is more than its short-run value
B. Is less than its short-run value
C. Is same as its short-run value
D. None of the above
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Under perfect competition, a firm will be in equilibrium, when its AC is
A. at minimum level
B. equal to AR
C. covering only prime cost of production
D. None of the above
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Which of the following is the largest source of income of the government of India?
A. Direct tax
B. Indirect tax
C. Progressive tax
D. Specific tax
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Suppose a consumer buys only two goods A and B. When commodity A becomes cheaper with increase in consumer's income, it is seen that consumption of A has decreased and that of B has increased. This is because
A. Income effect has acquired the predominance of substitution effect
B. The real income of the consumer has decreased
C. The substitution effect has acquired the predominance of the income effect
D. Afterall good B is not a complete replacement of good A
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A consumer consuming two goods will be in equilibrium when the marginal utilities from both goods are
A. Zero
B. Maximum possible positive
C. Equal
D. None of the above
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If we assume that price decreases and total expenditures increase we may conclude that elasticity of demand is
A. greater than one
B. equal to one
C. less than one but more than zero
D. equal to zero
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A significant property of the Cobb-Douglas production function is that the elasticity of substitutes between input is
A. Equal to 1
B. More than 1
C. Less than 1
D. Zero
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Goods 'A' and 'B' are substitutes in production either good A or good B, then A and B are
A. Substitutes in consumption
B. Complements in consumption
C. Complements in production
D. Substitutes in production
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The word demand should be used to mean the quantity demanded which is purchased at a fixed price
A. Prof. Penson
B. Prof. J. S. Mill
C. Prof. Benham
D. Prof. Mayors
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The example of Joint Demand is
A. Ink and Pen
B. Newspaper and Magazines
C. Bus and Train
D. All of the above
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Normally shaped indifference curves are bowed towards the origin of the graph. The reason for this shape is
A. The principle of diminishing marginal rate of relative price
B. The diminishing marginal rate of substitution
C. The marginal rate of substitution is constant along an indifference curve
D. The indifference curves farther away from the origin represent higher levels of utility
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Monopoly
1. Single buyer, single seller
b. Oligopoly
2. Single seller, many buyers
c. Monopsony
3. Single buyer, many sellers
d. Duopoly
4. Few sellers, many buyers
e. Bilateral monopoly
5. Two sellers, many buyers
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4, e-5
B. a-1, b-3, c-5, d-2, e-4
C. a-2, b-4, c-3, d-5, e-1
D. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3, e-5
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Shutdown point referes to the state of loss in short run where a firm need to decide whether to continue with production activity or to suspend it. This point is decided under which condition?
1. AR = AVC
2. AR = MC
3. AR = TVC
4. AR = AC
A. Both 1 and 3
B. Both 2 and 4
C. Only 1
D. Only 4
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