The statement that the law of diminishing returns is applied to all fields of production was stated by
A. Walras
B. A. C. Pigou
C. Alfred Marshall
D. David Ricardo
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Convexity of the indifference curve to origin
1. Indifference curve analysis
b. Quantity of certain goods sacrificed for a large quantity of other goods
2. Consumer's equilibrium
c. Equality of the ratio of the marginal utilities with that of the prices of the two goods
3. Substitutability/Complementarity of the two goods
d. Separation of substitution and income effects from the total price effect
4. Marginal rate of substitution
A. a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3
B. a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
C. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
D. a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4
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Suppose, there is a situation where two individuals are engaged in exchange and if individual 1 is a price-maker and individual 2 is a price-taker, equilibrium
A. takes place on the offer curve of individual 1
B. takes place on the offer curve of individual 2
C. takes place at the intersection point of the two offer curves
D. is indeterminate
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Which of the following statement is correct?
A. BEP is the point at which the total revenue is equal to the total cost
B. Contribution margin = sales × p/v ratio
C. AT BEP, the firm yields neither profit nor loss
D. All of the above
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Infrastructural facilities in India do not include
A. Education
B. Insurance
C. Energy
D. Transportation
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Match
List-I with
List-II and select the correct answer
List-I
List-II
a. Adam Smith
1. General Equilibrium
b. Micro-Economics
2. Wealth of Nations
c. Macro-Economics
3. Partial Equilibrium
d. Lord Keynes
4. General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4
C. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
D. a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4
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Consider the following statements:
1. A profit-maximizing monopolist in different markets will adjust his sales in the two markets to just equal his MC.
2. A profit-maximizing monopolist in separate market will not adjust his sales.
3. A profit-maximizing monopolist in separate markets will adjust his sales.
4. A profit-maximizing firm in separate markets will adjust his sales in each market so that his MR is less than Me.
A. 1 and 4
B. 1 only
C. 4 only
D. 1 and 2
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Which of the following statements is true?
A. When the total utility is maximum, marginal utility is zero
B. When total utility decreases, marginal utility remains constant
C. Total utility and marginal utility are not inter related
D. All of the above
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As per the indifference curve and price line, a consumer will not be in equilibrium when
A. The Ratio ratio of marginal utilities of the two goods is equal to the ratio of their respective goods are equal
B. The Ratio ratio of the marginal rate of utilities and prices of the respective goods are equal
C. The marginal rate of substitution is equal to the ratio of the prices of the two goods
D. The marginal rate of substitution is decreasing
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The risk posed by drought is-
A. Natural
B. Financial
C. Social
D. Economic
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Which one of the following statement is false?
A. Normally, a price demand curve slopes downward from left to right
B. Economies of scale and economies of scope are the same
C. For optimisation, equality between marginal cost and marginal revenue is a necessary condition but it is not a sufficient one
D. Law of variable proportions denotes input-output relationship during short run
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Which of the following statement is incorrect?
A. If demand increases and supply decreases, equilibrium price will rise
B. If supply increases and demand decreases, equilibrium price will fall
C. If demand decreases and supply increases, equilibrium price will rise
D. If supply declines and demand remains constant, equilibrium price will rise
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"Economics is the science that studies money" it has been defined as
A. A. C. Pigou
B. Marshall
C. J. B. Says
D. Robbins
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The reason the marginal cost curve eventually increases as output increases for the typical firm is because of
A. Diseconomies of scale
B. Minimum efficient scale
C. The law of diminishing returns
D. Normal profit exceeds economic profit
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The additivity of utility in the Marshallian analysis is based on the assumptions of
A. rationality and diminishing marginal utility
B. cardinality and independence of utility
C. constancy of marginal utility of money and divisibility
D. consistency and transitivity
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According to the market law of Say's
A. Supply is not equal to demand
B. Supply creates its own demand
C. Demand creates its own supply
D. Supply is more than demand
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Consider the following statements.
1. TR starts declining when MR is negative.
2. MR can be zero or even negative.
3. TR stops increasing when MR = 0.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A. Both 1 and 3
B. Both 1 and 2
C. Only 1
D. None of the above
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With reference to the theories of population, which of the following statement is/are correct?
1. Malthusian theory of population applies only to over populated countries.
2. Optimum theory of population applies to all countries.
Select the correct answer
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2
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A firm may be considered to be of optimum size when
A. its TC and TR curve coincide
B. AC is at its minimum
C. AC = TFC
D. it is faced with a horizontal demand curve
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A profit maximising firm in perfect competition produces where
A. total revenue is maximised
B. marginal revenue equals zero
C. marginal revenue equals marginal cost
D. marginal revenue equals average cost
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