Who propounded the population theory
A. Mill
B. Hicks
C. Malthus
D. Adam Smith
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Who was the author of 'Das capital' which gave birth to communism?
A. Lenin
B. Karl Marx
C. J. S. Mill
D. David Ricardo
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When the output increases in the same proportion as the increase in input it is
A. Constant
B. Average
C. Decreasing
D. Increasing
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In the kinked demand model, the demand curve for the firm's products is drawn on the assumption that
A. All rivals charge the same price charged by the oligopolist
B. All rivals charge a price independent of the price charged by the oligopolist
C. All rivals follow the oligopolist up to a certain price
D. All oligopolists charge the price as independent sellers
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A given economic state is Pareto-optimal if a policy-change can
A. make everyone better off
B. make someone better off and all others worse off
C. not make anyone better off without making someone worse off
D. None of the above
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Welfare oriented definition of economics has been given by
A. A. Marshall
B. Adam Smith
C. Robbins
D. A. C. Pigou
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The monopoly involves as social cost mainly due to its emphasis on which one of the following?
A. Earning net profit in all possible situations
B. Lower output at a higher cost in a normal profit situation
C. Charging different prices from different categories of buyers of the same product
D. Attempting to stop entry of other firms in the market
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A point on the slope of the indifference curve is called
A. Marginal rate of substitution
B. Establishment rate of trade off
C. Trade off rate
D. Marginal rate of neutrality
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Perfect competition
1. Different prices for the same product
b. Monopolistic competition
2. Dominant strategy
c. Oligopoly
3. Product differentiation
d. Discriminating monopoly
4. Identical product
A. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
B. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
C. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
D. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
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We have asked Mac to rank his preference between three market basket - A, B and C. If Mac prefers B to C, but does not care if he gets A or B, then
A. A is on a higher indifference curve than B
B. B is on a higher indifference curve than C, but it is not possible to determine whether C is on a higher, lower or same indifference curve than A
C. C is on a higher indifference curve
D. Both A and B are on a higher indifference curve than C
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With regard to socialist economy, which of the following statement is correct?
(1) The factors of production are privately owned
(2) Economy is not regulated by the government
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A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2
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The demand curve facing a perfectly competitive firm is
A. upward sloping
B. downward sloping
C. horizontal
D. vertical
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If the demand curve confronting an individual firm is perfectly elastic, then
A. The firm is a price-taker
B. The firm cannot influence the price
C. The amount the firm supplies to the market is small relative to the total supply
D. All of the above
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If there were no changes in the quantity of food sold even when its price falls, we would know that
A. demand was entirely inelastic
B. demand was entirely elastic
C. demand was more elastic than one
D. demand was unit elastic
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In price discrimination under discriminating monopoly, given that the elasticity of demand in market I is 5 and in market II is 2.5 measured in absolute terms, how are the prices in the two markets related to each other?
A. Price in the market I is 2/3 of the price in market II
B. Price in the market I is 3/4 of the price in Market II
C. Price in the market I is 1/2 of the price in market II
D. Price in the market I is equal to the price in market II
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Can the demand curve move upwards from left to right?
A. Because of bad goods
B. Performance
C. Hypothesis
D. All of the above
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Who has stated that "profit is legalized robbery"?
A. Schumpeter
B. Taussing
C. Karl Marx
D. Knight
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Ordinal utility analysis of the consumer's behaviour is considered superior to the cardinal utility analysis mainly due to
A. assumption of the rationality of the consumer's behaviour
B. possibility of the derivation of the consumer's demand
C. bifurcation of price effects into income and substitution effects
D. consideration of the available limited resources for satisfying consumer's demand
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Which of the following does not influence the individual demand for a product?
A. Price of product
B. Price of close substitute
C. State of production technology
D. Change in climatic condition
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Which element can be included in the total interest?
A. Net interest
B. Risk payoff/payment
C. Both above
D. None of the above
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