When there is monopoly in the product market and monopsony in the labour market, wages will be-
A. less than the marginal productivity of labour
B. more than the marginal productivity of labour
C. equal to the marginal productivity of labour
D. equal to the wages set by the trade unions
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The condition required for consumer equilibrium is
A. M U y M U x > P y P x
B. M U y M U x < P y P x
C. M U y M U x = P y P x
D. None of these
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Demand is defined as
A. Wilingness to purchase
B. Consent to purchase
C. Ability to pay
D. Willingness to buy on the basis of sufficient purchasing power and consent
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In monopolistic competition we expect-
A. low cross elasticity of demand
B. zero cross elasticity of demand
C. infinite cross elasticity of demand
D. unit cross elasticity of demand equal to one
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Consider the following statements.
1. Business economics is a special branch of economics applied in business decision-making.
2. The nature of business economics is applied not theoretical.
3. The nature of business economics is based on micro economics.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A. Only 1
B. Both 1 and 3
C. Both 2 and 3
D. All of the above
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A collusive oligopoly (with a dominant price leader) will produce a level of output
A. That would prevail under perfect competition
B. Between that which would prevail under perfect competition, and that which a monopolistic competitor would choose in the same industry
C. Between that which would prevail under perfect competition, and that which a monopolist would choose in the same industry
D. Equal to that a monopolist would choose in the same industry
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Zero income elasticity
1. Substitute goods
b. Unit cross elasticity
2. Complementary goods
c. Positive cross elasticity
3. Indifferent goods
d. Negative cross elasticity
4. Independent goods
A. a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4
B. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
C. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
D. a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
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Name the Indian who has received the nobel prize in economics
A. Prof. J. K. Mehta
B. Dr. Manmohan Singh
C. Prof. Amartya Sen
D. Dr. Pranab Mukherjee
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Who gave the idea of the paradox of economy in the beginning?
A. Samuelson
B. Keynes
C. Bernard Mandeville
D. Pigou
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In region second of production with a single variable input
A. marginal product is declining but non-negative
B. average product is negative
C. average product is increasing
D. average product is positive and marginal product is increasing
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The law of demand states that if other things remain same
A. There is always a direct relationship between the price and demand
B. There is always an inverse relationship between price and demand
C. There is always a direct relationship between desire and demand
D. There is no relationship between price and demand
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Average revenue curve will not touch X axis because it cannot be
A. Positive
B. Zero
C. Negative
D. None of these
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Who was the author of 'Value and Capital'?
A. R. G. D. Allen
B. Edwin Cannon
C. Irving Fisher
D. J. R. Hicks
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Firms in perfect competition face a
A. perfectly elastic demand curve
B. perfectly inelastic demand curve
C. perfectly elastic supply curve
D. perfectly inelastic supply curve
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When a firm produces 400 units, its total cost is Rs. 6,000 and the total cost of producing 410 units is Rs. 7,500. If so, then its marginal cost will be
A. Rs. 1,500
B. Rs. 3,750
C. Rs. 150
D. None of these
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When a monopolist is able to sell each separate unit of the output at a different price according to the pocket of the customer, he is applying
A. First-degree price discrimination
B. Second-degree price discrimination
C. Third-degree price discrimination
D. None of the above
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Which of the following describes what happens to a consumer's budget line if the consumer's budget increases? The budget line
A. Become steeper
B. Shifts farther away from the origin of the graph
C. Does not change
D. Becomes horizontal
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Cross demand is the change in the quantity demanded of a given commodity in response to the
1. Relationship between the price of a commodity and the quantity demanded
b. The elasticity of demand for product will be higher
2. Change in the price of another commodity
c. The law of demand indicates
3. When price falls demand rises
d. The law of demand states
4. The more available are substitutes for that product
A. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
B. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
C. a-4, b-1, c-3, d-2
D. a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4
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When the cross elasticity of price of demand between two goods is zero, then such goods are said to be
A. Independent goods
B. Luxury goods
C. Substitute goods
D. Complementary goods
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The responsiveness of demand to a change in price is measured by
A. The Law of Demand
B. The Law of Supply
C. Equilibrium Price
D. Elasticity of Demand
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