Which of the following markets comes closest to perfect market?
A. Wheat market
B. Cigarette market
C. Cold drinks market
D. Stock market
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Mr. Raees Ahamd bought 50 litres of petrol when his monthly income was Rs.25000. Now his monthly income has risen to Rs.50,000 and he purchases 100 litres of petrol. His income elasticity of demand for petrol is
A. 1
B. 100%
C. Less than 1
D. More than 1
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Total utility is maximum when
A. Marginal utility is zero
B. Marginal utility is at its highest point
C. Marginal utility is equal to average
D. Average utility is maximum
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Under which of the following forms of market structure does a firm have no control over the price of its product?
A. Monopoly
B. Monopolistic competition
C. Oligopoly
D. Perfect competition
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Which is a condition for existence of monopoly?
A. Big size
B. Identical product
C. Absence of government taxes
D. No close substitute
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When price elasticity of demand for normal goods is calculated, the value is always
A. Positive
B. Negative
C. Constant
D. Greater than 1
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If the demand for a commodity is inelastic, an increase in its pice will cause the total expenditure of the consumers of the commodity to
A. Remain the same
B. Increase
C. Decrease
D. Any of the above
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Which one of the following is the condition of equilibrium for the monopolist?
A. MR=MC
B. MC=AR
C. MR=MC=Price
D. AC=AR
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In case of monopoly
A. Marginal revenue curve always slopes upward
B. Total revenue curve always slopes upward
C. Marginal revenue is always equal to average revenue
D. Marginal revenue is always less than average revenue
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Income elasticity of demand for normal goods is always
A. 1
B. Negative
C. More than 1
D. Positive
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If regardless of changes in its price, the quantity demanded of a commodity remains unchanged, then the demand curve for the commodity will be
A. Horizontal
B. Vertical
C. Positively sloped
D. Negatively sloped
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The situation of monopolistic competition is created by
A. Small number of producers of a commodity
B. Lack of homogeneity of the product produced by different firms
C. Imperfection of the market for that product
D. All of the above
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In case of perfect competition in the market
A. Marginal revenue curve always slopes upward
B. Marginal revenue curve always slopes downwards
C. Marginal revenue is always equal to average revenue
D. Marginal revenue is always less than average revenue
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Demand is a function of
A. Price
B. Quantity
C. Supply
D. None of the above
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The budget line is also known as the
A. Iso-utility curve
B. Production possibility line
C. Isoquant
D. Consumption possibility line
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Discriminating monopoly implies that the monopolist charges different prices for its commodity
A. From different groups of consumers
B. For different uses
C. At different places
D. Any of the above
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The major difference between perfect competition and monopolistic competition is
A. Number of firms
B. Differentiated product
C. Rate of profit
D. Free exit and entry
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If price and total revenue move in the same direction, then demand is
A. Inelastic
B. Elastic
C. Unrelated
D. Perfectly elastic
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Which one is not a assumption of the theory of demand based on analysis of indifference curves?
A. Given scale of preferences as between different combinations of two goods
B. Diminishing marginal rate of substitution
C. Constant marginal utility of money
D. Consumers would always prefer more of a particular good to less of it, other things remaining the same
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Price discrimination will be profitable only if the elasticity of demand in different markets into which the total market has been divided is
A. Uniform
B. Different
C. Less
D. Zero
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