When gross investment becomes zero, which of the following prevents national income from becoming zero?
A. Consumption
B. Multiplier
C. Accelerator
D. None of these
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On the maximum level of satisfaction of good X, the marginal utility of good X will be-
A. positive
B. negative
C. zero
D. infinity
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Billoo currently spends Rs. 200 per month on long-distance telephone calls. If the telephone company decides to reduce the rate from Rs. 10 a minute to Rs. 5 a minute, then
A. Whether she spends more or less than Rs. 200 per month depends on whether long-distance telephone calls are a normal good or an inferior good
B. She will spend less than Rs. 200 per month on long-distance telephone call as the new price is an effective price floor
C. Whether she spends more or less than Rs. 200 per month on long-distance telephone calls depends on whether her demand is elastic or inelastic
D. She will spend more than Rs. 200 per month on long-distance telephone calls as her demand has shifted out
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A firm producing a large number of products will follow the pricing strategy known as
A. Cost-plus pricing
B. Product-line pricing
C. Differential pricing
D. Price leadership
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What is the full form of PDS?
A. Physical Distribution System
B. Public Distribution System
C. Peoples Distribution System
D. Purposive Distribution System
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The behaviour of Average total cost curve is jointly determined by:
A. Average Fixed Cost and Average Variable Cost
B. Total Fixed Cost and Average Variable Cost
C. Average Fixed Cost and Total Variable Cost
D. Total Fixed Cost and Total Variable Cost
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Utilitarian approach
1. Marginal rate of substitution
b. Ordinal approach
2. Budget line and indifference curve
c. Price consumption curve
3. U = f(x, y)
d. Consumer equilibrium
4. MRSxy = MRsyx
A. a-1, b-4, c-3, d-2
B. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
C. a-3, b-1, c-2, d-4
D. a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3
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In economics, distribution means
A. Distribution of labour
B. Distribution of Income among factors of production
C. Distribution of capital among the three sectors of economy
D. Distribution of goods among consumers
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Which of the following is correct?
A. Fair wage is higher than living wage
B. Living wage is higher than fair wage
C. Fair wages, living wages and minimum wages are the same
D. None of the these
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Decrease in own price
1. Contraction in demand
b. Unfavourable change in taste
2. Extension in demand
c. Increase in own price
3. Decrease in demand
A. a-2, b-1, c-3
B. a-2, b-3, c-1
C. a-1, b-2, c-3
D. a-3, b-2, c-1
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Perfect competition is a market situation in which a number of firm sell similar goods and none of these firms is in a position to influence the market price.
A. Mrs. Robinson
B. Prof. Leftwitch
C. Prof. Adam Smith
D. Prof. Marshall
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% Change in the price of good y % Change in quantity demanded of good x
This formula indicates to
A. cross price elasticity of demand
B. income elasticity of demand
C. price elasticity of supply
D. cost elasticity of supply
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Match the following.
List-I (Concepts)
List-II (Features)
a. Utility
1. MU tends to decline as consumption of the commodity increases
b. Total utility
2. It is a want satisfying power of a good
c. Marginal utility
3. Sum total of utility derived from the consumption of all the units of a commodity
d. Law of diminishing marginal utility
4. Additional utility an account of the consumption of an additional unit of a commodity
A. a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
B. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
C. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
D. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
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Goods 'A' and 'B' are complementary goods. The cost of resources used in the production of A decreases. As a result,
A. The equilibrium price of B will fall and the equilibrium price of A will rise
B. The equilibrium price of both A and B will rise
C. The equilibrium price of B will rise and the equilibrium price of A will fall
D. The equilibrium prices of both A and B will fall
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A fall in the price of a commodity leads to
A. a shift in demand
B. a fall in demand
C. a rise in consumers real income
D. a fall in the consumers real income
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Which of the following shapes of demand curve shows elasticity equal to unity at all points?
A. a rectangular hyperbola
B. a perpendicular
C. a parabola
D. a straight line
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Which of the following best expresses the law of diminishing marginal utility?
A. The more a person consumes a product, the smaller becomes the utility, which he receives from its consumption
B. The more a person consumes a, product, the smaller becomes the additional utility, which he receives as a result of consuming an additional unit of the product
C. The less a person consumes a product, the smaller becomes the utility, which he receives from its consumption
D. The less a person consumes a product, the smaller becomes the additional utility which he receives as a result of consuming an additional unit of the product
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What is the increase in total cost due to production of the last unit of production called?
A. Total cost
B. Average cost
C. Differential cost
D. Marginal cost
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When the income elasticity of demand is greater than unity, the commodity is
A. a necessity
B. a luxury
C. an inferior good
D. a non-related good
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In perfect competition in the long run there will be no
A. normal profits
B. super normal profits
C. production
D. costs
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