In the long run in perfect competition
A. AR = MR
B. AR > MR
C. AR < MR
D. None of these
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Which of the following could provide an example of exceptional demand curves?
1. Demand for "Giffen goods"
2. Demand based on fears of a future rise in prices
3. Demand for second-hand clothes
4. Demand for daily newspapers
Select the right answer:
A. 1 only
B. 1 and 2
C. 2 and 3
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
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Assertion (A): Consumer's surplus is the difference between the potential price and the actual price.
Reason (R): There exists an inverse relationship between the price and the consumer's surplus.
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A
C. A is true, but R is false
D. A is false, but R is true
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Which of the following points is not an exception to the law of diminishing marginal utility?
A. Collection of inaccessible and rare items
B. Use of intoxicants
C. Recitation of a melodious poem or song
D. Single requirement
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If an individual is observed to work less in response to an increase in the wage rate for his services, this implies that
A. for this individual, leisure is a normal good
B. for this individual, leisure is an inferior good
C. the individual is irrational
D. leisure could be a Giffen good
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Which one of the following growth models includes the population growth function?
I. Classical model
II. Harrod-Domar model
III. Neo-classical model
IV. Schumpeter model
A. I and III
B. I, II and III
C. I and IV
D. II and IV
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In the compensating variation method of measuring the substitution effect of a rise in price, the consumer is
A. under-compensated
B. over-compensated
C. just-compensated
D. unaffected
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Match
List-I and
List-II and select the correct answer:
List-I
List-II
a. Risk Bearing Theory of profit
1. Prof. Clark
b. Dynamic Theory of profit
2. Prof. Hawley
c. The innovation theory of profit
3. Prof. Knight
d. Uncertainity theory of profit
4. Prof. Schumpeter
A. a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4
B. a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3
C. a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
D. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
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Match
List-I and
List-II
List-I
List-II
a. Give strong orders
1. Marshall
b. Cardinal analysis
2. Hicks
c. Ordinal analysis
3. Slasky
d. Compensatory demand curve
4. Samuelson
A. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
B. a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3
C. a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
D. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
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On which of the following assumptions, the theory of consumer behaviour of cardinal utility approach is NOT based?
A. Consumer is rational
B. Limited money income of the consumer
C. Maximization of total satisfaction
D. Diminishing marginal utility of money
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The point of inflexion refers to that point on the total physical product curve from where onwards the . . . . . . . . of the total physical product changes.
A. Curvature
B. Design
C. Patterns
D. None of the above
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The indifference curve cannot intersect each other due to the
A. Transitivity rule
B. Optimal rule
C. Non-satiety rule
D. Preference rule
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The marginal utility at the point of satiety will be
A. Negative
B. Positive
C. Maximum
D. Zero
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If the capital production ratio in an economy is 5.2, what be the savings income ratio to increase the national income by 6.2%?
A. 1.00%
B. 32.24%
C. 11.4%
D. 1..19%
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Indifference curve
1. Slopes downward to the right
b. Demand curve
2. P = AR = MR = d
c. Perfect competition
3. Oligopoly
d. Price leadership
4. Convex to the origin
A. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
B. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
C. a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
D. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
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A firm sells its product at a price lower than the opportunity cost of the inputs used to produce it. Which is true?
A. The firm will earn accounting and economic profits
B. The firm will face accounting and economic losses
C. The firm will face an accounting loss but earn economic profits
D. The firm may earn accounting profits but will face economic losses
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By total consumer surplus, economists mean (in P-Q space)
A. the area of the triangle formed by the demand curve, the price axis and the equilibrium price line
B. the area between the average revenue and marginal revenue curves
C. the difference between the maximum price the consumer is willing to pay for a good (vertical intercept of demand curve) and the minimum price the producer is willing to sell at (vertical intercept of supply curve)
D. Both A and C
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How is the revenue marginal productivity calculated under marginal productivity theory?
A. By computing the total physical output
B. Finding the total revenue
C. By computing marginal physical productivity
D. Marginal physical productivity multiplied by the value of the commodity i.e., price
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Economic profit
1. Total revenue explicit cost
b. Accounting profit
2. Buyers and sellers exchanging
c. Collusion/Cartel
3. Total revenue - Total cost
d. Market
4. Oligopoly
A. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
B. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
C. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
D. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
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For a perfectly competitive firm
A. total revenue is a straight line
B. price is greater than marginal revenue
C. price equals total revenue
D. price equals total cost
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