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In the long run in perfect competition

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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
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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.

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Which of the following points is not an exception to the law of diminishing marginal utility?

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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

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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

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In the compensating variation method of measuring the substitution effect of a rise in price, the consumer is

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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

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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

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On which of the following assumptions, the theory of consumer behaviour of cardinal utility approach is NOT based?

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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.

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The indifference curve cannot intersect each other due to the

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The marginal utility at the point of satiety will be

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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%?

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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

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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?

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By total consumer surplus, economists mean (in P-Q space)

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How is the revenue marginal productivity calculated under marginal productivity theory?

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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

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For a perfectly competitive firm

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