The point at which the total product stops increasing at increasing rate and starts increasing at decreasing rate is called
A. break even point
B. shutdown point
C. inflexion point
D. None of these
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In the following figure, marginal product reaches its maximum at a level of labour, which as compared to that for average product is
A. higher
B. lower
C. same
D. not comparable
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The idea of commodity differentiation is related to which market?
A. Perfect competition
B. Bilateral monopoly
C. Monopolistic competition
D. Monopoly
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Which of the following is not included in the gross national production (GNP at market price) at market price?
A. Wages and salaries
B. Indirect tax
C. Capital depreciation
D. Pension and fund receipts
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The firm under perfect competition will be in short run equilibrium when
A. rising marginal cost is equal to the minimum average cost
B. marginal revenue is equal to rising marginal cost
C. average revenue is equal to average cost
D. marginal revenue is equal to the falling marginal cost
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Which one of the following statement is incorrect?
A. Economic Profit = Total Revenue - Total Cost, including both explicit and implicit cost
B. Accounting Profit = Total Revenue - Total Explicit Cost
C. Marginal Product - The increase in output that arises from an additional unit of input
D. Marginal Product - The decrease in output that arises from an additional unit of input
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Which kind of economics explains the phenomenon of cause and effect relationship?
A. Normative
B. Positive
C. Micro
D. Macro
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Which of the following is not an attribute of production function?
A. Flow concept
B. State of technology
C. Quantity of inputs
D. State of inputs
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What should be price elasticity of demand by proportionate method if Q1 = 20000, Q2 = 25000; P1 = Rs. 10; P2 = Rs. 8?
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If total consumer expenditure on a good falls as its price falls, this indicates that
A. e < 1
B. inferior goods
C. taste for it is declining
D. it is being produced under conditions of decreasing cost
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The concept of national income lays down the basis of
A. Macro economic analysis
B. Micro economic analysis
C. Business cycle analysis
D. Analysis of government budget
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In the short-run, when a simple monopoly firm attains equilibrium and earns only normal profit, its level of output will correspond to:
A. Lowest average cost
B. Average cost above optimum level of output
C. Average cost equals marginal cost
D. Marginal cost much below average cost
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According to Malthus, the supply of food increases
A. Arithmetic increase
B. Average increase
C. Geometric increase
D. None of these
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From the following, identify the tools of fiscal policy:
(i) Public expenditure
(ii) Open market operations
(iii) Deficit financing
(iv) Taxation
(v) Reserve requirements
A. (i), (iii), (iv) and (v)
B. (i), (ii), (iv) and (v)
C. (ii) and (v)
D. (i), (iii) and (iv)
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. . . . . . . . is also known as optimal pricing.
A. Perfect price discrimination
B. Second degree price discrimination
C. Third degree price discrimination
D. All of the above
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Which of the following approach adopted by NITI Aayog are not included?
A. Five year planning approach
B. Three year action agenda
C. Seven year strategy
D. Fifteen year vision
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The equilibrium level of output for the pure monopolist is where
A. MR = MC
B. P < AC
C. MR < MC
D. MR > MC
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Of the following goods, the one where the law of diminishing marginal utility is least likely to apply is
A. water
B. cigarettes
C. toothpaste
D. rap music
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Price discrimination involves
A. firms selling different products at different prices to different consumers
B. firms selling the same product at different prices to different consumers
C. consumers discriminating between different sellers on the basis of the different prices they quote for different products
D. consumers discriminating between different sellers on the basis of the different prices they quote for the same product
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A monopolist has a downward sloping demand curve because
A. it has an inelastic demand
B. typically, it sells only to a few large buyers
C. its demand curve is the same as the industry's demand curve
D. consumers prefer that product
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