If one perfectly competitive firm increases its level of output, market supply
A. Will increase and market price will fall
B. Will increase and market price will rise
C. Both supple and market price will remain constant
D. Will decrease and market price will rise
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An increase in the price of tea from Rs. 40 per pound to Rs. 50 per pound increase the demand for coffee from 500 pounds to 600 pounds. The cross elasticity of demand is
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Which of the following is an implicit cost of production?
A. Wages to the labour
B. Rent on building
C. Interest on owned money capital
D. Payment for machine
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Average cost curve falls:
A. When the MC curve is less than AC curve
B. When the AC curve is less than MC curve
C. When the AC curve is equal to MC curve
D. When the MC curve is greater than AC curve
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Which one of the following equations is correct?
Where MRP = Marginal Revenue Product
MPP = Marginal Physical Product
MR = Marginal Revenue
A. MRP = MRP × MR
B. MRP = MPP × MR
C. MPP = MRP + MR
D. MRP = MPP + MR
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The consumer is 10 equilibrium when he plans his expenditure on x, y, and z commodities in such a way that he ultimately attains
A. MUX = MUY = M2
B. MD1/P1 = MU2/P2 = MU3/P3
C. MUX/PX = MUY/PY = MUZ/PZ = MUM
D. None of the above
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Which one of the following is not the characteristic of capitalism?
A. Individuals and associations behave with economic motive of maximising their profit with least sacrifice or cost
B. The country's major means of production are either owned by the Government or their use is controlled by the Government
C. Producers, consumers and employees compete among themselves, as the resources and opportunities are limited
D. Price, the invisible hand, plays a predominant role in the flow of the factors of production and consumption
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Production function is based on which combination of the main characteristics of the inputs from the following.
1. Substitutability
2. Complementarity
3. Flexibility
4. Specificity
Choose the correct answer
A. Both 1 and 2
B. 1, 3 and 4
C. 1, 2 and 4
D. Both 3 and 1
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Equilibrium with excess capacity arises in
A. perfect competition
B. cut-throat competition
C. monopoly
D. monopsony
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The major factors affecting demand
A. Utility of the commodity
B. Income level
C. Price of the commodity
D. All of these
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A firm under monopolistic competition advertises
A. to lower the cost of production
B. to increase sales and profits
C. to compete successful with the rival firms
D. because it cannot raise the price
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A consumer's spending is restricted because of
A. Utility maximization
B. Budget constraints
C. Demand curve
D. Marginal utility
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When a consumer increased units of X commodity by giving up some units of Y commodity and even to attain the same level of satisfaction, the marginal rate of substitution will be calculated by
A. Marginal utility of Y commodity Change in X commodity
B. Marginal utility of X commodity Change in Y commodity
C. Change in Y commodity Change in X commodity
D. Change in X commodity Change in Y commodity
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Price determination of ten favours public interest because it
A. allows some products to be produced that would otherwise not be produced in the economy due to the fear of making losses
B. opens consumption possibilities to consumers that would otherwise not be inaccessible (or unaffordable), if a single price prevailed in the market
C. allows firms to make supernormal profits, which in turn allows them to sustain price wars when breaking into new markets
D. All of the above
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The Human Development Index (HDI) is introduced by:
A. UNDP
B. UNICEF
C. IMF
D. World Bank
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Problem of resource allocation
1. How to produce
b. Problem of choice of techniques
2. For whom to produce
c. Problem of distribution of income
3. Scarcity
d. Problem of choice
4. What to produce
A. a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3
B. a-3, b-1, c-2, d-4
C. a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
D. a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4
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A point where the budget line is just touching an indifference curve at one point is
A. The best affordable point
B. The least affordable point
C. On the lowest attainable indifference curve
D. Both B and C are correct
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The important organisation of development of small scale industries is
A. IDBI
B. EXIM BANK
C. SIDBI
D. None of the above
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Entrepreneurship development program provides
A. Unemployment
B. Employment
C. Dishonesty
D. Corruption
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Under perfect competition, the long run equilibrium of the firm is established at
A. minimum point of LAC
B. highest point of LAC
C. minimum point of SAC
D. highest point of SAC
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