A theory is-
A. an assumption
B. an "if-then" proposition
C. a hypothesis
D. a validated hypothesis
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Which of the following is termed as the remuneration for the organization?
A. Rent
B. Wages
C. Internet
D. Profit
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Statement I The least-cost or optimal input combination of labour capital requires that the marginal revenue productivity ratio of the two inputs should be equal to their price ration.
Statement II In a hypothetical production function of the following from Q = L3 + 15L2 + 10
Where Q = Quantity of the product and L = No. of variable input (labour) the marginal physical productivity of labour is L2 + 15L + 10
A. Both, statements are true
B. Both, statements are false
C. Statement I is true while Statement II is false
D. Statement I is false, while Statement II is true
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By what name, the modern theory of interest is known?
A. Keynes theory of interest
B. New established theory of interest
C. Hicks Henson's theory of interest
D. Marginal productivity theory
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Match the following.
List-I (Production functions)
List-II (Name of the shapes of returns to scale)
a. Q = 10.2K0.19 L0.88
1. Constant returns to scale
b. Q = 1.01L0.75 K0.25
2. Diminishing returns to scale
c. Q = 0.84L0.63 K0.3
3. Increasing returns to scale
A. a-1, b-2, c-3
B. a-2, b-1, c-3
C. a-2, b-3, c-1
D. a-1, b-3, c-2
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Which of the following is a barrier to entry that typically results in a monopoly?
A. The firm controls the entire supply of raw material
B. Production of the industry's product is subject to economies of scale over a broad range of output
C. Production of the industry's product requires a large initial capital investment
D. The firm holds an exclusive government franchise
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If a firm triples input and produces twice the output, then there are
A. Increasing returns to scale
B. Constant returns to scale
C. Decreasing returns to scale
D. Diminishing returns to scale
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In a demand schedule, quantity demanded
A. varies directly with price
B. varies inversely with price
C. varies proportionately with price
D. None of the above
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If in a year, the gross fiscal deficit of a Government is Rs. 3,00,000 crore, revenue deficit is Rs. 1,50,000 crore and interest payment are Rs. 80,000 crore, then the primary deficit of the Government in the year is:
A. Rs. 23,000 crore
B. Rs. 45,000 crore
C. Rs. 70,000 crore
D. Rs. 2,20,000 crore
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Elasticity of demand measures the
A. responsiveness of sales to change in advertisement expenditure
B. responsiveness of demand to change in supply of goods
C. change in price due to change in demand
D. change in demand due to change in tastes of consumer
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The nature of unemployment in agriculture sector is
A. Complete unemployment
B. Partial unemployment
C. Disguised unemployment
D. None of these
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Short-run demand and total cost functions for a monopoly firm are as under:
Demand function : Q = 100 - 0.2 P
Price function : P = 500 - 5 Q
Cost function : TC = 50 + 20 Q + Q2
Where Q = Total quantity of the product in physical units.
P = Price of the product per unit
TC = Total cost
What is the profit maximizing output of the pure monopoly firm?
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Which of the following statement(s) is/are not correct?
A. As per law of Diminishing Marginal Utility, MU tends to decline as consumption of the commodity increase
B. As per law of diminishing returns to a factor, when MP is decreasing, TP is increasing at diminishing rate
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
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In all forms of imperfect competition, the average revenue curve facing the individual slopes
A. upward
B. downward
C. parallel to X-axis
D. vertically
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A straight line, downward-sloping demand curve implies that, as price falls, the elasticity of demand
A. increases
B. decreases
C. remains the same
D. is zero
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"Economics is what Economists do" was stated by
A. Adam Smith
B. Alfred Marshall
C. R. W. Souter
D. Jacob Viner
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Assuming that a firm's total revenue curve takes the form of a straight line which passes through the origin, we may deduce that
A. Price and marginal revenue are equal
B. Price exceeds MR
C. TC equals MR
D. Elasticity of demand is unity
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Which one is not a type of demand?
A. Price demand
B. Derived demand
C. Joint demand
D. All of these
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A commodity, the price of which has risen but is expected to become scarce, will present a demand curve
A. regressive at the lower end
B. regressive at the upper end
C. kinked in the middle
D. downward sloping to the right
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Giffen goods may be defined as those goods whose price effect is . . . . . . . . and income effect is . . . . . . . .
A. positive, negative
B. negative, positive
C. positive, elastic
D. negative, elastic
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