Monopoly is based on-
A. control over demand
B. control over supply
C. control over population
D. control over price level
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The study of ups and down in economics is
A. Monetary policy
B. Fiscal policy
C. Business cycles
D. None
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A monopoly may determine
A. Price
B. Production
C. Either price or production
D. None
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The best measure of economic development will be
A. Increase/growth in gross national income
B. Poverty ratio
C. Increase in per capita real gross national product
D. Accelerated capital formation
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Which of the following is correct?
(i) National income = gross national product - Depreciation
(ii) National income = Rent + Wages + Salary + interest + profit
(iii) Variable cost Average variable cost = Production Variable cost
Select your answer
A. (i), (ii)
B. (i), (iii)
C. (ii), (iii)
D. (i), (ii), (iii)
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According to the Kaldor-Hicks compensation criterion, a change in economic policy leads to an improvement in social welfare, if
A. the gainers can just compensate the losers
B. the losers can profitably bribe the gainers to induce them to stay in the old position
C. the gainers can compensate the losers for their loss and still remain better-off themselves than before
D. The losers do not oppose the change
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In the case consumers equilibrium to be explained through an ordinal approach, when there are two commodities with their prices given and with limited income of the consumer, the following information is required:
I. Price line/budget line
II. Indifference map
III. Point of tangency between IC and budget line
IV. Equality of the slopes of IC and budget line
Arrange the information required in the correct sequence and choose the right option from those below
A. II, IV, I, III
B. II, I, IV, III
C. I, IV, II, III
D. I, II, III, IV
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In a perfectly competitive market, a firm in the long run operates at the level of output where:
A. AC = MC when MC is lowest
B. MC = AR = MR when MC is lowest
C. MR = MC
D. AR = MR = AC = MC
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In case, law of constant returns is applicable,
A. marginal product will be more than average product
B. marginal product will be lesser than average product
C. marginal and average product will be equal
D. total, marginal and average product will be equal
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Consider the following statements.
1. TV increases so long as MU is positive.
2. TU = ∑ AU
3. When MU is negative, TV starts increasing.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A. Only 1
B. Both 1 and 3
C. Both 2 and 3
D. None of these
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Consider the following combinations of inputs and outputs-
Labour
Capital
Output
5
10
1
6
12
2
7
14
3
8
16
4
9
18
5
10
20
6
This production technology satisfies
A. increasing returns to scale
B. diminishing returns to scale
C. constant returns to scale
D. increasing returns initially, followed by decreasing returns to scale
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The slope of an isoquant tells
A. The decrease in capital necessary to keep output constant when labour increases by one unit
B. The increase in mpL when capital increases
C. The decrease in capital necessary to keep MPL constant when labour increases by one unit
D. The increase in output when both inputs are increased
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The market equilibrium for a commodity is determined by
A. the market demand for the commodity
B. the market supply of the commodity
C. the balancing of the forces of demand and supply for the commodity
D. any of the above
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The economies and diseconomies of scale explain why the
A. Short-run average fixed cost curve declines so long as output increases
B. Marginal cost curve must intersect the minimum point of the firm's average total cost curve
C. Long-run average total cost curve is typically U-shaped
D. Short-run average variable cost curve is U-shaped
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If a change in the price of one of good causes a change in quantity demand, then the cross elasticity of demand between them is
A. Negative
B. Positive
C. Zero
D. One
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Due to which of the following reason/s monopolistic firms incur advertisement cost.
1. Differentiate goods
2. Large number of sellers
3. Avoid price war
Select the correct answer
A. 1 and 2
B. Both 1 and 3
C. Both 2 and 3
D. All of the above
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Fixed costs
1. Fall at first and then rise as the firm approaches full capacity
b. Variable costs
2. Continue to fall at rate proportionate with the increase in output
c. Total costs
3. Are those costs which do not increase as output increases
d. Average total costs
4. Are the amount paid to all the factors employed in producing the output
e. Average fixed costs
5. Are those costs which increase as output increase
A. a-3, b-5, c-4, d-1, e-2
B. a-4, b-5, c-1, d-2, e-3
C. a-5, b-4, c-3, d-1, e-2
D. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4, e-5
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"Each firm produces an identical product and there is freedom of entry and exit". This is true for which of the following market structures?
A. For monopoly
B. For oligopoly
C. For perfect competition
D. For monopolistic competition
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Assuming a downward-sloping demand curve and upward sloping supply curve, a higher equilibrium price may be caused by
A. A fall in demand
B. An increase in supply
C. Improvement in production technology
D. An increase in demand
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Which one of the following is not helpful in increasing productivity?
A. Increase in capital product ratio
B. Replacement of labour with capital according to the change in price ratios
C. Learning from action
D. None of the above
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