Which of the following types of firms are likely to be monopolistic competitors?
A. Local telephone company
B. Automobile manufacturer
C. Restaurant
D. All of the above
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Which two of the following statements are correct?
I. In the short - run, ∆TFC = 0, therefore ∆TC = ∆TVC
II. If decrease in AFC < increase in AVC, then AC decreases
III. If decrease in AFC = increase in AVC, AC remains constant
IV. If decrease in AFC > increase in AVC, then AC increases
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A. I and III
B. II and III
C. II and IV
D. I and IV
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A market demand schedule for a product indicates that
A. As the product's price falls, consumers buy less of the good
B. There is a direct relationship between price and quantity demanded
C. As a product's price rises, consumers buy less of other goods
D. There is an inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded
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Which among the following is not a correct combination?
A. Industrial Policy - 1948
B. Industrial Policy Statement - 1977
C. Industrial Policy Statement - 1980
D. Industrial Policy Statement - 1991
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Assertion (A) The quantity of a commodity demanded invariably changes inversely to changes in its price.
Reason (R) The price effect is the net result of the positive substitution effect and negative income effect.
A. Both (A) and (R) are true
B. (A) is true, but (R) is false
C. (A) is false, but (R) is true
D. Both (A) and (R) are false
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Which of the following statement is true?
A. In inferior goods, the income and substitution effects are negative
B. In inferior goods, the income and substitution effects are positive
C. In case of inferior goods, the income effect is negative although the substitution effect is positive
D. In case of inferior goods, the income effect is positive although the substitution effect is negative
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Which of the following is correct in regards to imperfect competition?
A. AR curve is horizontal straight line parallel to X-axis
B. MR curve is equal to AR curve
C. MR curve is higher than AR curve
D. MR curve depends upon the elasticity of AR curve
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The increasing returns to scale can be explained in terms of
A. External and internal economies
B. External and internal diseconomies
C. External economics and internal diseconomies
D. All of the above
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In the short run, the supply curve of a competitive firm is
A. the rising portion of the marginal cost curve lying above the minimum point of the average variable cost curve
B. the falling portion of the marginal cost curve lying before the minimum point of the average variable cost curve
C. the rising portion of the marginal cost curve after the highest point of total cost curve
D. None of the above
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The time duration of Fourth Five Year Plan in our country was
A. 1966-71
B. 1969-74
C. 1970-75
D. 1967-72
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In the perfect competition, the downward sloping part of the marginal value productivity curve of a factor shows
A. demand curve for the factor
B. wages of the factor
C. level of employment of the factor
D. supply of the factor
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Which of the following pairs of commodities is an example of substitutes?
A. Coffee and milk
B. Diamond and cow
C. Pen and ink
D. Mustard oil and coconut oil
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Which of the following is an economic activity?
A. To teach a son at home
B. Teaching teacher in the school
C. To serve her child by the mother
D. To play football by a student
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The area of consumers savings in the graph is
A. Below the demand curve and above the price line
B. Above the supply curve and below the price line
C. Above the demand curve and below the price line
D. Below the demand curve and above the supply curve
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The concept of liberalization, privatization and globalization was introduced first in Indian economy in the year
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Which of the following statement is not correct?
A. M4 = M3 + total deposits of post offices
B. M3 = M1 + total deposits of banks
C. M1 = M2 + M3 + M4
D. M2 = M1 + deposit in post office savings account
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A rectangular hyperbola-shaped demand curve on all its point has
A. Equal slopes and equal point elasticities
B. Unequal slopes and unequal point elasticities
C. Unequal slopes and equal point elasticities
D. None of the above
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Contraction of demand
1. Non-price change effect
b. Decrease in demand
2. Demand curve remains the same
c. Increase in demand
3. Price change effect
d. Expansion of demand
4. Shifts the demand curve
A. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
B. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
C. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
D. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
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Economic Rent
A. An excess not a cost
B. A cost not an excess
C. Sometimes only one excess/surplus and one cost
D. Neither excess nor cost
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What should be the management? It is related to
A. Positive science
B. Normative science
C. Art
D. All of these
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