Which aspect of taxation involves normative economics?
A. The incidence of the tax
B. The effect of the tax on incentives to work
C. The "fairness" of the tax
D. All of the above
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For a cotton seller in India, dumping refers to selling the cotton at
A. Lower price in Mumbai and higher price in Delhi
B. Lower price in Mumbai and higher price in Paris
C. Higher price in Mumbai and lower price in Paris
D. Higher price in Paris and lower price in Mumbai
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Cost plus pricing is considered appropriate for which combination of the following?
i. Product Tailoring
ii. Public Utility pricing
iii. Refusal pricing
iv. Monopoly pricing
Choose the correct answer
A. Only (i) and (ii)
B. Only (ii), (iii) and (iv)
C. Only (i), (ii) and (iii)
D. Only (iii) and (iv)
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If all inputs are increased in the same proportion, than it is the case of
1. short-run production function
2. long-run production function
3. laws of variable proportion
4. laws of returns to scale
Select the correct answer
A. Both 1 and 2
B. Both 2 and 3
C. Both 1 and 4
D. Both 2 and 4
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Which of the following statement is false?
A. A consumer has only one indifference curve
B. A consumer possesses a preference map
C. The marginal rate of substitution is equal to the magnitude of the slope of the indifference curve
D. The diminishing marginal rate of substitution means that the marginal rate of substitution decreases as more of the good is consumed
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Input-output isoquant
1. Arrow and Chenery
b. CES production function
2. Loniet
c. Duopoly model
3. P. Sweezy
d. Kinked demand curve
4. Cournot
A. a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4
B. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
C. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
D. a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
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Derived demand means
A. More demand due to inflation
B. Aggregate demand for goods
C. More demand due to higher income
D. Demand for a factor of production
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Indifference curve
1. Slopes downward to the right
b. Demand curve
2. P = AR = MR = d
c. Perfect competition
3. Oligopoly
d. Price leadership
4. Convex to the origin
A. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
B. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
C. a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
D. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
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The price elasticity of demand is the
A. ratio of the percentage change in quantity demanded to the percentage change in price
B. ratio of the change in price to the change in quantity demanded
C. ratio of the change in quantity demanded to the change in price
D. ratio of the percentage change in price to the percentage change in quantity demanded
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The average fixed cost curve of the firm will be like a:
A. parabola
B. circle
C. straight line
D. rectangular hyperbola
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Assertion (A): The demand for a commodity refers to the quantity of the commodity in demand at a certain price during any particular period.
Reason (R): The contraction of demand is the result of an increase in the price of the good concerned.
A. Both (A) and (R) are true
B. Both (A) and (R) are incorrect
C. (A) is correct but (R) is incorrect
D. (A) is incorrect but (R) is correct
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Lack of capital, exessive dependence on agriculture and inequalities of income and assets are some of the important features of a
A. Capitalist economy
B. Socialist economy
C. Developing economy
D. Developed economy
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Which one of the following agencies is responsible for the computation of national income in India
A. N.C.A.E.R.
B. C.S.O.
C. N.S.S.
D. R.D.I.
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The economic cost of input includes
A. Only explicit cost
B. Both, implicit and explicit cost
C. Only implicit cost
D. None of the above
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Find the marginal revenue of a firm that sells a product at a price of Rs. 10 and the price elasticity of demand for the product is (-) 2.
A. Rs. 5
B. Rs. 10
C. Rs. 30
D. Rs. 15
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Which of the following refers to perfect competition?
1. There are restrictions on buyers and sellers.
2. There are no restrictions on movement of goods.
3. There are no restrictions on factors of production.
Select the correct answer
A. Both 1 and 2
B. Both 2 and 3
C. Both 1 and 3
D. Only 1
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Merger of two companies under the Board for Industrial and Finacial Reconstruction (BIFR) supervision is known as
A. Reverse merger
B. Negotiated merger
C. Offer for sale
D. Arranged merger
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In the case of Giffen good like bajra, a fall in its price tends to-
A. make the demand remain constant
B. reduce the demand
C. increase the demand
D. change demand in an abnormal way
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If an increase of 50% in the price of a commodity causes a decrease in its demand by only 10% then such demand will be
A. Inelastic demand
B. Perfectly elastic demand
C. Perfectly inelastic demand
D. Highly elastic demand
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Statement I The important difference between our assumptions for monopolistic competition and those for perfect competition is that monopolistic competitors sell similar, but not identical products.
Statement II In monopolistic competition, we have many firms selling a differentiated product.
A. Both statements are correct
B. Both statements are incorrect
C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect
D. Statement I is incorrect, but Statement II is correct
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