In the short run, a monopolist will shut down if it is producing a level of output where marginal revenue is equal to the short-run marginal cost and price is
A. Greater than average total cost
B. Less than average total cost
C. Greater than average variable cost
D. Less than average variable cost
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Monopoly
1. Price taker
b. Monopolistic competition
2. Homogeneous product's price maker
c. Perfect competition
3. Heterogeneous product
d. Oligopoly
4. Price rigidity
A. a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4
B. a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3
C. a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
D. a-4, b-1, c-3, d-2
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Baumol has suggested as an alternative objective for profit maximisation, the maximisation of
A. sales
B. profit
C. income
D. None of these
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Consider the following statements-
If all the factors of production are paid according to their respective marginal products, the total product would be
1. exhausted under constant returns to scale.
2. more than exhausted under increasing returns to scale
3. less than exhausted under decreasing return to scale
Which of these statements is/are correct?
A. 1 only
B. 1 and 2
C. 2 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 3
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In which form of market structure a firm has a very large degree of control over price fixation of a product
A. Monopoly
B. Perfect competition
C. Monopolistic competition
D. Oligopoly
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Gross fiscal deficit is always . . . . . . . . than revenue deficit.
A. Decreases
B. More
C. Equal
D. Sometimes more and sometimes less
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The substitution effect of a price change on demand of competitive goods generally is
A. unity
B. zero
C. in the opposite direction
D. in the same direction
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According to the Malthusian theory of population
A. Population increases arithmetically
B. Food production increases geometrically
C. Population increases geometrically
D. Both A and B
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Variable costs are
A. Sunk costs
B. Multiplied by fixed costs
C. Costs that change with the level of production
D. Defined as the change in total cost resulting from the production of an additional unit of output
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Which of the following goods would you expect to have the largest income elasticity of demand?
A. Rice
B. Toothpaste
C. Stereo equipment
D. Newspaper
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The duty which is imposed on import and export of goods is called
A. Excise duty
B. Custom duty
C. Purchase and Sale duty
D. Trade duty
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Which of the following curve shows the firm's lowest cost per unit at each level of output?
A. Long-run average cost curve
B. Short-run average cost curve
C. Long-run marginal cost curve
D. Long-run total fixed cost curve
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A consumer get maximum satisfaction where the . . . . . . . . are same.
A. total utility and marginal utility
B. price of commodity and marginal utility
C. price of commodity and total utility
D. both B and C
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Sex ratio over years in India
A. changed in favour of women
B. has not changed
C. valid against women
D. None of the above
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Fixed cost with increase in per unit output
A. Decreases
B. Increases
C. Fixed/remain constant
D. Variable
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A monopolist does not have a-
A. demand curve
B. supply curve
C. indifference curve
D. isoquant
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Marginal cost curve intersects the average cost curve
A. To the left of its lowest point
B. At its lowest point
C. To the right of its lowest point
D. At its maximum point
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Demand for comforts is:
A. highly elastic
B. elastic
C. inelastic
D. None of the above
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Which one of the following assumptions is NOT correct for the revealed preference analysis?
A. Consistency
B. Transitivity
C. Rationality
D. Weak ordering
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In which market structure, the demand is perfectly elastic?
A. Duopoly
B. Perfect competition
C. Monopoly
D. Oligopoly
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