The most efficient scale of production of a firm is where
A. LAC is minimum
B. SAC is minimum
C. LMC is minimum
D. SMC is minimum
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A firm should shut down in the short run if it is not covering its
A. Variable cost
B. Fixed cost
C. Total cost
D. Explicit cost (money outlays)
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Economic problems arise because
A. Wants are unlimited
B. Resources are scarce
C. Scare resources have alternative uses
D. All of the above
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In the short run, when the output of a firm increases, its average fixed cost
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains constant
D. First declines and then rises
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Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson are the Nobel Prize Laureates in Economics in 2009. Do you know in which year was Francois Quesnay's Tableu Economique published?
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Identify the author of "The principles of Political Economy and Taxation"
A. Alfred Marshall
B. J.S.Mill
C. David Ricardo
D. A. Turgot
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Which is not a central problem of an economy?
A. What to produce
B. How to produce
C. How to maximize private profit
D. For whom to produce
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A significant property of the Cobb-Douglas production function is that the elasticity of substitution between inputs is
A. Equal to 1
B. More than 1
C. Less than 1
D. 0
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Who is generally regarded as the founder of the 'Classical School'?
A. David Ricardo
B. Adam Smith
C. T.R.Malthus
D. J.S.Mill
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Union leaders are in better position to bargain for higher wages if demand for labour is
A. Elastic
B. Inelastic
C. Very large
D. Permanent
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Economies of scale are of two kinds
A. Temporary and permanent
B. Internal and external
C. Managerial and industrial
D. Natural and artificial
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Which statement is true
A. ATC + AVC = AFC
B. ATC + MC = AFC
C. ATC + AFC = AVC
D. AFC + AVC = ATC
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Identify the economist who had little formal education and started working in the money market at an early age of fourteen.
A. David Ricardo
B. Adam Smith
C. V.F.D. Pareto
D. A.A. Cournot
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In which form, the largest percentage of national income is earned?
A. Interest income
B. Proprietor's income
C. Employee' wages
D. Rental income
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Law of return applies to firms working in
A. Perfect competition
B. Monopoly
C. Small firm
D. All kinds of market situations
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Which is NOT a cause of shift in cost curves of a firm?
A. Excise tax
B. Prices of inputs
C. Increase in productivity
D. Price of product
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Who first raised the fear of a world food shortage?
A. David Ricardo
B. T.R.Malthus
C. J.S.Mill
D. J.B.Say
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The minimum wage is an example of
A. Price floor
B. Price ceiling
C. Equilibrium wage
D. Efficiency of labour
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During short period, diminishing returns may follow because
A. Quantity of labour is fixed
B. Quantity of output is fixed
C. Quantity of capital is fixed
D. Quantity of any one factor is fixed
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MC is given by
A. Slope of TFC
B. Slope of TC
C. Slope of AC
D. None of the above
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