"The increasing returns to scale occurs because larger scale provides greater specialisation to various factors" according to
A. Paul A. Samuelson
B. Alfred Marshall
C. Chamberlain
D. Joan Robinson
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When the APL is positive but declining, the MPL could be
A. Negative
B. Zero
C. Declining
D. Any of the above
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Match the following:
List-I (Theory)
List-II (Relation)
a. Say's Law of market
1. Employment
b. Keynes's Psychological Law
2. Consumption
c. Paradox of thrift
3. Saving
d. Marshall
4. Population
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-1, b-4, c-3, d-2
C. a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4
D. a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
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Given the total cost (TC) as 20,000 + 6Q, the firm sells its output for a fixed price of Rs. 18.5. The break-even quantity (Q) would be
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Which one is not the method of demand forecasting?
A. Delphi method
B. Simple trend analysis
C. Correlation method
D. None of the above
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Two commodities are considered to be perfect substitutes for each other if the elasticity of substitution is
A. Zero
B. Negative
C. Positive
D. Infinite
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The implication of the kinked demand curve is reflected in a discontinuity in the
A. marginal revenue curve
B. marginal cost curve
C. total revenue curve
D. total cost curve
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Imagine a graph showing production possibilities. What does an outward shift of the production possibilities curve indicate?
A. Over production
B. Inflation
C. Economic growth
D. Over full employment
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If ATC curve is a rising straight line, then as output expands, MC curve will
A. Both will be the same
B. Lie below the ATC curve
C. Lie above the ATC curve
D. Any of the above
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In a typical demand schedule, quantity demanded varies
A. directly with price
B. proportionately with price
C. inversely with price
D. independent of price
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The doctrine of consumer's surplus is based on
A. Law of substitution
B. Revealed preference theory
C. Indifference curve analysis
D. The law of diminishing marginal utility
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Gossen's Second law states that
A. The consumers consume only when P y P x = M U m
B. When the income increases the money value or real income will decrease
C. Once a person has spent his entire income he would have maximised his total pleasure from it only if the satisfaction gained from the last item of each commodity bought was the same
D. None of these
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Which of the following statement is correct?
A. When the slope of the demand curve is zero, demand is infinitely elastic and when the slope is infinite, elasticity is zero
B. When the slope of the demand curve is zero, elasticity is unity and also when the slope is infinite, elasticity is unity
C. When the slope of the demand curve is zero, elasticity is also zero and when the slope is infinite, elasticity is also in finite
D. None of these
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Expanding the output till the rising marginal cost is less than price, is the nature of
A. imperfectly competitive market
B. perfectly competitive market
C. perfectly competitive industry
D. perfectly competitive firm
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The demand function for commodity X, is QD = 300 - 20P; where P is the price in rupees per unit and QD is the quantity demanded in units per period. Which of the following is the price level at which total revenue of a firm facing this demand function is maximised?
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At the shutdown point
A. total losses of the firm equals TFC
B. TR = TVC
C. P = AVC
D. All of the above
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The Line ACDG represents
A. Kinked-demand curve
B. Marginal revenue curve
C. Cost curve
D. Marginal cost curve
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The demand for pepper is likely to have a low price elasticity because it
1. Involves only a small proportion of consumers expenditure
2. It is single-use good
3. Has no close substitutes
4. Can readily be foregone
A. 1 and 3 only
B. 1 and 2 only
C. 2 and 3 only
D. 2 and 4 only
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With increasing returns to scale, the equilibrium in a market is incomplete. This is
A. Only in the case of perfectly competitive market
B. Only in the case of monopolistic market situations
C. Only in the case of imperfectly competitive market
D. None of the above
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Consumers are likely to get maximum variety of goods under
A. imperfect competition
B. monopoly
C. perfect competition
D. oligopoly
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