Ceteris paribus, a change in the price of a commodity causes the quantity purchased of its complements to move
A. In an insignificant manner
B. In the opposite direction
C. In the same direction
D. Cannot be known
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"The price which is necessary to retain a given unit of a factor in a certain industry may be called its transfer earnings or transfer price." Defined by
A. Prof. Lipsey
B. Alfred Marshall
C. Robertson
D. Joan Robinson
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In the income, distributed method for finding out national income, which one is not considered as factor income?
A. Labour income
B. Private income
C. Capital income
D. Mixed or other income
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Which of the following are not the assumptions related to the theory of consumer behaviour as per the cardinal utility approach?
1. Rational consumer
2. Unlimited money income
3. Utility cardinally measurable
4. Diminishing marginal utility of money
5. Constant marginal utility of commodities
6. Maximisation of satisfaction
7. Utility is additive
A. 1, 3, 5 and 7
B. 2, 4 and 5
C. 1, 3, 4 and 5
D. Both 6 and 7
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Which statement(s) is/are correct?
A. In case of elastic demand, total revenue declines with price increase
B. In case of unitary elastic demand, total revenue is unaffected by change in price
C. In inelastic demand, total revenue rised with price increase
D. All of the above
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In the following wing diagram of a competitive firm, T point includes
A. No profit
B. Abnormal profit
C. Normal profit
D. Heavy loss
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A perfectly competitive industry becomes a monopoly with the same cost conditions, it will now sell
A. A larger output at a higher price
B. A larger output at the old price
C. An unchanged output at a higher price
D. A reduced output at a higher price
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Take it or leave it' price discrimination is of
A. third degree
B. second degree
C. first degree
D. zero degree
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The lowest point of the TC curve is
A. The same as the lowest point of AVC curve
B. The right of the lowest point of the AVC curve
C. The left of the lowest point of the AVC curve
D. None of these
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MU of nth unit is found by the following formula
A. TU.n
B. n TU
C. Tun - TU(n - 1)
D. TU = +n
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In the short run analysis, MP = 0 at the level in which
A. Marginal product is maximum
B. Total profit is maximum
C. Total product is maximum
D. Average product is maximum
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Which is the correct statement about GNP?
A. GNP at factor cost = GNP at MP - Indirect taxes + subsidies
B. GNP at market price = GDP + Cost of capital
C. GNP = Capital + Assets - Depreciation
D. GNP = Wages + Dividends
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Under perfect competition a firm can produce with
A. An optimum plant
B. Identical products at low cost
C. Maximum profit
D. An optimum output
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Which of the following is the correct statement?
1. The slope of the Isoquants represents the MRTS
2. The MRTS of the inputs x and y = M P y M P x
3. The elasticity of substitution between two inputs x and y is proportionate change in the ratio of two inputs divided by proportionate change in the MRTS
4. If degree of homogeneity is greater than one, the production function is increasing returns to fixed factor
A. 2, 3 and 4
B. 1, 3 and 4
C. 1, 2, 3 and 4
D. 1, 2 and 3
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In short run, the law of variable proportions is also known as the
A. Law of constant returns
B. Law of diminishing returns
C. Law of increasing returns
D. Law of return to scale
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Lerner's index of monopoly power is
A. P P − M C
B. e 1
C. Both A and B
D. None of these
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If the GNP is Rs. 550 crore and NNP is Rs. 475 crore, the depreciation is
A. Rs. 100 crore
B. Rs. 75 crore
C. Rs. 175 crore
D. cannot be calculated
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Who proposed the degrees of price discrimination?
A. Professor A. C. Pigon
B. Professor Lerner
C. Alfred Marshall
D. Wicksell and Cairnes
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When all the productive services are increased in a given proportion, the product is increased in the same proportion. This situ ation is called
A. Variable cost
B. Situation of Constant Returns
C. Fixed cost
D. Law of Increasing Returns
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The indifference curve which is 'L' shaped represents
A. Perfect complementarity
B. Perfect substitutability
C. No substitutability
D. Non complementarity
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