National income in India is estimated by the
A. Planning Commission
B. Indian Statistical Institute
C. Reserve Bank of India
D. Central Statistical Organisation
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Income elasticity is computed by
A. e i = e 1 Y 2 − Y 1
B. e i = P 1 Y 1 − Y 2
C. e i = Y 1 Y 2 − Y 1 Q 1 Q 2 − Q 1
D. e i = P 1 Q 2 − Q 1
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Which form of monopoly regulation is most advantageous for the consumer?
A. Price control
B. Lump sum tax
C. Per unit tax
D. All of the above three forms are equally advantageous
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The lines ABCD represents which type of a curve?
A. Kinked curve of oligopoly
B. Price rigidity curve
C. Demand curve for duopoly
D. None of the above
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Match the items of the following two lists and indicate the correct answer.
List-I
List-II
a. Trade channel discounts
1. Oligopoly pricing
b. Tie-up sales
2. Locational price differential
c. Price being non-responsive to changes in demand costs
3. Differential pricing
d. Basing-point pricing
4. Product-line pricing
A. a-4, b-2, c-3, d-1
B. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
C. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
D. a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4
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If a monopolist is producing under decreasing cost conditions, increase in demand is beneficial to the society because
A. Goods will be sold in many markets
B. Cost of production falls and hence price
C. Consumers get better quality goods
D. None of the above answer is correct
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GNP:
A. Is the total measure of the flow of goods and services at market value resulting from current production during a year in a country including net income from abroad
B. Is the total of cash, capital, production and gold
C. Is the total capital
D. Is the total of gold
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OPEC is an example of the type of producer's organisation known as a
A. Trust
B. Producer's Cooperative
C. Marketing board
D. Cartel
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Deficit financing aims to put more money into the economy by creating additional paper currency to fill the gap between expenditure and revenue, The device aims at economic development but if it fails, it generates
A. deflation
B. inflation
C. demonetisation
D. devaluation
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The vertical distance between TVC and TC is equal to
A. AVC
B. MC
C. TFC
D. None of these
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A firm maximises its profit when
A. MC > MR
B. MC < MR
C. MC = MR
D. MR = AP
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A set of all possible production combinations while producing two commodities is
A. Iso cost line
B. Isoquant map
C. Production possibility curve
D. Production functions
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An indifference curve is always
A. A vertical straight line
B. Convex to the origin
C. Concave to the origin
D. A horizontal straight line
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If more is demanded at the same price or the same quantity is demanded at a higher price, this is known as
A. Contraction of demand
B. Extension of demand
C. Increase in demand
D. Decrease in demand
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Which is not the feature of oligopoly?
A. Conflicting attitudes of firms
B. Advertising and sales promotion
C. One firm
D. Few sellers
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When at a given price, the quantity demanded of a commodity is more than the quantity supplied, there will be
A. An upward pressure on price
B. Price will remain unaffected
C. A downward pressure on price
D. All of these
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Which of the following is called as the Gossen's First Law?
A. The Law of equi-marginal utility
B. Law of Substitution
C. The Law of diminishing marginal utility
D. The Law of indifference
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Other things remaining the same, when a consumer's income increases, his equilibrium point moves to
A. A higher indifference curve
B. Moves to the left-hand side on the same indifference curve
C. Remains unchanged on the same indifference curve
D. A lower indifference curve
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In the market-oriented system, for the allocation of resources which one of the following is the most appropriate conveyor of information?
A. Finance Ministry
B. Central Bank
C. Market Price
D. Advertisement Expenditure
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Increasing returns to scale can be explained in terms of
A. External and internal diseconomies
B. External and internal economies
C. External diseconomies and internal economies
D. Optimum factor combination
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