Equilibrium of monopolist will never lie below the middle point of the average revenue curve because below the middle point
A. Elasticity of demand is less than one
B. MR is negative
C. Both A and B
D. Market laws cease to be operate
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"The concept of marginal utility is useful for explaining diamond-water Paradox". This statement is
A. Absolutely correct
B. Absolutely wrong
C. Partially correct
D. None of these
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All the points on a budget line represent
A. Decreasing total expenditure
B. Increasing total expenditure
C. The same total expenditure
D. None of the above
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In perfectly competitive market
A. Firm is the price giver and the industry the price-taker
B. Firm is the price-taker and industry the price giver
C. Both are the price-takers
D. None of these
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The equilibrium level of output for the pure monopolist is where
A. MR = MC
B. P < AC
C. MR < MC
D. MR > MC
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The Law of variable proportions comes into being when
A. All factors are variable
B. There is a fixed factor and a variable factor
C. There are only two variable factors
D. Variable factors yield less
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Price discrimination is possible
A. When elasticities cannot be known
B. When elasticities of demand are different in different markets at the ruling price
C. When elasticities of demand in different markets are the same at the ruling price
D. None of these
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Which one of the followingis not covered in macro economics?
A. Performance of the entire economy
B. Price and output determination of a commodity
C. Factors and forces of economic fluctuations
D. Monetary and fiscal policies
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Cardinal approach
1. Marginal utility
b. Ordinal approach
2. Revealed preference theory
c. Hicks-Allen approach
3. Indifference curve
d. Consumers surplus
4. Alfred Marshall
A. a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4
B. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
C. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
D. a-4, b-2, c-3, d-1
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The Revealed Preference Theory was formulated by
A. Joan Robinson
B. Paul Samuelson
C. Lionel Robbins
D. Alred Marshall
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Other things being equal, an increase in supply can be caused by
A. A rise in the income of the consumer
B. An improvement in the techniques of production
C. A rise in the price of the commodity
D. An increase in the income of the seller
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Under competitive conditions, the industry will be in equilibrium
A. When each firm is in equilibrium equat ing MC with MR
B. When all the firms are earning only normal profits
C. When firms outside have no tendency to enter the industry and those within, have no tendency to leave the industry
D. When all the three conditions are fulfilled
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If indifference curve has a positive slope, it means
A. Consumer preferences are unpredictable
B. Consumer preferences are irrational
C. X-is a discommodity
D. Y-is a discommodity
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Price elasticity is computed by
A. e p = Q 1 P 1 − P 2 × Q 2 P 1 + P 2
B. e p = P 1 Q 1 Q 2 − Q 1 × 100
C. e p = P 1 P 2 − P 1 Q 1 Q 2 − Q 1
D. e p = Product Q 1 Q 2 − Q 1 × 100
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Given:
NNP at Factor Cost = Rs. 15,560
Transfer Payment by Govt. = Rs. 240
Net donation (private) = Rs. 30
Interest on National Loan = Rs. 170
Income from Domestic Production = Rs. 140
The private income will be:
A. Rs. 15,860
B. Rs. 12,000
C. Rs. 13,000
D. Rs. 19,000
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Put into chronological order on the basis of development:
1. Law of demand
2. Law of indifference
3. Law of diminishing marginal utility
4. Revealed preference curve
5. Indifference curve
A. 1, 3, 4, 2, 5
B. 1, 5, 3, 4, 2
C. 1, 3, 2, 5, 4
D. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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Normal profits are considered as
A. Social costs
B. Implicit costs
C. Explicit costs
D. Both B and C
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The total utility is maximum when
A. M.U. is zero
B. M.U. is equal to A.U.
C. M.U. is the highest
D. A.U. is the highest
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If AR curve is a falling straight line, MR curve will lie below it in such a way that any line drawn from a point from Y-axis parallel to X-axis to meet the AR curve is intersected by the MR curve
A. Mid-way
B. Less than half-way
C. More than half-way
D. Anywhere
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Demand policies targeted to reduce the unemployment become ineffective in presence of the following.
A. Vertical phillips curve
B. Money illusion and ignorance among workers
C. Horizontal phillips curve
D. None of the above
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