The economies and diseconomies of large scale production is determined by
A. The long run AC curve
B. The long run MC curve
C. The normal long run AC curve
D. The normal long run TC curve
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Who demonstrated the abnormal shape of demand curve for diamonds through the doctrine of conspicuous consumption?
A. Thorstein Veblen
B. David Ricardo
C. Robert Giffen
D. Alfred Marshall
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Statement I A rectangular hyperbola shaped demand curve has uniform slopes on all its points.
Statement II If the price elasticity is equal to unity, the marginal revenue corresponds to zero.
A. Both statements are correct
B. Both statements are incorrect
C. Statement I is correct while Statement II is incorrect
D. Statement I is incorrect while Statement II is correct
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The demand function is a statement of the relationship between
A. quantity of factors of production
B. quantity of product demanded and all the factors that affect this quantity
C. quantity demanded and profit
D. product demand and cost of output
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Match the following:
List-I (Economist)
List-II (Statement)
a. Samuelson
1. A full account of the demand, or perhaps we can say the state of demands, for any good in given market at a given time should state what the volume of sales would be at each of a series of prices. Such an account taking the form of a tabulary statement, is known as a demand schedule.
b. Benham
2. Relationship between price and quantity bought is called the demand schedule.
c. Marshall
3. The greater the amount to be sold, the smaller must be the price at which it is offered in order that it may find purchasers, or in other words, the demand increases with a fall in price and diminishes with a rise in price.
d. Robinson
4. The elasticity of demand at any price or at any output is the proportional change of amount purchased in response to a small change in price divided by the proportional change in price.
A. a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2
B. a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
C. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
D. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
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If the factor prices and factor quantities move in the same direction, we have
A. A decreasing cost industry
B. A constant cost industry
C. An increasing cost industry
D. Inadequate data to tell precisely what will happen
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Marginal revenue, at the quantity that generates maximum total revenue and negative beyond that point, has the value of
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Value maximization theory fails to address the problem of
A. self-serving management
B. risk
C. uncertainty
D. sluggish growth
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The time period and elasticity of time are related
A. directly
B. indirectly
C. in direct proportion
D. none of these
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Rise in general price level along with declining output in the economy is called
A. inflation
B. deflation
C. stagflation
D. demand-pull inflation
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In the long run, competitive equilibrium theory predicts that
A. There is no incentive for entry or exit of firms
B. Firms operate at a minimum average total cost
C. TC = TR and MC = MR
D. All these conditions exist
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Basic Price:
A. Is the determination of the company's price level or basic price including its adoption to cyclical fluctuations
B. Is the valuation of product of the firm
C. Is the determination of cost of product of the firm
D. Is a cost price
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Given:
Private income = Rs. 30,000
Tax on Corporate Profit = Rs. 5,000
Undistributed Profit of Corporate = Rs. 4,000
The personal income will be:
A. Rs. 30,000
B. Rs. 21,000
C. Rs. 35,000
D. Rs. 39,000
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Production function is not based on the assumption of the
A. substitutability of inputs
B. complementarity of inputs
C. marketability of products
D. specificity of inputs
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Factors determining demand is/are
A. Price of the product itself
B. Consumer's expectations of future
C. Population
D. All of the above
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When the law of diminishing returns begins to operate the TVC curve begins to
A. Fall at a decreasing rate
B. Rise at a decreasing rate
C. Fall at an increasing rate
D. Rise at an increasing rate
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Price control is one of the monopoly regulations which is most advantageous for
A. The government
B. The consumer
C. The producer
D. The seller
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Match the following:
a. Principles of Economics
1. Gunnar Myrdal
b. Diamond water paradox
2. J. K. Galbraith
c. Value and Capital
3. Alfred Marshall
d. Asian Drama
4. J. R. Hicks
e. Language of Economics
5. Adam Smith
A. a-5, b-2, c-3, d-1, e-4
B. a-2, b-4, c-3, d-5, e-1
C. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-5, e-4
D. a-3, b-5, c-4, d-1, e-2
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A straight line, downward-sloping demand curve implies that, as price falls, the elasticity of demand
A. Remains the same
B. Decreases
C. Increases
D. is zero
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A stable equilibrium position is one in which
A. There are only two forces influencing equilibrium
B. There are never any departures from the equilibrium position
C. Any departure from the equilibrium position calls into play forces which tend to restore that position
D. There are endless oscillation
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