The market demand function for a product is a statement of the relationship between the
A. Quantity of the services
B. Quantity of the product demanded and all the factors that affect this quantity
C. Quantity of the product demanded and all the profit
D. Product demand and cost
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Total utility of a commodity can be found by
A. Multiplying price by number of units
B. Adding up the marginal utility of all units
C. Multiplying the number of units by its marginal utility
D. None of these
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A product that enjoys rapidly growing demand over time is likely to be
A. an inferior good
B. a noncyclical normal good
C. a cyclical normal good
D. neither a normal nor an inferior good
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The demand function yield price function is given below, the price for market will be: (Pb = 32 - Qb )
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The competitive equilibrium leads to
A. Firms producing at a cost higher than the minimum
B. The firms producing at their minimum costs
C. The firm producing with excess capacity
D. Some firms producing under decreasing costs and others under increasing costs
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The period of time in which the plant capacity can be varied is known as
A. The market period
B. The short period
C. The long period
D. None of the above
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Which is true?
A. If AR = AC, the firm earns only normal profit
B. If AR > AC, there is economic profit for the firm
C. If AR < AC, though only a theoretical possibly, the firm makes losses
D. All of the above
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Monopoly situation is not desirable mainly because of the monopolist.
A. Seeks to earn net revenue on the sale of all goods including those involving no cost of production
B. Is able to earn net revenue in all time periods
C. Is able to charge different prices from different categories of buyers
D. Will produce below its economic capacity level when it exhibits satisfaction with the normal profits only
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Match the items of the List-I with that of the List-II and suggest the correct answer from the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Cost function
1. Kinked demand
b. Supply function
2. Isoquants
c. Production function
3. Engineering method
d. Oligopoly
4. Factor prices
A. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
B. a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
C. a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3
D. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
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In general, profit will be at a maximum where
A. MC = MR
B. MC < MR
C. MC > MR
D. MC = MR = 1
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Which of the following is/are the assumptions of indifference curve analysis?
A. Utility is ordinal
B. Diminishing MRS
C. Consistency and transivity of choice
D. All of the above
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The Law of equi-marginal utility tells that if price of commodity falls
A. More units of it will be bought
B. Same units of it will be bought
C. Less units of it will be marginal bought
D. Nothing of it will be bought
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The marginal utility of a product is measured by
A. total cost
B. average cost
C. marginal cost
D. price
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Calculate elasticity of demand:
Given: That a 20% increase in the price of Bread causes the amount of Bread you buy to fall by 40%
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Match the following.
List-I (Values of MRSxy )
List-II
a. MRSxy is diminishing
1. L shaped indifference curve
b. MRSxy is constant
2. Indifference curve is concave to the origin
c. MRSxy is increasing
3. Indifference curve is straight line sloping downwards to the right
d. MRSxy is zero
4. Indifference curve must be convex to the origin
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4
C. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
D. a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1
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Indicate the correct answer from the following types of the long run average cost curves on which the minimum average cost of production in long run can be determined.
1. Long run average cost curve under normal production function
2. Long run average cost curve under linearly homogeneous production function
3. Planning curve
4. Envelope curve
A. 1, 2 and 3
B. 2, 3 and 4
C. 1, 3 and 4
D. Both 2 and 4
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The relationship between elasticity of demand (e), AR and MR can be established as
A. e = M R − A R A R
B. e = A R − M R A R
C. e = M R − A R M R
D. e = A R − M R M R
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All of the following curves are U-shaped except
A. The AC curve
B. The AFC curve
C. The AVC curve
D. The MC curve
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For the purpose of measuring national income in India, CSO uses which of the following methods?
A. Net output method
B. Income method
C. Expenditure method
D. All of these
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The marginal revenue equation can be derived from the
A. demand equation
B. supply equation
C. cost equation
D. price equation
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