In which case the elasticity shown by the different points of a curve is the same?
A. A rectangular hyperbola curve
B. A downward sloping curve
C. A straight line curve
D. None of these
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Match the following:
a. Cardinal approach
1. Marginal utility
b. Ordinal approach
2. Alfred Marshall
c. Hicks-Allen approach
3. J. R. Hicks
d. Consumer's surplus
4. Indifference curve
A. a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
B. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
C. a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
D. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
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Cross elasticity of complementary goods is
A. Negative
B. High
C. Zero
D. Infinite
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Law of diminishing marginal utility states
A. Utility always diminishes whether something is consumed or not
B. Total utility diminishes with the consumption of every additional unit
C. Utility first increases and after that diminishes at every point
D. The additional benefit which a person derives from a given increase of his stock of a thing diminishes with every increase in stock that he already has
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A cause of inflation is
A. fall of production
B. increase in money supply
C. decrease in money supply and fall in production
D. increase in money supply and fall in production
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A perfectly competitive firm will always expand output as long as
A. Rising marginal cost is less than the average cost
B. Rising marginal cost is less than the marginal revenue
C. Rising marginal cost is less than price
D. None of the above
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A monopolist will fix the equilibrium output of his product where the elasticity of his AR curve is
A. Equal to or less than one
B. Greater than or equal to one
C. Less than one but more than zero
D. Zero
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The economic analysis expects the con sumer to behave in a manner
A. Rational
B. Emotional
C. Irrational
D. Indifferent
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The advertisement cost is included in
A. Always in variable cost
B. Sometimes in fixed cost sometimes in variable cost
C. Fixed cost
D. Never included in variable cost
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Match the following:
List-I (Authors)
List-II (Statement)
a. Marshall
1. The labour and capital of a country acting on its natural resources produce annually a certain net aggregate of commodities, material and immaterial including services of all kinds. This is the true net annual income or revenue of the country or national dividend
b. Pigou
2. National income is that part of objective income of the community including of course income derived from abroad which can be measured in money
c. Fisher
3. The national dividend or income consists solely of services as received by ultimate consumers whether from their material or from their human environments. Thus, a Piano, or an overcoat made for me this year is not a part of this year's income, but an addition to the capital. Only the services rendered to me during this year by these things are income
d. T. F. Dernberg
4. Gross domestic product at market price is defined as the market value of the output of final goods and services produced in the domestic territory of a country during an accounting year
A. a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3
B. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
C. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
D. a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2
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Which is correct statement about GNP?
A. GNP at factor cost = GNP at market prices - Indirect taxes + subsidies
B. Wages + Dividend
C. GNP = Capital + Assets - Depreciation
D. GNP at market price = GDP + cost of capital
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From the resource allocation view point, perfect competition is preferable because
A. There is no restriction on entry and exit of firms
B. There is a whole variety of output pro duced
C. The firms operate at excess capacity lavels
D. There is no idle capacity
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Clark-Wicksteed product exhaustion theorem says that
A. Given a linearly homogenous production function, the product is exhausted
B. Total product is exhausted only under laissez-faire
C. In long-run competitive equilibrium, the total product will be exhausted in rewarding the factors
D. Total product is exhausted only under conditions of monopoly
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The competition among buyers, each trying to get enough of the product to satisfy his wants tends to move
A. The equilibrium price
B. The market price
C. The consumer's price
D. All of the above
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Despite differences in cost of production the oligopolists win not vary the prices of their products as per which combination of the following models?
1. Collusion model
2. Cournot's model
3. Kinked Demand model
4. Price Leadership model
Select the correct option:
A. Both 1 and 2
B. Both 3 and 4
C. Both 1 and 4
D. 1, 2 and 3
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Given that GNP at market prices = Rs. 1,92,866 crores, Consumption of fixed capital = Rs. 13,371 crores, Net factor income from abroad = Rs. 975 crores, the NDP at market prices will be
A. Rs. 1,78,520 crore
B. Rs. 2,07,212 crore
C. Rs. 1,80,470 crore
D. Rs. 2,05,262 crore
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The case of a right angled indifference curve occurs when
A. The two goods are perfect complement
B. The two goods are normal
C. The two goods are inferior
D. The two goods are perfect substitutes
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Which of the following formula explains the term average revenue?
A. AR = MR × Number of units produced
B. AR = Number of units produced Total Revenue
C. AR = Total Revenue Total Units Produced
D. AR = TR - MR
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Of the following, which one corresponds to fixed cost?
A. Transportation charges
B. Payments for raw material
C. Labour costs
D. Insurance premium on property
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Economists who developed the indifference curve analysis are
A. Hicks and Allen
B. Hicks and Marshall
C. Samuelson and Robinson
D. Hicks and Robinson
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