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According to marginalistic rule, the profit maximization hypothesis requires:

A. MC

B. MC>MR

C. MC=AP

D. MC=MR

Correct Answer :

D. MC=MR


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The main contribution of Prof. R.G.D.Allen is in the field of:

A. fixation of price

B. Arc elasticity of demand

C. Cross elasticity of demand

D. Wage theory

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Consumers Surplus can also be defined as:

A. Extra price benefits

B. Shortage of quantity

C. Surplus of quantity

D. Difference between actual price and potential price

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The imaginary differentiation is attributed to difference in:

A. Style

B. Salesmanship

C. Locality

D. All of these

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The good will highest income elasticity is:

A. Beef

B. Mutton

C. Bread

D. Motion-picture tickets

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Price discrimination is possible:

A. When elasticities of demand in different markets are the same at the ruling price

B. When elasticities of demand are different in different markets at the ruling price

C. When elasticities cannot be known

D. When elasticities of demands are zero in different markets at the rulling price

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Market allocation fundamentally relies upon:

A. A system of relative prices

B. A belief that employees work for the good of society

C. Government ownership of the means of production

D. Moral incentives to encourage productive efficiency

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Who finalized the model of monopolistic competition?

A. Ricardo

B. Marshal

C. Chamberlin

D. Mrs. Robinson

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According to Cobb-Douglas, in production function the marginal product of labor is:

A.

B.

C.

D.

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The name of the system of direct exchange is:

A. Price system

B. Barter system

C. Islamic economic system

D. Socialistic system

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The Strategy of Economic Development is the work of:

A. S.Kuznets

B. H.Liebenstein

C. A.O.Hirshman

D. Alfred Marshal

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The production function of homogeneous of degree one (n=1) is also called:

A. Linearly homogeneous

B. Zero homogeneous

C. Infinite homogeneous

D. None of the above

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The main contribution of Adam Smith is in the field of:

A. Economics of state

B. Wealth of Nations

C. Value and price

D. Theory of demand

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If two goods have same marginal utility for a consumer then:

A. He will consume only one of them

B. He will consume equal quantities of them

C. He will be willing to pay the same price for each of them

D. The total utility gained from each of them is equal

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The proportionality rule in production requires that the ratios of MP and factor prices are:

A. Doubled

B. Equalized

C. Not equalized

D. None of the above

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The elasticity of substitution measures the percentage change in the ratio of inputs when any producer observes the percentage change in:

A. Output cost

B. Output ratio

C. Input prices

D. Input ratio

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Implicit costs are the costs:

A. Which are not incurred by the firm and may accrue to the community

B. Of resources the cost of factors owned by the firm

C. Of resources supplied by the household

D. Of government externalities

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The total utility is gained by consuming:

A. The last unit of a good

B. All the units of a good

C. The first unit of a good

D. The average unit of a good

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With the expansion of output, the short run average cost curve, beyond a point, starts rising because:

A. Average fixed cost increases sharply

B. More production yields lower per unit price

C. The law of variable proportions applies to short run production

D. Sales expenses become much larger

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The model which gives us information about price and output changes in different periods is:

A. Stable cobweb model

B. Perpetual oscillation

C. Both(a) and(b)

D. None of them

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Time Preference Theory of Interest was presented by:

A. Adam Smith

B. Carl Menger

C. Ruskin

D. J.B.Say

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Now-a-days in real life, we are unable to fined:

A. Monopoly

B. Perfect competition

C. Imperfect competition

D. Monopolistic competition

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In dominant price leadership model, the dominant firm set the:

A. price

B. output

C. both a and b

D. none of the above

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The costs faced by the firm against variable factors are:

A. Variable costs

B. Fixed costs

C. Average costs

D. Marginal costs

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The expansion point is attained by joining:

A. Similar optimal combinations

B. Different optimal combinations

C. Both of them

D. None of them

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The Hicksian demand curve includes:

A. Substitution effect

B. Income effect

C. Both substitution and income effect

D. None of them

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Elasticity (E) expressed by the term, 1>E>0, is:

A. Perfectly elastic

B. Relatively elastic

C. Unitary elastic

D. Relatively inelastic

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If a consumer buys a product that costs Rs.3 and provides an additional 18 units of satisfaction, then for this purchase:

A. Total utility will increase by 6 units

B. The marginal utility per rupee is 6

C. The consumer will buy more because marginal utility is positive

D. The consumer obtained an extra54 units

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To calculate the elasticity of demand, which of the following formula is used?:

A. Percentage change in demand Original demand

B. Proportionate change in demand Proportionate change in price

C. Change in demand Change in price

D. None of the above

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In cournot model, each firm expects a reaction from his rival but the expected reaction is not:

A. important

B. materialized

C. accepted

D. rejected

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Profits of a firm will be calculated taking into account the units produced and the difference between:

A. Real cost and money cost

B. Variable cost and fixed cost

C. Average cost and average revenue

D. Marginal cost and average cost