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If the commodities X and Y are perfect complements then:

A.

B.

C.

D. None of the above

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The income consumption curve (ICC) is the locus of points of consumer equilibrium resulting:

A. Only when the price of commodity X changes

B. Only when the price of commodity Y changes

C. Only when the consumers income is varied

D. None of the above

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One common definition of a luxury good is a good with income elasticity:

A. Greater than one

B. Equal to one

C. Less than one but more than zero

D. None of the above

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According to Chamberline, in monopolistic competition, differentiation is determined by:

A. Choices

B. Preferences

C. Both a and b

D. None of the above

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In economic term water is a:

A. Free good

B. Economic good

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

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Supply and demand changes have their most rapid impact in:

A. Auction market

B. Contract markets

C. Market for commercial office space

D. Natural gas market

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The line from the origin to a point on an isoquant shows:

A. The wages employment ratio

B. The capital rent ratio

C. The rent labor ratio

D. The capital labor ratio

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The word ECONOMICS is derived from the Greek terms meanings:

A. Political economy

B. Household Management

C. Production and consumption

D. Financial Accounting

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A budget line shows:

A. Quantities of commodity X which a consumer could buy with no amount of Y

B. Quantities of commodity Y which a consumer could buy with no amount of X

C. The different combinations of X and Y that the consumer could buy

D. All of the above

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In price leadership, like leader, the follower firm may:

A. also maximize its profits

B. not maximize its profits

C. maximize its costs

D. none of the above

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Average cost means:

A. Cost of the average units

B. Cost of the last units of average

C. Cost of the unit of production

D. Total cost marginal cost

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The equilibrium of a firm is determined by the equality of MC and MR in only:

A. Under perfect competition

B. Under monopoly

C. Under imperfect competition

D. Under all the above market forms

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An increase in the supply of a commodity is caused by:

A. Improvements in its technology

B. Fall in the prices of other commodities

C. Fall in the prices of factors of production

D. All of the above

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The difference between average total cost and average fixed cost shows:

A. Normal profits

B. Implicit costs

C. Variable costs

D. Opportunity costs

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An indifference curve shows the bundles of two goods among which a consumer remains:

A. Indifferent

B. Different

C. In equilibrium

D. Dominant

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The Law of Equi-Marginal Utility refers to:

A. Marginal utility of commodity X

B. Marginal utility of commodity Y

C. Marginal utility per rupee spent on X and Y commodities

D. None of the above

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In case of monopoly, the slope of MR is:

A. Always three times than the slope of AR

B. Always double than the slope of AR

C. Always equal to the slope of AR

D. None of the above

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In Nash equilibrium, a player:

A. Deviates from his strategy

B. Does not deviate from his strategy

C. Does not think in a good way

D. None of the above

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A mixed economy is characterized by the coexistence of:

A. Modern and traditional industries

B. Public and private sectors

C. Foreign and domestic investments

D. Commercial and subsistence farming

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Repetition of a game (Repeated Game):

A. Yields the same outcome over and over

B. Can result in behavior that is different from what it would be if the game were played once

C. Is not possible

D. Makes cooperative games into noncooperative games

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Indifference curves reflect:

A. Preferences

B. Income

C. Prices

D. Consumption

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Two policy variables, product and selling activities in the theory of firm was introduced by:

A. Chamberline

B. Sraffa

C. Carl marx

D. Robinson

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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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Change in demand (rise and fall of demand) is:

A. Due to change in price while other factors remain constant

B. Due to change in factors other than price

C. Both a and b

D. None of the above

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At high prices, demand is likely to be:

A. More elastic

B. Less elastic

C. Unit elastic

D. Perfectly inelastic

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The cost of one thing in terms of the alternative given up is known as:

A. Production cost

B. Physical cost

C. Real cost

D. Opportunity cost

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Gold is bought and sold in a:

A. Perfectly competitive international market

B. Perfectly competitive national market

C. Imperfect international market

D. Imperfect national market

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The demand for cigarettes is price inelastic implying a unit tax on this commodity will

A. Will mainly paid by sellers of the product

B. By mainly paid by cigarette smokers

C. Be mainly paid by tobacco growers

D. None of the above

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An indifference curve normally slopes downward from:

A. Left to right

B. Right to left

C. Both of them

D. None of them

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Total fixed costs are:

A.

B.

C.

D.

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The number of sellers in duopoly is:

A. A few

B. Four

C. Two

D. Very large