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In Edgeworth model, if price falls below competitive price, the demand is:

A. More than maximum output

B. More than minimum output

C. Less than maximum output

D. Less than minimum output

Correct Answer :

A. More than maximum output


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In cournot model, each firm makes decision regarding:

A. Price

B. Output

C. Cost

D. Advertisement

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In monopoly, when average revenue curve falls:

A. MR constant

B. MR rises

C. MR falls

D. MR is zero

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If the supply curve is not a straight line but curvilinear, the elasticity on all points of the supply curve is:

A. Equal

B. Different

C. Zero

D. Infinity

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The least cost combination of factors x , y and z will generally be the point at which:

A. Price of x = Price of z Price of y Price of x

B. MP of x = MP of y Price of x Price of x

C. MP of x = MP of y = MP of z Price of x Price of y Price of z

D. MP of x = MP of y = MP of z

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Identify the author of The Affluent Society?

A. Gunnar Myrdal

B. N.Kaldor

C. A.C.Pigou

D. J.K.Galbraith

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All of the following curves are U-Shaped except:

A. The AVC curve

B. The AFC curve

C. The AC curve

D. The MC curve

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The slope of the iso-cost line (budget line) is determined by:

A. Pricing of two factors

B. Productivity of the two factors

C. Degree of substitutability of two factors

D. None of the above

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A demand curve which is horizontal and parallel to x-axis represents:

A. Infinitely elastic demand

B. Infinitely inelastic demand

C. Relatively elastic demand

D. Relatively inelastic demand

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In monopolistic competition, the customers are attached with one product because of:

A. Product similarity

B. Product differentiations

C. Product inferiority

D. None of the above

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In monopoly:

A. The producer will often produce a volume that is less than the amount which would maximize the social welfare.

B. The producer will often produce a volume that is more than the amount which would maximize the social welfare.

C. The consumers will often consume a volume that is more than the amount which would maximize the social welfare.

D. None of the above

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If the commodity is normal then fall in price will result in:

A. Increase the quantity demanded

B. Fixed the quantity demanded

C. Decrease the quantity demanded

D. None of the above

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4.The Law of Diminishing Returns according to the modern view, applies to:

A. Agriculture

B. All fields of production

C. Industry

D. Services

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Slope of a demand curve is:

A. Not relevant to elasticity

B. The only factor determining elasticity

C. Only one of the factors influencing elasticity

D. None of the above

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According to classical approach, utility can be:

A. Ranked

B. Consumed

C. Expressed in numbers

D. Cannot be expressed in numbers

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The firm is at equilibrium where:

A. Output is maximum

B. Profit is maximum

C. Revenues are maximum

D. Profit is minimum

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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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The horizontal demand curve for a commodity shows that its demand is:

A. Highly elastic

B. Perfectly inelastic

C. Perfectly elastic

D. Zero elastic

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An indifferent curve shows:

A. That how many utils are obtained from consuming different bundles of commodities

B. Different collections of two commodities the consumer considers to be of equal value

C. That if price increases there will be an increases in demand

D. None of the above

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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 number of sellers in duopoly is:

A. A few

B. Four

C. Two

D. Very large

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In the case where two commodities are good substitutes then cross elasticity will be:

A. Positive

B. Unitary

C. Negative

D. Infinite

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Normal profits are considered as:

A. Explicit costs

B. Implicit costs

C. Social costs

D. Private cost

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Which of the following is not a U shaped curve:

A. Marginal cost curve

B. Average variable cost curve

C. Fixed cost curve

D. Average cost curve

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The short-run periods in monopolistic competition are:

A. Parallel to each other

B. Dependent upon each other

C. Independent of each other

D. Zero

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Short run cost curves are influenced by:

A. Principle of returns to scale

B. Law of variable proportions

C. External and internal economies and diseconomies

D. None of the above

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Change in demand refers to:

A. Movement on the same demand curve

B. Upward shift of the demand curve

C. Downward shift of the demand curve

D. Upward or downward shift of the demand curve

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The main objective of the firm is to:

A. Face losses

B. Avoid losses

C. Bear losses

D. Make economic decisions

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Variable cost includes the cost of:

A. Hiring the building for the factory

B. Purchasing heavy machines

C. Paying the manager of the factory

D. Paying the laborers

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The pay-off matrix shows:

A. Possible outcomes

B. Possible benefits

C. Possible losses

D. None of them

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External economies are witnessed in:

A. A rising supply curve

B. A rising demand curve

C. A falling supply curve

D. A falling demand curve