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In Prisoners Dilemma, both the prisoners are interrogated:

A. Separately in different cells

B. Collectively in different cells

C. Collectively in same cell

D. Separately in same cell

Correct Answer :

A. Separately in different cells


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Which form of market structure is characterized by interdependence in decision-making as between the different competing firms?

A. Oligopoly

B. Perfect competition

C. Imperfect competition

D. None of the above

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Elasticity of supply means change in supply due to change in:

A. Price of the commodity

B. Conditions of supply

C. Taste of the consumer

D. Demand for the commodity

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When price increases and with it the total outlay on a commodity also increases, it is a case of:

A. Perfect elasticity (infinitely elastic)

B. Relative elasticity (greater than one elasticity)

C. Perfect inelasticity (zero elasticity)

D. Relative inelasticity (less than one elasticity)

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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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Rent is a creation of value, not of wealth who made this observation?

A. Adam Smith

B. David Ricardo

C. Alfred Marshal

D. A.C.Pigou

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Competitors in monopolistic competition have full control over:

A. The price of their product

B. Product quality

C. The shape of the market demand curve

D. The elasticity of product substitution

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Increasing returns imply:

A. Constant average cost

B. Diminishing cost per unit of output

C. Optimum use of capital and factor

D. External economies

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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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In general, most of the production functions measure:

A. The productivity of factors of production

B. The relation between the factors of production

C. The economies of scale

D. The relations between change in physical inputs and physical output

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The relationship between AC and MC curves depend upon the behavior of:

A. AP curves

B. MP curves

C. Both of them

D. None of them

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Abstinence or Waiting theory of Interest was presented by:

A. Lord Keynes

B. J.S.Mill

C. Alfred Marshal

D. Prof.Senior

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Returns to scale is a:

A. Timeless phenomenon

B. Short run phenomenon

C. Long run phenomenon

D. None of the above

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In Edgeworth model, prices oscillate between:

A. Firms and industry price

B. Monopoly and duopoly price

C. Competitive and monopoly price

D. None of the above

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The reaction curve of a firm is attained by joining the:

A. Isoprofit curve

B. Super profit curve

C. Normal profit curve

D. Indoprofit curve

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In microeconomics, we study:

A. Aggregates of the economy

B. Few units of the economy

C. Large units of the economy

D. Individual units of the economy

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The economic problem of determining the combination of inputs yielding lowest cost for producing a given output:

A. Is only a choice among the technologically efficient combination

B. Depends on the relative price of inputs

C. Depends on the price of the product

D. Depends on the profits made

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In perfectly competitive markets, the profit maximization rule can be represented by:

A. MR=ATC

B. P=ATC

C. P=MC

D. P=AC

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The firm producing at the minimum point of the AC curve is said to be:

A. Operating under diminishing cost

B. Making optimum use of plant capacity

C. Operating at excess capacity

D. Operating under increasing costs

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The entry of new firms in cournot model is:

A. Banned

B. Free

C. Partially free

D. Allowed

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The long run total cost is attained by:

A. LMC.Q

B. AC.Q

C. LC.Q

D. LAC.Q

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Efficient allocation of resources is likely to be achieved under:

A. Monopoly

B. Monopolistic competition

C. Perfect competition

D. Any market form

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On the total utility curve the economically relevant range is the portion over which:

A. The total utility is rising at a declining rate

B. The total utility is raising at an increasing rate

C. Total utility is maximum

D. Total utility is declining

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In Bertrand model, the entry of new firms is:

A. banned

B. allowed

C. partially allowed

D. none of the above

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When the demand curve is rectangular hyperbola, it represents:

A. Unitary elastic demand

B. Perfectly elastic demand

C. Perfectly inelastic demand

D. Relatively elastic demand

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In case of perfect competition, TR curve rises at a:

A. Constant rate

B. Decreasing rate

C. Increasing rate

D. None of the above

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In monopoly and perfect competition, TC curves are:

A. Different

B. Similar

C. Opposite

D. None of the above

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A profit-maximizing monopolist in two separate markets will:

A. Charge the same price in both markets

B. Always charge a higher price in the market where he sells more

C. Always charge a higher price in the market where he sells less

D. Adjust his sales in the two markets so that his marginal revenue in each market just equals his aggregate marginal cost

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Marginal cost is always:

A. Less than the average cost

B. More than the average cost

C. Equal to the average cost at minimum point

D. Never equal to the average cost

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Necessary condition for consumer equilibrium is:

A.

B.

C.

D.

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Who formulated the Post-Keynsian Theory of Distribution and Growth?

A. J.M.Keynes

B. N.Kaldor

C. C.P.Kindleberger

D. Irving Fisher