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Micro economics is concerned with:

A. Product markets

B. Factor markets

C. Supply and demand

D. a, b and c

Correct Answer :

D. a, b and c


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The total revenue curve for monopolist is the shape of:

A. Circle

B. Rectangle

C. Parabola

D. None of the above

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When total revenue (TR) falls in monopoly then elasticity of demand is:

A. E =1

B. E >1

C. E <1

D. E =0

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Duopoly is a market where there are:

A. Two sellers

B. A few sellers

C. Five sellers

D. Many sellers

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Compared to perfect competition, a monopolist will charge:

A. Charges a high price

B. Produce more output

C. Increase economic efficiency

D. None of the above

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Who wrote Mathematical Analysis for Economists?

A. J.P.Lewis

B. R.G.D.Allen

C. Paul A.Samuelson

D. E.D.Domar

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The real income of a consumer is income in terms of:

A. Goods

B. Goods and survices

C. Goods and survices it can purchased

D. Monetary units

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In the case of an inferior good, the income effect:

A. Partially offsets the substitution effect

B. Reinforces the substitution effect

C. Is equal to the substitution effect

D. More than offsets the substitution effect

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The concept of industry in monopolistic competition has been replaced by:

A. Firm

B. Product group

C. Producers

D. Shopkeepers

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Given a U shaped average cost curve, the relationship between average cost and marginal cost is such that marginal cost must always be:

A. Falling when average cost is falling

B. Rising when average cost is falling

C. Falling when average cost is rising

D. Rising when average cost is rising

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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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In measuring price-elasticity:

A. Price is a dependent variable and quantity is an independent variable

B. Price is an independent variable and quantity is a dependent variable

C. Price and quantity both are independent variables

D. Price and quantity both are dependent variables

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Firms average and marginal revenues are equal under:

A. Monopoly

B. Perfect competition

C. Oligopoly

D. Monopolistic competition

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The normal long-run average cost curve is influenced by the:

A. Principle of diminishing returns

B. Economies and diseconomies of large scale production

C. Principle of constant return to scale

D. All of the above

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The number of sellers in oligopoly is:

A. Two

B. One

C. Very large

D. A few

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The critics of Sweezy model say that kink generates:

A. Frustration

B. Poverty

C. Uncertainty

D. Integrity

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If a ten percent increase in price causes a ten percent reduction in quantity demanded, elasticity of demand is:

A. Perfectly elastic

B. Elastic

C. Unitary elastic

D. Inelastic

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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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Some farm land can be used to produce either corn or soybeans. If the demand for corn increases then:

A. The demand for soybeans should increase

B. The supply of soybeans should increase

C. The demand for soybeans should decrease

D. The supply of soybeans should decrease

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Some economists refer to iso-product curves as:

A. Engels curve

B. Production indifference curve

C. Budget line

D. Ridge line

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Who is the author of Trade Cycle ?

A. R.Nurkse

B. R.C.Mathews

C. W.A.Lewis

D. K.N.Raj

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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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A firms profit is equal to:

A. R-C

B. R>C

C. R

D. R=C

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The necessary condition of firms equilibrium requires:

A. dR/dQ + dC/dQ = 0

B. dR/dQ - dC/dQ = 0

C. dC/dQ - dR/dQ = 0

D. dR/dQ > dC/dQ > 0

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A significant property of the Cobb-Douglas production function is that the elasticity of substitution between inputs is:

A. Greater than one

B. Less than one

C. Zero

D. Equal to one

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The slutsky demand curve includes:

A. Income effect

B. Price effect

C. Substitution effect

D. None of the above

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Which is the correct statement?

A. The U shape of long-run cost curve is less pronounced than the short-run cost curves

B. The U shape of the short-run cost curves is less pronounced than the long-run cost curves

C. The U shape of the long-run cost curve is more pronounced than the short-run cost curves

D. The long-run cost curves are never U shaped

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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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The number of firms in monopolistic competition normally range between:

A. 14 to 28

B. 14 to 80

C. 14 to 38

D. 14 to 60

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By saying that monopolist create a contrived scarcity, economist mean that monopolist:

A. Restrict output to increase price

B. Produce where MC > P

C. Create a gap b/w quantity demanded and supplied

D. None of the above

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The factors of production in perfect competition are:

A. Stagnant

B. Mobile

C. Immobile

D. Rare