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The main contribution of Prof. Lord Keynes is in the field of:

A. Determination of the rate of interest

B. Determination of the market price

C. Determination of the wage rate

D. Determination of production of firm

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A. Determination of the rate of interest


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The main contribution of Malthus is in the field of:

A. Consumption expenditure

B. Theory of population

C. Division of labor

D. Theory of demand

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Who finalized the model of imperfect competition?

A. Ricardo

B. Marshal

C. Chamberlin

D. Mrs. Robinson

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Which of the following models are associated with non-collusive oligopoly?

A. Bertrand model

B. Chamberlin model

C. Kinked demand model (Sweezy Model)

D. All of the above

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At a point above the middle of a straight line demand curve, elasticity of demand is:

A. Less than one

B. Equal to one

C. More than one

D. Equal to infinite

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Law of Variable Proportions is regarding in:

A. Short-Run

B. Long-Run

C. Medium-Run

D. None of the above

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In the long run:

A. All factors can be used in different proportions

B. Management can be re-organized

C. A firm can experience returns to scale

D. All of the above

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The engineering production function and engineering costs curves are concerned with the:

A. Production cost

B. Collection cost

C. Raw material costs

D. Distribution costs

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In Edgeworth model, price remains:

A. Constant

B. On increasing

C. Independent

D. Indeterminate

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A straight line, downward-sloping demand curve implies that, as price falls, the elasticity of demand:

A. Increases

B. Decreases

C. Remains the same

D. Is zero

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Production function shows:

A. Technical relationship between inputs and output

B. Profitability production

C. Relation between MR and MC

D. Relation between AR and AC

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Increasing return to scales can be explained in terms of:

A. Optimal factor proportions

B. Fixed scale of plant

C. External and internal economies

D. Labor productivity

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In short run, a firm can change its:

A. Total production

B. Fixed production

C. Variable production

D. None of the above

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Which describes a competitive market?

A. Many buyers and many sellers

B. One seller, many buyers

C. One buyer, many sellers

D. Few sellers, many buyers

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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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The cost that a firm incurs in purchasing or hiring any factor of production is referred to as:

A. Explicit cost

B. Implicit cost

C. Variable cost

D. Fixed cost

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In an indifference curve diagram, when the price of a product increases, the decline in quantity demanded that results if consumers utility or welfare is kept constant is referred to as the:

A. Utility effect

B. Budget line effect

C. Substitution effect

D. Income effect

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The falling part of total Utility (TU) curve shows:

A. Increasing marginal utility

B. Decreasing marginal utility

C. Zero marginal utility

D. Negative marginal utility

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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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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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Moving along the indifference curve leaves the consumer:

A. Better off

B. Worse off

C. In equilibrium

D. Neither better off nor Worse off

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When sales tax is imposed on monopolist, its:

A. Output is effected

B. Equilibrium is effected

C. Input is effected

D. Reputation is effected

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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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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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At a point where a straight line demand curve meets the price axis (Y-axis), the elasticity of demand is:

A. Equal to one

B. Less than one

C. Equal to zero

D. Equal to infinite

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The Input-Output Analysis was originated by:

A. W.W. Leontief

B. E.D.Domar

C. R.G.D.Allen

D. J.M.Keynes

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If the demand curve remains unchanged and supply increases, the price will:

A. Rise

B. Fall

C. Remain the same

D. None of the above

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An inferior commodity is one whose quantity demand decreases when income of the consumer:

A. Decreases

B. Increases

C. Remains constant

D. Zero

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Marshalls definition of economics was strongly criticised by:

A. Adam Smith

B. Prof.Pigno

C. Prof. Robbins

D. J.B.Clark

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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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A country is advised to devalue (reduce external value of) its currency only when its exports face:

A. Inelastic demand in foreign markets

B. Elastic demand in foreign markets

C. Unit elastic demand in foreign markets

D. None of the above