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The ordinary demand curve is also called:

A. Marshallian demand curve

B. Hicksian demand curve

C. Slutsky demand curve

D. All the above

Correct Answer :

A. Marshallian demand curve


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The slope of an iso-quant represents:

A. MRS

B. MRT

C. MRTS

D. MRPS

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Which one of the following is also known as Plant Curves:

A. Long-run average cost (LAC) curves

B. Short-run average cost (SAC) curves

C. Average variable cost (AVC) curves

D. Average total cost (ATC) curves

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General Equilibrium deals with the equilibrium of the:

A. Consumer

B. Producer

C. Farmer

D. All the producers and consumers

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Identify the coefficient of price-elasticity of demand when the percentage increase in the quantity of a commodity demanded is smaller than the percentage fall in its price:

A. Equal to one

B. Greater than one

C. Smaller than one

D. Zero

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Under competitive conditions, the industry will be in equilibrium:

A. When each firm is in equilibrium equating MC with MR

B. When all the firms are earning only normal profits

C. When firms outside have no tendency to enter the industry and those within, have no tendency to leave the industry

D. All of the above

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Identify the work of Irving Fisher:

A. Policy on trade

B. Policy against inflation

C. The making of index numbers

D. Labor theory

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Indifference curve approach (ordinal approach) is superior to utility approach (cardinal approach) because:

A. In ordinal approach we can separate the income effect from the substitution effect of a price change

B. In ordinal approach we can study the consumer behavior more closely

C. In ordinal approach the consumer is assumed more rational

D. In ordinal approach the consumer has more income

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Stable cobweb model is a:

A. Simple model

B. Dynamic model

C. Both of them

D. None of them

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A market demand schedule is obtained by adding individual demand schedules:

A. Horizontally

B. Vertically

C. Permanently

D. Perpetually

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Production function relates:

A. Cost to input

B. Wages to profits

C. Cost to output

D. Inputs to output

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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

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Which of the following is not a property of indifference curve?

A. Convex to the origin

B. Slopes downwards to the right

C. Parallel to each other

D. Cannot intersect each other

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The budget constraint equation of the firm is:

A.

B.

C.

D.

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Because of selling costs, the demand curve of a firm shifts:

A. Downward

B. Upward

C. Horizontal

D. Straight line

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The budget constraint can be written as:

A. X.PX + Y.PY = 1

B. X.PX + Y.PY < 1

C. X.PX + Y.PY > 1

D. X.PX + Y.PY = 0

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The difference between accounting profits and economic profits is:

A. Implicit costs

B. Explicit costs

C. Fixed costs

D. Variable costs

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The Substitution Effect (S.E) is always:

A. Negative

B. Zero

C. Positive

D. Infinite

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In economics, Externality means:

A. An externality is a cost or benefit which is not transmitted through prices

B. An externality is a cost or benefit which is transmitted through prices

C. An externality is a production received through external resources

D. None of the above

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Cross-elasticity of demand or cross-price elasticity between two perfect complements will be:

A. Negative

B. Positive

C. Infinite

D. Negative infinite

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Chamberline introduces the concept of:

A. V-shaped selling cost

B. U-shaped selling cost

C. V-shaped purchasing material

D. U-shaped purchasing material

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In Nash Equilibrium:

A. Each player has a dominant strategy

B. No players have a dominant strategy

C. At least one player has a dominant strategy

D. Players may or may not have dominant strategies

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The partial equilibrium model keeps other things:

A. Variable

B. Constant

C. Increasing

D. Decreasing

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The ordinal approach was presented by:

A. Marshal

B. J.R.Hicks

C. Adam smith

D. Rostow

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Which one of the following has been the most influential work of F.H.Knight?

A. Freedom and Reform

B. The Green Revolution

C. Economic Integration

D. Risk ,Uncertainty and Profit

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The imaginary differentiation is attributed to difference in:

A. Style

B. Salesmanship

C. Locality

D. All of these

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Moving down along a linear demand curve:

A. Demand becomes less elastic

B. Elasticity does not change

C. Demand has unitary elasticity

D. Demand becomes more elastic

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In the case of substitutes, the cross demand curve slopes

A. Downwards to the right

B. Upwards to the right

C. Backwards to the right

D. Inwards at the bottom

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The cost curves of the firm shift due to changes in:

A. Input prices

B. Technological innovations

C. Both of them

D. None of them

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If the demand curve is vertical then its slope is:

A. Infinite

B. Zero

C. Equal to one

D. None of the

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In arriving at stable equilibrium in cournot model, if one firm decreases output the other firm will:

A. Also decrease it

B. Increase it

C. Remain uneffected

D. None of the above