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The relationship between price effect, income effect and substitution effect is:

A. P.E = S.E + I.E

B. S.E = P.E +I.E

C. I.E = P.E +S.E

D. S.E = P.E +2I.E

Correct Answer :

A. P.E = S.E + I.E


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The consumer is in equilibrium at the where:

A. Budget line and indifference curve intersect each other

B. Budget line and indifference curve are tangent to each other

C. Budget line and indifference curve are opposite to each other

D. Budget line and indifference curve are parallel to each other

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In cournot model firms:

A. Cannot make price adjustments

B. Can make price adjustments

C. Can adjust number of customers

D. None of the above

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Consumers are likely to get a variety of similar goods under:

A. Monopoly

B. Perfect competition

C. Duopoly

D. Monopolistic competition

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The situation in between the extremes of the govt. controlled, planned economy and the perfectly free, unplanned economy is known as:

A. Developed economy

B. Laissez-fair economy

C. Mixed economy

D. Capitalistic economy

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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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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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MC curve is:

A. L-shaped

B. U-shaped

C. V-shaped

D. Both a and b depending on situation

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Marshallian approach is also known as:

A. Cardinal approach

B. Ordinal approach

C. Consumer approach

D. Production approach

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In sweezy model (kinked demand curve model), the overall increase in costs of production:

A. Do not effect equilibrium

B. Affect equilibrium

C. Both a and b

D. None of the above

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The coefficient of the price elasticity of demand is computed as the absolute value of the percentage change in quantity demanded divided by:

A. The change in price

B. The change in supply

C. The percentage change in supply

D. The percentage change in price

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Elasticity of Substitution (s) is defined as:

A. Percentage change in capital-labor ratio dividing by percentage change in

B. Percentage change in dividing by percentage change in capital-labor ratio

C. Percentage change in inputs dividing by percentage change in outputs

D. None of the above

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When the slope of a demand curve is zero (also known as vertical demand curve) then elasticity will be:

A. Zero (perfectly inelastic)

B. Equal to one (unitary elastic)

C. Infinite (perfectly elastic)

D. None of the above

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The name of the system of direct exchange is:

A. Price system

B. Barter system

C. Islamic economic system

D. Socialistic system

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The marginal revenues are derivatives of:

A. TR function

B. AR function

C. MR function

D. AP function

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Efficient allocation of resources is achieved to a greater extent under:

A. Monopoly

B. Perfect competition

C. Monopolistic competition

D. Oligopoly

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A demand curve is not related to:

A. The price of the commodity

B. The time period

C. The price of substitutes

D. Any of the above

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The effects according to which people use those goods which are concerned with distinctive standard of living are:

A. Bandwagon effects

B. Snob effects

C. Veblen effects

D. Steven effects

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LMC represents change in LTC (long-run total cost) due to producing an additional unit of a good while the fixed and variable factors:

A. Cannot be changed

B. Can be changed

C. Can partially be changed

D. None of the above

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An economic theory is :

A. An axiom

B. A proposition

C. A hypothesis

D. A tested hypothesis

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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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In 1776, a famous book An enquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nation was written by:

A. J.S.Mill

B. Adam Smith

C. Robert Malthus

D. David Ricardo

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In substitution effect, we:

A. Move to another indifference curve

B. Move along given indifference curve

C. Move to a higher indifference curve

D. Move to a lower indifference curve

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The output where TC = TR & AC = AR:

A. Break-even point

B. Load point

C. Shut-down point

D. Revenue cost point

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Necessary condition for consumer equilibrium is:

A.

B.

C.

D.

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The partial equilibrium model keeps other things:

A. Variable

B. Constant

C. Increasing

D. Decreasing

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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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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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In first degree price discrimination, monopolist takes away :

A. All of the consumer surplus

B. All of the producer surplus

C. Some part of the consumer surplus

D. None of them

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In Prisoners Dillemma, the players are:

A. Industrialists

B. Prisoners

C. Common men

D. Workers

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

A. Equal to zero

B. Equal to one

C. Equal to infinite

D. More than one