Description : An indifference curve measures the same level of - (1) Output from two factors (2) Satisfaction from two commodities (3) Satisfaction from Income and Capital (4) Satisfaction from expenditure and savings
Last Answer : (2) Satisfaction from two commodities Explanation: An indifference curve is a locus of combinations of goods which derive the same level of satisfaction. so that the consumer is indifferent ... of various points showing different combinations of two goods providing equal utility to the consumer
Description : An indifference curve measures ______________ level of satisfaction derived from different combinations of commodity X and Y. (1) same (2) higher (3) lower (4) minimum
Last Answer : same
Description : “Higher the indifference curve, higher will be the level of satisfaction” (a) always true (b) always false © sometimes true and sometimes false (d) true only if price effect is positive.
Last Answer : (b) always false
Description : An indiference curve measures ______ level of satisfaction derived from different combinations of commodity X and Y. (1) same (2) higher (3) lower (4) minimum
Last Answer : (1) same Explanation: An indifference curve may be defined as the locus of points, each representing a different combination of two substitute goods, which yield the same utility or level of ... is indifferent between any two combinations of goods when it comes to making a choice between them.
Description : Other things remaining the same, when a consumer's income increases, his equilibrium point moves to A.A higher indifference curve B.To the left-hand side on the same indifference curve C.Remains unchanged on the same indifference curve D.A lower indifference curve
Last Answer : A.A higher indifference curve
Description : Investment and savings are kept equal through a change in the level of - (1) Consumption (2) Investment (3) Government expenditure (4) Income
Last Answer : (1) Consumption Explanation: Desired savings are kept equal to desired investment by responses to interest rate changes. Savings identity or the savings investment identity is a concept in ... brings savings and investment into balance without any intention by business to increase investment.
Description : Investment and savings are kept equal through a change in the level of (1) Consumption (2) Investment (3) Government expenditure (4) Income
Last Answer : Consumption
Description : Price effect in indifference curve analysis arises A.When the consumer becomes either better off or worse off because price change is not compensated by income change. B.When the consumer is betler off due to a change in income and price C.When income and price change D.None of the above
Last Answer : A.When the consumer becomes either better off or worse off because price change is not compensated by income change.
Description : On an indifference map, if the income consumption curve slopes downwards to the right it shows that A.Both X and Y are superior goods B.Y is an inferior good C.X is an inferior good D.Both X and Y are inferior goods
Last Answer : B.Y is an inferior good
Description : A levy of excise duty on consumption of an item consumed will .. (a) Induce suppliers to pump in more quantity in the market; (b) Result in fall in the consumption of the commodity ... by the consumer ; (c) Lead to inflationary conditions ; (d) Place the consumer on lower indifference curve
Last Answer : (d) Place the consumer on lower indifference curve
Description : X a consumer spends his entire income on two commodities A and (B) if price of A increases by 10% and his expenditure on item B remains same, then the price elasticity of item A is (a) 1 ; (b) < 1 ; (c) > 1 ; (d) ≥
Last Answer : (a) 1 ;
Description : Which one of following represents the Savings of the Private Corporate Sector? (1) Dividends paid to shareholders (2) Total profits of a company (3) Undistributed profits (4) Excess of income over expenditure
Last Answer : (3) Undistributed profits Explanation: For private corporate sector, retained profits adjusted for non operating surplus/deficit is considered as its Net Saving. Retained profits are those ... commitments to depreciation provision for various fixed assets, debts, government and to shareholders.
Description : Which one of the following is not a method for computing GNP? (1) Income Approach (2) Expenditure Approach (3) Savings Approach (4) Value Added Approach
Last Answer : (1) Income Approach Explanation: Gross National Product (GNP) can be defined as an economic statistic which includes Gross Domestic Product, plus any income earned by the residents from investments ... foreign countries by the residents of a country - income earned by nonresidents in that country.
Description : Which one of the following is not a method for computing GNP ? (1) Income Approach (2) Expenditure Approach (3) Savings Approach (4) Value Added Approach
Last Answer : Income Approach
Description : Which one of the following represents the Savings of the Private Corporate Sector? (1) Dividends paid to shareholders (2) Total profits of a company (3) Undistributed profits (4) Excess of income over expenditure
Last Answer : Undistributed profits
Description : Which curve shows the inverse relationship between unemployment and inflation rates? (1) Supply curve (2) Indifference curve (3) IS curve (4) Phillips curve
Last Answer : (4) Phillips curve Explanation: The Phillips curve shows the inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment: as unemployment decreases, inflation increases. The relationship, however, is not linear. Graphically, ... unemployment rate is on the x-axis and the inflation rate is on the y-axis.
Description : Which of the following concepts are most closely associated with J.M. Keynes? (1) Control of money supply (2) Marginal utility theory (3) Indifference curve analysis (4) Marginal efficiency of captial
Last Answer : (4) Marginal efficiency of captial Explanation: The marginal efficiency of capital (MEC) is that rate of discount which would equate the price of a fixed capital asset with its present discounted ... given by the returns expected from the capital asset during its life Just equal its supply price
Description : An indifference curve is always A.A vertical straight line B.Convex to the origin C.Concave to the origin D.A horizontal straight line
Last Answer : B.Convex to the origin
Description : Put into chronological order on the basis of development: l. Law of demand 2. Law of indifference 3. Law of diminishing marginal utility 4. Revealed preference curve 5. Indifference curve A.1 3 4 2 5 B.1 5 3 4 2 C.1 3 2 5 4 D.1 2 3 4 5
Last Answer : C.1 3 2 5 4
Description : An indifference curve indicates (a) No choice among goods (b) No need of any good (c) Disinterested in acceptance of goods
Last Answer : (d) One combination is preferred to another
Description : A curve that goes through all the tangency points of an x and y isoquants in a Edgeworth Box is called (a) Indifference curve (b) Trade indifference curve (c) Offer curve (d) Contract curve
Last Answer : Offer curve
Description : Marginal rate of substitution is the ___of the indifference curve (a) mean (b) slope © peak (d) inverse
Last Answer : (b) slope
Description : At the point of equilibrium, the slopes of indifference curve and budget line are (a) different (b) equal (c) not measurable (d) increasing
Last Answer : (b) equal
Description : Which curve shows the inverse relationship between unemployment and inflation rates ? (1) Supply curve (2) Indifference curve (3) IS curve (4) Phillips curve
Last Answer : Phillips curve
Description : Which of the following concepts are most closely associated with J.M. Keynes ? (1) Control of money supply (2) Marginal utility theory (3) Indifference curve analysis (4) Marginal efficiency of captial
Last Answer : Marginal efficiency of captial
Description : A demand curve will not shift: (1) When only income changes (2) When only prices of substitute products change (3) When there is a change in advertisement expenditure (4) When only price of the commodity changes
Last Answer : (4) When only price of the commodity changes Explanation: In economics, the demand curve is the graph depicting the relationship between the price of a certain commodity and the amount of it that ... only when there is a change in other determinants of demand, other than price of the commodity.
Description : Whch of the following curve describes the variation of household expenditure on a particular good with respect to household income? (1) Demand curve (2) Engel curve (3) Great Cats by curve (4) Cost curve
Last Answer : (2) Engel curve Explanation: In microeconomics, an Engel curve describes how household expenditure on a particular good or service varies with household income. The curve is named after ... was the first to investigate this relationship between goods expenditure and income systematically in 1857.
Description : Laffer curve is related to (a) Tax rate and tax revenue. (b) Aggregate tax and aggregate non-tax revenue. (c) Total tax burden and total payment burden. (d) Total income and total expenditure.
Last Answer : (c) Total tax burden and total payment burden.
Description : Which of the following curve describes the variation of household expenditure on a particular good with respect to household income ? (1) Demand curve (2) Engel curve (3) Great Gatsby curve (4) Cost curve
Last Answer : Engel curve
Last Answer : When only price of the commodity changes
Description : The method of calculating the national income by the product method is otherwise known as : (1) Income method (2) Value added method (3) Expenditure method (4) Net output method
Last Answer : (4) Net output method Explanation: Primarily there are three methods of measuring national income. Which method is to be employed depends on the availability of data and purpose. The methods ... account. In this method, National Output = National Expenditure (Aggregate Demand) = National Income.
Description : In India agricultural income is calculated by (a) Income method (b) Output method © Expenditure method (d) None of them.
Last Answer : (b) Output method
Last Answer : Net output method
Description : .In Heckscher Ohlin theory production function differ between commodities but are same between---- (a) countries. (b) factors © costs. (d) revenues.
Last Answer : (a) countries.
Description : Effective demand depends on - (1) capital-output ratio (2) output-capital ratio (3) total expenditure (4) supply price
Last Answer : (4) supply price Explanation: Effective Demand is "the demand in which the consumer are able and willing to purchase at conceivable price" simply saying if the product price is low more ... Function or Price and Aggregate Supply Function or Price to explain the determination of effective demand.
Description : Effective demand depends on (1) capital-output ratio (2) output-capital ratio (3) total expenditure (4) supply price
Last Answer : supply price
Description : Consumptions function refers to - (1) relationship between income and employment (2) relationship between savings and investment (3) relationship between input and output (4) relationship between income and consumption
Last Answer : (4) relationship between income and consumption Explanation: The Consumption function is a single mathematical function used to express consumer spending. It was developed by John Maynard Keynes and ... by current income and induced consumption that is influenced by the economy's income level.
Description : Consumptions function refers to (1) relationship between income and employment (2) relationship between savings and investment (3) relationship between input and output (4) relationship between income and consumption
Last Answer : relationship between income and consumption
Description : Capital formation in an economy depends on - (1) Total Income (2) Tot al demand (3) Total savings (4) Total production
Last Answer : (3) Total savings Explanation: Capital formation refers to capital accumulation, referring to the total "stock of capital" that has been formed, or to the growth of this total capital stock. ... a measure of the amount by which the total physical capital stock increased during an accounting period.
Description : Which among the following method is used to calculate poverty in India? (a) Investment Method. (b) Capital Method. © Savings Method. (d) Income Method.
Last Answer : (d) Income Method.
Description : Capital formation in an economy depends on (1) Total Income (2) Total demand (3) Total savings (4) Total production
Last Answer : Total savings
Description : Which of these statement is true about production possibility curve (PPC/PPF) (a) It shows various combinations of two goods which yield same level of satisfaction (b) It shows various combination of two ... (d) It shows various combination of two goods which an economy can produce with a given time
Last Answer : (b) It shows various combination of two goods which an economy can produce with a given amount of resources
Description : Which of the following is not an economic problem? (1) Deciding between paid work leisure (2) Deciding between expenditure on one good and the other (3) Deciding between alternative methods of personal savings (4) Deciding between different ways of spending leisure time
Last Answer : (3) Deciding between alternative methods of personal savings Explanation: The Theory of Economic Problem states that scarcity exists in the sense that only finite and insufficient resources are ... to allocate scarce resources to the provision of various goods and services within the economy.
Description : Which of the following is not an economic problem ? (1) Deciding between paid work and leisure (2) Deciding between expenditure on one good and the other (3) Deciding between alternative methods of personal savings (4) Deciding between different ways of spending leisure time
Last Answer : Deciding between different ways of spending leisure time
Description : A siuation where we have people whose level of income is not sufficient to meet the minimum consumption expenditure is considered as - (1) Absolute Poverty (2) Relative Poverty (3) Urban Poverty (4) Rural Poverty
Last Answer : (1) Absolute Poverty Explanation: Absolute poverty is defined as a situation in which the individual's basic needs are not covered, in other words, there is a lack of basic goods and services ( ... shelter, education and information. It depends not only on income but also on access to services."
Description : Which of the following results by dividing national income by size of population? (1) Per capita income (2) Subsistence level (3) Subsistence expenditure- (4) Per capita production
Last Answer : (1) Per capita income Explanation: Per capita income or average income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by ... in the aggregate (such as GDP or Gross National Income) and dividing it by the total population.
Description : A situation where we have people whose level of income is not sufficient to meet the minimum consumption expenditure is considered as (1) Absolute Poverty (2) Relative Poverty (3) Urban Poverty (4) Rural Poverty
Last Answer : Absolute Poverty
Description : Which of the following results by dividing national income by size of population ? (1) Per capita income (2) Subsistence level (3) Subsistence expenditure (4) Per capita production
Last Answer : Per capita income
Description : Cross demand expresses the functional relationship between - (1) demand and prices of related commodities (2) demand and income (3) demand and prices (4) demand and supply (4)
Last Answer : (1) demand and prices of related commodities Explanation: Other things being constant, cross demand expresses the relation between demand for good A' due to change in the price of its related good 'B' ... that at different prices of good B' what different quantities of good A' will be demanded.
Description : What will be the effect on inferior commodities when income of the consumer rises? (1) Negative effect (2) Positive effect (3) No effect (4) First increase then decrease
Last Answer : (1) Negative effect Explanation: In economics, an inferior good is a good that decreases in demand when consumer income rises (or rises in demand when consumer income decreases), unlike ... consumers' demand increases when their income increases. Cheaper cars are examples of the inferior goods.