Description : Decreases in price of a product results in increased consumption of the product as the product becomes cheaper compared to other products. This effect is known as (a) Substitution effect ; (b) Income effect ; (c) Diminishing marginal utility concept; (b) Law of diminishing returns
Last Answer : (a) Substitution effect ;
Description : Increase in price of a product reduces the purchasing power as a result of which demand for a product goes up. This effect is known as (a) Substitution effect ; (b) Income effect ; (c) Diminishing marginal utility concept (d)Law of diminishing returns
Last Answer : ; (b) Income effect ;
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 : The negatively sloped part of long run cost curve of a firm is due to (a) Increase in production due to specialization and division of labour; (b) Diseconomies of scale ; (c) Diminishing returns to scale ; (d) Marginal utility theory
Last Answer : (a) Increase in production due to specialization and division of labour;
Description : The positively sloped part of long run cost curve of a firm is due to (a) Economies of scale ; (b) Diseconomies of scale; (c) Diminishing returns to scale ; (d) Marginal utility theory
Last Answer : (b) Diseconomies of scale;
Description : Total variable cost curve is explained by (a) Law of the diminishing marginal returns ; (b) The price of the variable inputs; (c) Production function ; (d) All the three
Last Answer : ; (d) All the three
Description : According to traditional approach the factor responsible for operation of downward slope of demand curve are (a) Change in number of consumers ; (b) Law of decreasing marginal utility (c) Alternative uses of goods ; (d) All the three
Last Answer : (d) All the three
Description : In the short run, diminishing marginal returns is implied by (a) Rising MC ; (b) Falling MC ; (c) Rising AVC ; (d) Constant TC
Last Answer : (a) Rising MC ;
Description : The paradox of Diamond is more costly than water is explained by (a) Marginal utility concept ;(b) Scarcity ; (c) Relative cost of production ; (d) All the three
Last Answer : ;(b) Scarcity ;
Description : Law of diminishing marginal utility is based on the assumption that a. Tastes change over time b. Consumption is continuous c. Different units of goods consumed are homogeneous Of these statements: A.Only a is true B.a and c are true C.b and c are true D.All are true
Last Answer : D.All are true
Description : The law of diminishing marginal utility is most useful for explaining the (a) Law of supply (b) Law of demand © Shape of production possibility curve (d) curvature of total cost curve
Last Answer : (b) Law of demand
Description : Marginal rate of substitution is the ___of the indifference curve (a) mean (b) slope © peak (d) inverse
Last Answer : (b) slope
Description : In the long run price is governed by …………. (a) Cost of Production ; (b) Demand supply forces ; (c) Marginal utility ; (d) None
Last Answer : (a) Cost of Production ;
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 : 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 : According to principle of diminishing marginal rate of substitution a. One commodity must be decreased while other is increased b. Commodity which is increased has higher marginal significance c. Commodity which is decreased ... .Both a and b are correct C.Both a and c are correct D.All are correct
Last Answer : C.Both a and c are correct
Description : When a firm enters the law of diminishing returns to scale (a) TVC curve begins to fall at an increasing rate (b) TVC curve begins to increase at an increasing rate (c) TVC curve begins to fall at an decreasing rate (d) TVC curve begins to increase at an decreasing rate
Last Answer : (a) TVC curve begins to fall at an increasing rate
Description : The law of diminishing returns applies in……………. (a) Short run ; (b) Long run ; (c) Very short run ; (d) All the time period
Last Answer : (a) Short run ;
Description : Variable cost is also known as (a) Incremental cost ; (b) Marginal cost ; (c) Differential cost ; (d) All the three
Description : According to Modern approach, law of demand is caused by (a) Income effect ; (b) Substitution effect ; (c) Both ; (d) None
Last Answer : (c) Both ;
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 : If a firms cost of raw material increases then (a) Market price of the final product will also increase (b) Equilibrium level of quantity also increases ; (c) Marginal cost curve will shift upward (d) Marginal cost curve will shift downward
Last Answer : ; (c) Marginal cost curve will shift upward
Description : TVC curve begins to……….with the onset of diminishing returns (a) Rise at an Increasing rate ; (b) Rise at an decreasing rate; (c) Fall at an Increasing rate ; (d) Stabilize
Last Answer : (a) Rise at an Increasing rate ;
Description : In economic wealth is the stock of all those material and immaterial objects which……... (a) Are transferable ; (b) Have utility ; (c) Are scarce ; (d) All the three
Description : Average Revenue of a monopolist firm is (a) Always more than the Marginal revenue ; (b) Always less than the Marginal revenue; (c) Equal to marginal revenue ; (d) Any of the above three possible
Last Answer : (a) Always more than the Marginal revenue ;
Description : Which of these costs will increase or decrease with increase in production (a) Marginal cost ; (b) Financial costs ; (c) Fixed costs ; (d) All the three
Last Answer : (a) Marginal cost ;
Description : Assume Samantha likes hot dogs and hamburgers equally, and the price of hamburgers (a normal good) declines. She will most likely purchase more hamburgers; this is (a) a reflection of the income ... substitution effect; (c) a reflection of the income and substitution effects ; (d) None of above
Last Answer : (b) a reflection the substitution effect;
Description : An imposition of excise duty would effect the demand of a product due to ………….. (a) Income effect ; (b) Substitution effect ; (c) Both ; (d) None
Description : If two goods are not substitutes at all for one another, the elasticity of substitution will be (a) Infinite ; (b) Zero ; (c) > 1 ; (d) < 0
Last Answer : ; (b) Zero ;
Description : If two goods are perfect substitutes for one another, the elasticity of substitution will be (a) Infinite ; (b) Zero ; (c) > 1 ; (d) < 0
Last Answer : (a) Infinite ;
Description : Tea and Coffee are perfect substitute of each other, given the price of Tea and Coffee being `100 and `200 per Kg. a consumer is prepared to buy 3 Kg. of each. If the price of tea remain same and the price of ... elasticity of substitution between Tea and Coffee is (a) 1 ; (b) 4 ; (c) 5 ; (d) 3
Last Answer : (c) 5 ;
Description : Goods which are not perfect substitute of each other but have to be consumed in a fixed ratio will have rate of substitution (a) Unity ; (b) Less than 1 ; (c) More than 1 ; (d) Zero
Last Answer : (d) Zero
Description : Goods which are perfect substitute of each other will have elasticity of substitution…... (a) Unity ; (b) Less than 1 ; (c) More than 1 ; (d) Infinite
Last Answer : ; (d) Infinite
Description : Goods which are perfect substitute of each other will have rate of substitution (a) Unity ; (b) Less than 1 ; (c) More than 1 ; (d) Zero
Last Answer : (a) Unity ;
Description : Why is the law of diminishing marginal returns true? a. specialization and division of labor b. spreading the average fixed cost c. limited capital d. all factors being variable in the long-run
Last Answer : c. limited capital
Description : The law of diminishing (marginal) returns states that as more of a variable factor is added to a certain amount of a fixed factor, beyond some point: a. Total physical product begins ... The marginal physical product rises c. The marginal physical product falls d. The average physical product falls
Last Answer : c. The marginal physical product falls
Description : 4. The demand for labor slopes down and to the right because of a. the law of demand b. the iron law of wages c. the law of diminishing marginal returns d. economies of scale
Last Answer : c. labor is a large percent of the total cost of production
Description : Which of the following is not a type of elasticity in economics………………… (a) Income elasticity ; (b) Price elasticity ; (c) Utility elasticity ; (d) Cross elasticity
Last Answer : (c) Utility elasticity ;
Description : Disguised unemployment refers to the situation when (a) Marginal Productivity of the surplus workers is zero (b) Marginal productivity of the surplus workers is less than average productivity ( ... surplus workers is falling sharply (d) Marginal productivity of the surplus workers is falling sharply
Last Answer : (a) Marginal Productivity of the surplus workers is zero
Description : Total profit of a firm in a perfect competitive market is – (a) Total revenue less total cost ; (b) Marginal revenue less marginal cost; (c) Total revenue less marginal cost ; (d) Total revenue less variable cost
Last Answer : (a) Total revenue less total cost ;
Description : For a monopoly firm market demand curve is (a) Marginal revenue curve itself ; (b) Average Revenue curve itself ; (c) Marginal cost curve (d) None
Last Answer : (b) Average Revenue curve itself ;
Description : Which of the following statement is true (a) In perfect competition Average and Marginal revenue are identical (b) In perfect competition Average and Marginal cost are identical (c) In perfect competition ... cost are identical (d) In perfect competition only normal profit can be earned by a firm
Last Answer : (a) In perfect competition Average and Marginal revenue are identical
Description : A competitive firm maximizes its total profit when ……………… (a) Average cost equal average realization ; (b) Marginal cost equals Price; (d) Total revenue is the maximum ; (d) MR = AR
Last Answer : (d) Total revenue is the maximum ;
Description : A natural monopoly has declining – over large range of output (a) Long run average cost ; (b) Short run average cost ; (c) Long run total cost; (d) Long run marginal cost
Last Answer : (a) Long run average cost ;
Description : If in question No. 286 the price is reduced to `9 But the demand goes to 26 units what is the marginal revenue from sale of 26th unit (a) `7.4 ; (b) `(-16) ; (c) `16 ; (d) `257.4
Last Answer : (b) `(-16) ;
Description : The demand for a product is 25 units when the price is `10, however the demand rises to 26 when the price is reduced to `9.9 per unit. The marginal revenue from production and sale of additional unit from 25 to 26 is (a) `7.4 ; (b) `(16) ; (c) `10 ; (d) `257.6
Last Answer : (a) `7.4 ;
Description : Marginal cost can be equal to Average variable cost when (a) Average variable cost is falling ; (b) Average variable cost is increasing; (c) Average variable cost is constant ; (d) Under any of the above situations
Last Answer : (c) Average variable cost is constant ;
Description : Marginal cost curve is (a) Positively sloped ; (b) Negatively sloped ; (c) Parallel to X axis ; (d) Parallel to Y axis
Last Answer : (a) Positively sloped
Description : Total cost is the arithmetic sum of (a) AFC and AVC ; (b) FC and Variable cost ; (c) Marginal cost and variable cost; (d) Sunk cost and fixed cost
Last Answer : (b) FC and Variable cost ;
Description : Marginal cost is defined as……………………. (a) Change in total cost due to addition of one unit ; (b) Total cost divided by additional unit; (c) Total cost divided by total units produced ; (d) Total sales / Total production
Last Answer : (a) Change in total cost due to addition of one unit ;