Description : The elasticity of a demand curve with a constant slope (a) Increases at higher price ; (b) Decreases at higher price; (c) Increases at lower price ; (d) Remains constant
Last Answer : (a) Increases at higher price ;
Description : If price of Tea increases the demand of coffee will (a) Increase ; (b) Decrease ; (c) Remain same ; (d) Cannot say
Last Answer : (a) Increase
Description : When the price of complementary products increases, the demand of the other product will (a) Falls ; (b) Increases ; (c) Remains same ; (d) Increases by 25%
Last Answer : (a) Falls ;
Description : If the price elasticity of demand of Chicken is +.95. then a 20% increase in price of chicken will lead to in quantity demanded of chicken at that price (a) 19 increase ; (b) 19% decrease ; (c) 20.95% increase ; (d) 20.6% decrease
Last Answer : (a) 19 increase ;
Description : Which of the following would not be considered substitutes? (a) butter and margarine ; (b) Coke and Pepsi ; (c) Fords and Chevrolets (d) Hamburgers and french fries
Last Answer : (d) Hamburgers and french fries
Description : As per total outlay method, demand is said to be elastic if as result of change in price total outlay (a) Increases ; (b) Decrease ; (c) Remain same ; (d) None
Last Answer : (c) Remain same ;
Description : If supply and demand both shift outward, but demand shifts outward more than supply, the equilibrium price (a) will increase and quantity will increase ; (b) will increase and quantity will decrease; (c) will decrease and quantity will decrease ; (d) will decrease and quantity will increase
Last Answer : (a) will increase and quantity will increase ;
Description : Simultaneous increase in demand and quantity supplied will (a) Increase in equilibrium price and quantity ; (b) Decrease equilibrium price and quantity (c) Increase equilibrium price but decrease quantity ; (d) Decrease equilibrium price but increase quantity
Last Answer : (a) Increase in equilibrium price and quantity ;
Description : If price of Choco bar decreases we except (a) The quantity demanded to increase ; (b) Quantity demanded to decrease; (c) Demand curve to shift left ; (d) No change in quantity demanded
Last Answer : (a) The quantity demanded to increase ;
Description : Two Commodities X and UY can be inferred as complementary to each other if (a) Increase in price of one leads to increase in demand of other and vice versa (b) Increase in price of one leads to decrease ... in demand of other one (d) Increase in price of one leads to increase in demand of other one
Last Answer : (b) Increase in price of one leads to decrease in demand of other and vice versa
Description : Two commodities X and Y goods can be inferred as close substitute of each other if - (a) Increase in price of one leads to increase in demand of other and vice versa (b) Increase in price of one ... fall in demand of other one (d) Increase in price of one leads to increase in demand of other one
Last Answer : (a) Increase in price of one leads to increase in demand of other and vice versa
Description : Shift in Demand curve or change in Demand curve occurs due to (a) Increase in price ; (b) Decrease in cost of production ; (c) Change in Cetris paribus conditions ; (d) All the three
Last Answer : (c) Change in Cetris paribus conditions ;
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 : As a certain type of clothing becomes more fashionable, we would expect its equilibrium price (a) to decrease and quantity will remain constant ; (b) and quantity will decrease; (c) to increase and quantity to decrease ; (d) and quantity to increase
Last Answer : ; (d) and quantity to increase
Description : A goods can be considered a normal goods in economics if increase in disposal income of the consumer causes (a) An increase in demand ; (b) No change in demand ; (c) Decrease in demand ; (d) Less than proportionate change in demand
Last Answer : (a) An increase in demand ;
Description : A goods can be considered inferior goods in economics if increase in disposal income of the consumer causes (a) An increase in demand ; (b) No change in demand ; (c) Decrease in demand ; (d) Less than proportionate change in demand
Last Answer : ; (c) Decrease in demand ;
Description : Change in cost of production of the concerned goods causes (a) The demand curve to shift ; (b) The supply curve to shift ; (c) Increase in quantity demanded; (d) Decrease in quantity supplied
Last Answer : (b) The supply curve to shift ;
Description : Curvature of PPF is due to……… (a) Increase in opportunity cost ; (b) Decrease in opportunity cost ; (c) Fall in demand; (d) Fall in supply
Last Answer : (a) Increase in opportunity cost ;
Description : When the price of complementary products falls, the demand of the other product will (a) Fall ; (b) Increases ; (c) Remain stable ; (d) Drops by 25%
Last Answer : (b) Increases ;
Description : If demand of coffee increases by 10% with 20% decline in the price of sugar we can say that (a) Cross price elasticity of demand is negative and both the products are complementary to each other ... price elasticity is positive and the products are complementary to each other ; (d) None of these
Last Answer : (a) Cross price elasticity of demand is negative and both the products are complementary to each other;
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 : Cetris Paribus means (a) Holding demand constant ; (b) Holding supply constant ; (c) Price being constant; (d) Other things being constant
Last Answer : (d) Other things being constant
Description : What will happen if a firm in perfect competitive market, increase its output by 50% (a)Total sales revenue will also increase by 50% ; (b) (b)Selling price will come down by 50%; (c)Total sales revenue will decrease by 50% ; (d)Profit will increase by 25%
Last Answer : (a)Total sales revenue will also increase by 50% ;
Description : If there is simultaneous fall in consumers disposal income as well number of suppliers of a product in the market, the (a) Equilibrium quantity will decrease ; (b) Equilibrium price will decrease ; (c) Equilibrium price will go up ; (d) Equilibrium quantity will increase
Last Answer : (a) Equilibrium quantity will decrease ;
Description : Shift in supply curve is cause by (a) Change in citrus paribus conditions ; (b) Increase in price; (c) Decrease in price ; (d) Change in consumer income
Last Answer : (a) Change in citrus paribus conditions ;
Description : A decrease in price will result in an increase in total revenue if (a) Percentage change in quantity demanded in greater than the percentage change in price (b) Percentage change in quantity demanded ... (c) Percentage change in quantity demanded is equal to the percentage change in price (d) None
Last Answer : (a) Percentage change in quantity demanded in greater than the percentage change in price
Description : Cost push inflation arises due to (a) Persistent rise in factor cost ; (b) Mismatch between demand and supply of commodities (c) Combine phenomena of demand pull and cost-push inflation. ; (d) Increase in price of precious metal
Last Answer : (a) Persistent rise in factor cost ;
Description : Demand pull inflation rises due to (a) Persistent rise in factor cost ; (b) Mismatch between demand and supply of commodities (c) Combine phenomena of demand pull and cost-push inflation. ; (d) Increase in Price of precious metal
Last Answer : ; (b) Mismatch between demand and supply of commodities
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 : If price of sugar increase, the demand for tea will …………. (a) Fall ; (b) Increase ; (c) Not affected ; (d) No relation
Last Answer : (a) Fall ;
Description : An increase in price will result in no change in total revenue if (a) Percentage change in price equal the percentage change in price (b) Percentage change in demanded is more than the percentage ... percentage change in demand (d) Change in price is more than change in demand in absolute terms
Last Answer : (a) Percentage change in price equal the percentage change in price
Description : If price of coffee falls leading to increase in total outlay on coffee, the demand of coffee is (a) Elastic ; (b) Inelastic ; (c) Unitary elastic ; (d) Less than unit elastic
Last Answer : (a) Elastic ;
Description : If price of X falls leading to increase in total outlay on X, the demand of X is (a) Elastic ; (b) Inelastic ; (c) Unitary elastic ; (d) Less than unit elastic
Description : If prices of Eggs rises from `25 per dozen to `30 per dozen, the demand for vegetable burger increases from 30 per day to 40 per day, then the cross elasticity of eggs and vegetable burger is (a) 1.5 ; (b) 1.25 ; (c) 1.65 ; (d) 1.86
Last Answer : (c) 1.65 ;
Description : If the disposal income of a household decreases by 10% and the demand for X commodity remains same. The income elasticity of X is (a) 0 ; (b) 0.5 ; (c) 0.5 ; (d) 2.5
Last Answer : (a) 0 ;
Description : If total production increases in the short run, the total cost will also…….. (a) Increase due to increase in fixed cost ; (b) Increase due to increase in variable cost (c) Increase due to increase in total cost ; (d) Remain constant
Last Answer : (b) Increase due to increase in variable cost
Description : If production possibility frontier is linear it implies (a) Constant opportunity cost ; (b) Economy is stagnant; (c) Underemployment of factor of production ; (d) With the increase in production, opportunity cost also increases
Last Answer : (a) Constant opportunity cost
Description : If the cross price elasticity of demand for two product is negative, then the two products are ………………. (a) Complementary to each other ; (b) Perfectly substitute for each other; (c) Completely competitive ; (d) Unrelated
Last Answer : (a) Complementary to each other ;
Description : Decrease in Demand is also known as (a) Expansion in demand ; (b) Compression in demand ; (c) Extension in demand; (d) Extraction in demand
Last Answer : (d) Extraction in demand
Description : Which of the following would not be considered compliments? (a) shoes and socks ; (b) tennis racquet and tennis balls ; (c) Coke and Pepsi ; (d) automobiles and gasoline
Last Answer : (c) Coke and Pepsi ;
Description : If the disposal income of a household increases by 10% and the demand for X commodity increased by 10% the income elasticity of X is (a) 1.5 ; (b) 0.5 ; (c) 1.5 ; (d) 1.0
Last Answer : (d) 1.0
Description : If the disposal income of a household increases by 10% and the demand for X commodity increased by 25%. The income elasticity of X is (a) 1.5 ; (b) -0.5 ; (c) 2.5 ; (d) -2.5
Last Answer : ; (c) 2.5 ;
Description : If the disposal income of a household increases by 10% and the demand for bread falls by 5%. The income elasticity of bread is (a) 0.5 ; (b) -0.5 ; (c) 1.0 ; (d) -1.0
Last Answer : (b) -0.5 ;
Description : If Wilson Sporting Goods faces the classic demand curve characteristic for most products, as it raises the price of its tennis rackets, the: A)quantity demand goes down. B)demand remains constant. C)quantity demands increases.
Last Answer : A)quantity demand goes down.
Description : The disintegration rate of a radioactive element (A) Progressively increases (B) Progressively decreases (C) Remains constant throughout (D) May increase or decrease depending on the material
Last Answer : (B) Progressively decreases
Description : As distance increases, value of gravitational field strength A. also increases B. decreases C. remains constant D. may increase or decrease
Last Answer : decreases
Description : In an isothermal process, the internal energy of gas molecules (a) increases (b) decreases (c) remains constant (d) may increase/decrease depending on the properties of gas (e) shows unpredictable behaviour.
Last Answer : Answer : c
Description : Which of these would lead to decrease in quantity supplied at a given price (a) Decrease in VAT ; (b) Decrease in excise duty; (c) Decrease in import duty ; (d) Imposition of higher levies
Last Answer : (d) Imposition of higher levies
Description : At a given time and in a given marketplace, the entire market demand curve indicates the (a) quantity of a good consumers would be willing and able to purchase at a given price. (b) quantity of a ... a given price (d) quantity of a good consumers have purchased at a series of prices over the year.
Last Answer : (b) quantity of a good consumers would be able to purchase at a series of prices.
Description : Which of these affects the demand for money? (a) Real income ; (b) Price level ; (c) Rate of interest ; (d) All the three
Last Answer : (d) All the three