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				This section includes 240 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. | 
                                    Let a firm employs 5 labourers and produces 120 units of output. When 6 labourers are employed the firm produces 136 units of output. Then the marginal product is --- | 
                            
| A. | 120 | 
| B. | 136 | 
| C. | 6 | 
| D. | 16 | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. | 
                                    Economies of scale refers to: | 
                            
| A. | Advantages resulting from large scale production | 
| B. | Disadvantages resulting from large scale production | 
| C. | Advantages resulting from the increase in the number of consumers | 
| D. | All of the above | 
| Answer» B. Disadvantages resulting from large scale production | |
| 3. | 
                                    Economics is a social science because | 
                            
| A. | The central point in economics is man and his problems | 
| B. | Economics uses scientific approach to derive its laws | 
| C. | Like History, Politics and Psychology economics deals with the problems of human being | 
| D. | All of the above | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. | 
                                    Wear and tear of capital due to constant use means: | 
                            
| A. | Intermediate consumption | 
| B. | Final consumption | 
| C. | Depreciation | 
| D. | Devaluation | 
| Answer» D. Devaluation | |
| 5. | 
                                    When an individual’s income falls, when everything else remains the same, his demand for inferior goods: | 
                            
| A. | Increases | 
| B. | Decreases | 
| C. | Remains unchanged | 
| D. | Cannot say | 
| Answer» B. Decreases | |
| 6. | 
                                    An increase in market supply, demand remaining the same causes | 
                            
| A. | Increase in equilibrium price | 
| B. | Decrease in equilibrium quantity | 
| C. | Decrease in equilibrium price and increase in equilibrium quantity | 
| D. | Both equilibrium price and quantity rises | 
| Answer» D. Both equilibrium price and quantity rises | |
| 7. | 
                                    At the ‘point of inflection’ | 
                            
| A. | MP is maximum | 
| B. | AP is maximum | 
| C. | TP is maximum | 
| D. | All of the above | 
| Answer» B. AP is maximum | |
| 8. | 
                                    When an individual’s income rises, when everything else remains the same, his demand for normal goods: | 
                            
| A. | Rises | 
| B. | Falls | 
| C. | Remains the same | 
| D. | Any of the above is possible | 
| Answer» B. Falls | |
| 9. | 
                                    Say’s Law of market was proved wrong by: | 
                            
| A. | Industrial revolution | 
| B. | Great Depression | 
| C. | Green revolution | 
| D. | Gulf war | 
| Answer» C. Green revolution | |
| 10. | 
                                    Keynesian aggregate supply curve is: | 
                            
| A. | Perfectly elastic | 
| B. | Perfectly inelastic | 
| C. | Unitary elastic | 
| D. | Parabola | 
| Answer» B. Perfectly inelastic | |
| 11. | 
                                    In drawing an individual demand curve for a commodity, all but which of the following are kept constant: | 
                            
| A. | Individual’s money income | 
| B. | The prices of the related commodity | 
| C. | Price of the commodity under consideration | 
| D. | Tastes of the consumer | 
| Answer» D. Tastes of the consumer | |
| 12. | 
                                    Production function expresses | 
                            
| A. | The relationship between input and output | 
| B. | How maximum output is produced with the given input | 
| C. | What is the least-cost combination of input to produce the given output | 
| D. | All of the above | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. | 
                                    A firm produces 200 units of commodity X by employing 10 workers and 240 units of the same commodity by employing 12 workers. Then the Average Product of the worker is -------- | 
                            
| A. | 200 | 
| B. | 240 | 
| C. | 20 | 
| D. | 40 | 
| Answer» D. 40 | |
| 14. | 
                                    “The starting point of all economic activity is the existence of human wants” Who said this? | 
                            
| A. | Adam Smith | 
| B. | Selligman | 
| C. | Ricardo | 
| D. | Alfred Marshall | 
| Answer» C. Ricardo | |
| 15. | 
                                    Marginal product of a factor is | 
                            
| A. | The additional product received by the firm due to the employment of an additional unit of a variable factor | 
| B. | Addition to the total product when one more unit of a factor is employed | 
| C. | The rate of change in the total product per unit change in the variable factor. | 
| D. | All of the above | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. | 
                                    If the amount of the commodity purchased remains unchanged when the price of another commodity changes, the cross elasticity of demand between them will be: | 
                            
| A. | Positive | 
| B. | Negative | 
| C. | Zero | 
| D. | One | 
| Answer» D. One | |
| 17. | 
                                    Returns to scale examines the production function in the: | 
                            
| A. | Short-term | 
| B. | Medium term | 
| C. | Long term | 
| D. | Quinquinial | 
| Answer» D. Quinquinial | |
| 18. | 
                                    Which one of the following is an example of an economic good | 
                            
| A. | Sunlight | 
| B. | Air | 
| C. | Petrol | 
| D. | None of the above | 
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 19. | 
                                    A market: | 
                            
| A. | Necessarily refers to a meeting place between buyer and sellers | 
| B. | Does not necessarily refers to a meeting place between buyer and sellers | 
| C. | Extends over the entire country | 
| D. | Extends over a city | 
| Answer» C. Extends over the entire country | |
| 20. | 
                                    Primary sector includes: | 
                            
| A. | Agriculture | 
| B. | Industry | 
| C. | Services | 
| D. | Banking | 
| Answer» B. Industry | |
| 21. | 
                                    Wages and prices are ----------, according to the Classicals. | 
                            
| A. | Rigid | 
| B. | Flexible | 
| C. | Both | 
| D. | All of these | 
| Answer» C. Both | |
| 22. | 
                                    If the quantity demanded remains unchanged as the price of the commodity falls, the coefficient of price elasticity of demand is: | 
                            
| A. | Greater than | 
| B. | one Equal to one | 
| C. | Smaller than one | 
| D. | Zero | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. | 
                                    Production is said to be efficient when: | 
                            
| A. | The re-allocation of resources cannot increase the production of the article even by one unit | 
| B. | More output is produced with the given input | 
| C. | Resources are fully employed | 
| D. | All of the above | 
| Answer» B. More output is produced with the given input | |
| 24. | 
                                    Supply curve represents -------- relationship between quantity andprice. | 
                            
| A. | direct | 
| B. | inverse | 
| C. | either direct or inverse | 
| D. | none of the above | 
| Answer» B. inverse | |
| 25. | 
                                    When a firm doubles its inputs and finds that its output has morethan doubled, this is known as: | 
                            
| A. | economies of scale. | 
| B. | constant returns to scale. | 
| C. | diseconomies of scale. | 
| D. | a violation of the law of diminishing returns. | 
| Answer» B. constant returns to scale. | |
| 26. | 
                                    When marginal product reaches its maximum, what can be said oftotal product? | 
                            
| A. | total product must be at its maximum | 
| B. | total product starts to decline even if marginal product is positive | 
| C. | total product is increasing if marginal product is still positive | 
| D. | total product levels off | 
| Answer» D. total product levels off | |
| 27. | 
                                    Increase in output less than proportional to increase in inputs iscalled: | 
                            
| A. | increasing returns | 
| B. | constant returns | 
| C. | diminishing returns | 
| D. | marginal returns | 
| Answer» D. marginal returns | |
| 28. | 
                                    In a horizontal straight line demand curve, the price elasticity ofdemand is: | 
                            
| A. | unity | 
| B. | infinity | 
| C. | zero | 
| D. | less than one | 
| Answer» C. zero | |
| 29. | 
                                    “In the long run, we are all dead”. Who said this? | 
                            
| A. | keynes | 
| B. | adam smith | 
| C. | karl marx | 
| D. | david ricardo | 
| Answer» B. adam smith | |
| 30. | 
                                    The proportion between incremental income and incrementalconsumption is called: | 
                            
| A. | apc | 
| B. | aps | 
| C. | mpc | 
| D. | mps | 
| Answer» D. mps | |
| 31. | 
                                    Who repudiated Say’s law of market? | 
                            
| A. | j.b. say | 
| B. | david ricardo | 
| C. | j.s. mill | 
| D. | j.m. keynes | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. | 
                                    ‘The General Theory’, was published in : | 
                            
| A. | 1776 | 
| B. | 1890 | 
| C. | 1936 | 
| D. | 1950 | 
| Answer» D. 1950 | |
| 33. | 
                                    Author of the book ‘The General Theory of Employment, Interest andMoney’: | 
                            
| A. | karl marxq | 
| B. | j.b. say | 
| C. | j.m. keynes | 
| D. | adam smith | 
| Answer» D. adam smith | |
| 34. | 
                                    Temporary unemployment is -------------, according to the Classicaleconomists: | 
                            
| A. | impossible | 
| B. | permanent | 
| C. | possible | 
| D. | none of these | 
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 35. | 
                                    Equilibrium in the economy is settled by ---------, according to theClassicals. | 
                            
| A. | centralized planning | 
| B. | price mechanism | 
| C. | both the planning and price mechanism | 
| D. | none of these | 
| Answer» C. both the planning and price mechanism | |
| 36. | 
                                    “Supply creates its own demand” is called: | 
                            
| A. | law of supply | 
| B. | law of market | 
| C. | law of demand | 
| D. | law of elasticity | 
| Answer» C. law of demand | |
| 37. | 
                                    ‘Law of Market’ is attributed to: | 
                            
| A. | j.s. mill | 
| B. | j.b. say | 
| C. | alfred marshall | 
| D. | a.c. pigou | 
| Answer» C. alfred marshall | |
| 38. | 
                                    The term “Classical Economics” was first used by: | 
                            
| A. | j.m. keynes | 
| B. | adam smith | 
| C. | karl marx | 
| D. | david ricardo | 
| Answer» D. david ricardo | |
| 39. | 
                                    Supply curve represents -------- relationship between quantity andprice | 
                            
| A. | direct | 
| B. | inverse | 
| C. | either direct or inverse | 
| D. | none of the above | 
| Answer» B. inverse | |
| 40. | 
                                    If a positively sloped linear supply curve passes through the origin, theelasticity of supply is | 
                            
| A. | inelastic | 
| B. | elastic | 
| C. | unitary elastic | 
| D. | perfectly elastic | 
| Answer» D. perfectly elastic | |
| 41. | 
                                    If a positively sloped linear supply curve crosses the quantity axis, theelasticity of supply is: | 
                            
| A. | inelastic | 
| B. | elastic | 
| C. | unitary elastic | 
| D. | perfectly elastic | 
| Answer» B. elastic | |
| 42. | 
                                    Elasticity of supply for a positively sloped straight line supply curve thatintersects the price axis is: | 
                            
| A. | equal to zero | 
| B. | equal to one | 
| C. | greater than one | 
| D. | constant | 
| Answer» D. constant | |
| 43. | 
                                    From the position of stable equilibrium, the market supply of a commoditydecreases, while the market demand remains unchanged, then: | 
                            
| A. | equilibrium price falls | 
| B. | equilibrium quantity rises | 
| C. | both equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity decreases | 
| D. | equilibrium price rises, but equilibrium quantity falls | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. | 
                                    If the supply curve of the commodity is having a positive slope, a rise inthe price of the commodity, results in: | 
                            
| A. | increase in supply | 
| B. | increase in quantity supplied | 
| C. | decrease in supply | 
| D. | decrease in quantity supplied | 
| Answer» C. decrease in supply | |
| 45. | 
                                    If a small change in price leads to infinitely large change in quantitydemanded, then the demand is: | 
                            
| A. | perfectly elastic | 
| B. | perfectly inelastic | 
| C. | elastic | 
| D. | inelastic | 
| Answer» B. perfectly inelastic | |
| 46. | 
                                    If the income elasticity of demand for a commodity is found to be 0.4,then the commodity concerned is: | 
                            
| A. | luxury | 
| B. | necessity | 
| C. | giffen’s goods | 
| D. | independent good | 
| Answer» C. giffen’s goods | |
| 47. | 
                                    If the income elasticity of demand is greater than one, then thecommodity is: | 
                            
| A. | necessity | 
| B. | luxury | 
| C. | inferior | 
| D. | non-related commodity | 
| Answer» B. luxury | |
| 48. | 
                                    If the quantity demanded remains unchanged as the price of thecommodity falls, the coefficient of price elasticity of demand is: | 
                            
| A. | greater than | 
| B. | one equal to one | 
| C. | smaller than one | 
| D. | zero | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. | 
                                    When an individual’s income falls, when everything else remains thesame, his demand for inferior goods: | 
                            
| A. | increases | 
| B. | decreases | 
| C. | remains unchanged | 
| D. | cannot say | 
| Answer» B. decreases | |
| 50. | 
                                    When an individual’s income rises, when everything else remains thesame, his demand for normal goods: | 
                            
| A. | rises | 
| B. | falls | 
| C. | remains the same | 
| D. | any of the above is possible | 
| Answer» B. falls | |