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51.

*$_Which statement relates to macroeconomics??

A. Oil prices are rising in Pakistan
B. Profit rate is high on textile industry
C. The firms try to make huge profits
D. The government has failed to control inflation
Answer» E.
52.

*$_Who is the 'father of economics'??

A. Max Muller
B. Adam Smith
C. Karl Marx
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Karl Marx
53.

*$_Price-taking firms i.e., firms that operate in a perfectly competitive market, are said to be 'small' relative to the market. Which of the following best describes this smallness??

A. The individual firm must have fewer than 10 employees
B. The individual firm faces a downward-sloping demand curve
C. The individual firm has assets less than Rs. 20 lakhs
D. The individual firm is unable to affect market price through its output decisions
Answer» E.
54.

*$_Economic survey is published by?

A. Ministry of Finance
B. Planning Commission
C. Government of India
D. Indian Statistical Institute
Answer» B. Planning Commission
55.

*$_If the marginal (additional) opportunity cost is a constant then the PPC would be?

A. Straight line
B. Convex
C. Backward leading
D. Concave
Answer» B. Convex
56.

*$_In monopolistic competition, a firm is in long run equilibrium?

A. At the minimum point of the LAC curve
B. In the declining segment of the LAC curve
C. In the rising segment of the LAC curve
D. When price is equal to marginal cost
Answer» C. In the rising segment of the LAC curve
57.

*$_The vertical difference between TVC and TC is equal to?

A. MC
B. AVC
C. TFC
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
58.

*$_Excess capacity is not found under?

A. Monopoly
B. Monopolistic competition
C. Perfect competition
D. Oligopoly
Answer» D. Oligopoly
59.

*$_In perfect competition, in the long run, there will be?

A. Normal profits
B. Super normal profits
C. Less production
D. Cost will be falling
Answer» B. Super normal profits
60.

*$_The other name of Budget line is?

A. Demand line
B. Price line
C. Supply line
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Supply line
61.

*$_In the long run, normal profits are included in the _____ curve?

A. LAC
B. LMC
C. AFC
D. SAC
Answer» B. LMC
62.

*$_Which of the following is not the name of LAC curve??

A. Planning curve
B. Enveloping curve
C. Round curve
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
63.

*$_The total area under the demand curve of good measures?

A. Marginal utility
B. Total utility
C. Consumers surplus
D. Producer surplus
Answer» C. Consumers surplus
64.

*$_Which is a condition for existence of monopoly??

A. Big size
B. Identical product
C. Absence of government taxes
D. No close substitute
Answer» E.
65.

*$_Income elasticity of demand for normal goods is always?

A. 1
B. Negative
C. More than 1
D. Positive
Answer» E.
66.

*$_In May 2013, firm was supplying 500kg of sugar at market price of Rs.30/- per kg. During June 2013, firm's supply of sugar had decreased to 450kg at price of Rs.20/- per kg. These changes show that supply of sugar is?

A. Oerfectly elastic
B. Perfectly inelastic
C. Less elastic
D. More elastic
Answer» D. More elastic
67.

*$_Total costs in the short-term are classified into fixed costs and variable costs. Which one of the following is a variable cost??

A. Cost of raw material
B. Cost of equipment
C. Interest payment on past borrowing
D. Payment of rent on buildings
Answer» B. Cost of equipment
68.

*$_If a firm shuts down temporarily, it will incur loss equal to?

A. AFC
B. AVC
C. TFC
D. TVC
Answer» D. TVC
69.

*$_When supply of a commodity increases without change in price, it is called?

A. Fall in supply
B. Expansion in supply
C. Contraction in supply
D. Rise in supply
Answer» E.
70.

*$_Which is the other name that is given to the average revenue curve??

A. Profit curve
B. Demand curve
C. Average cost curve
D. Indifference curve
Answer» C. Average cost curve
71.

*$_When marginal revenue is zero, total revenue is?

A. Maximum
B. Minimum
C. Zero
D. Decreasing
Answer» B. Minimum
72.

*$_It describes the law of supply?

A. Supply curve
B. Supply schedule
C. Supply equation
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
73.

*$_The budget line is also known as the?

A. Iso-utility curve
B. Production possibility line
C. Isoquant
D. Consumption possibility line
Answer» E.
74.

*$_Price discrimination will be profitable only if the elasticity of demand in different markets into which the total market has been divided is?

A. Uniform
B. Different
C. Less
D. Zero
Answer» C. Less
75.

*$_Assume that consumer's income and the number of sellers in the market for good X both falls. Based on this information, we can conclude with certaintty that the equilibrium?

A. Price will decrease
B. Price will increase
C. Quantity will decrease
D. Quantity will increase
Answer» D. Quantity will increase
76.

*$_The producer's demand for a factor of production is governed by the ____ of the factor.?

A. Price will decrease
B. Marginal productivity
C. Availability
D. Profitability
Answer» C. Availability
77.

*$_Law of demand shows relation between?

A. Income and price of commodity
B. Price and quantity of commodity
C. Income and quantity demanded
D. Quantity demanded and quantity supplied
Answer» C. Income and quantity demanded
78.

*$_Credit creation power of the commercial banks gets limited by which of the following??

A. Banking habits of the people
B. Cash Reserve Ratio
C. Credit policy of the central bank
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
79.

*$_Other things equal, if a good has more substitutes, its price elasticity of demand is?

A. Larger
B. Smaller
C. Zero
D. Unity
Answer» B. Smaller
80.

*$_Identify the aspect of taxation which is related to normative economics?

A. Incidence of tax
B. Effect of tax on the capacity willingness to work
C. Equity of tax
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
81.

*$_Some economists refer to iso-product curves as?

A. Engels curve
B. Production indifference curve
C. Budget line
D. Ridge line
Answer» C. Budget line
82.

*/*_Identify the coefficient of price-elasticity of demand when the percentage increase in the quantity of a commodity demanded is smaller than the percentage fall in its price?

A. Equal to one
B. Greater than one
C. Small than one
D. Zero
Answer» D. Zero
83.

*/*_Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson are the Nobel Prize Laureates in Economics in 2009. Do you know in which year was Francois Quesnay's Tableu Economique published??

A. 1767
B. 1764
C. 1761
D. 1758
Answer» E.
84.

*/*_According to Malthus, population increases by progression of which kind??

A. Systematic
B. Arithmetic
C. Geometric
D. Automatic
Answer» D. Automatic
85.

*/*_The following are some of the costs of a clothing manufacturer. State which among them will you consider as fixed cost??

A. Cost of cloth
B. Piece wages paid to workers
C. Depreciation on machines owing to time
D. Cost of electricity for running machines
Answer» D. Cost of electricity for running machines
86.

*/*_The horizontal demand curve parallel to x-axis implies that the elasticity of demand is?

A. Zero
B. Infinite
C. Equal to 1
D. Greater than zero but less than infinity
Answer» C. Equal to 1
87.

*/*_Which of the following is not a feature of perfect competition??

A. Large number of buyers and sellers
B. Small number of buyers and sellers
C. Free entry and exit
D. Goods is homogeneous
Answer» C. Free entry and exit
88.

*/*_Diminishing marginal utility is the basis of?

A. Law of supply
B. Law of demand
C. Law of returns
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Law of returns
89.

*/*_Which of the following is NOT an input??

A. Labour
B. Entrepreneurship
C. Natural resources
D. Production
Answer» E.
90.

*/*_The transformation of resources into economic goods and services is called?

A. Technical efficiency
B. Input
C. Production
D. Increasing returns
Answer» D. Increasing returns
91.

*/*_The Purchasing Power Parity Theory' came into prominence in 1916 through the writings of?

A. J.M.Keynes
B. L.E.Von Miser
C. Gustav Cassel
D. F.A.von Hayek
Answer» D. F.A.von Hayek
92.

*/*_If there are implicit costs of production?

A. Economic profit will be equal to accounting profit
B. Economic profit will be less than accounting profit
C. Economic profits will be zero
D. Economic profit will be more than accounting profit.
Answer» C. Economic profits will be zero
93.

*/*_In the long run, any firm will eventually leave the industry if?

A. Price does not at least cover average total cost
B. Price does not equal marginal cost
C. Economies of sale are being reaped
D. Price is greater than long run average cost
Answer» B. Price does not equal marginal cost
94.

*/*_Giffen goods are those goods?

A. For which demand increases as price increases
B. That have a high income elasticity of demand
C. That are in short supply
D. None of the above
Answer» B. That have a high income elasticity of demand
95.

*/*_All of the following are determinants of demand except?

A. Tastes and preferences
B. Quantity supplied
C. Income
D. Price of related goods
Answer» C. Income
96.

*/*_Agricultural goods market depicts characteristics close to?

A. Perfect competition
B. Oligopoly
C. Monopoly
D. Monopolistic competition
Answer» B. Oligopoly
97.

*/*_The producer is in equilibrium at a point where the cost line is?

A. Above the isoquant
B. Below the isoquant
C. Cutting the isoquant
D. Tangent to isoquant
Answer» E.
98.

*/*_Demand for final consumption arises in?

A. Household sector only
B. Government sector only
C. Both household and government sector
D. Neither household nor government sector
Answer» D. Neither household nor government sector
99.

*/*_In perfect competition, the firm's _____ above AVC has the identical shape of the firm's supply curve?

A. Marginal revenue curve
B. Marginal cost curve
C. Average cost curve
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Average cost curve
100.

*/*_Demand for a commodity refers to a?

A. Desire for the commodity
B. Need for the commodity
C. Quantity demanded of that commodity
D. Quantity of the commodity demanded at a certain price during any particular period of time
Answer» E.