List Of Attempted Questions And Answers
Select The Blank
* Question The sum of all individual demands constitutes________
Correct Answer market demand
Your Answer market demand
True/False
* Question Under perfect competition, price is determined by the interaction of total demand and total supply in the market.
Correct Answer False
Your Answer True
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question Price of a product under perfect competition is determined by the interaction of total supply and
Correct Answer total demand
Your Answer total demand
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* Question The cost which enter the accounts book of the firm are referred as ________.
Correct Answer Accounting cost
Your Answer Accounting cost
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question Keynes’s theory of employment explains
Correct Answer Effective demand , Aggregate supply , Aggregate demand
Your Answer Effective demand , Aggregate supply , Aggregate demand
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question The type economic problem is
Correct Answer universal
Your Answer universal
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question An individual consumer or particular market for a given commodity are the subject matter of
Correct Answer Micro Economics
Your Answer Micro Economics
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question Features of the firm are
Correct Answer It is a business unit organized under one ownership , It is a sole proprietorship , It is a partnership or joint stock company
Your Answer It is a business unit organized under one ownership , It is a sole proprietorship , It is a partnership or joint stock company
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question Whether the economy's capacity to produce goods and services is growing from year to year or remaining static is studied under the
Correct Answer Theory of economic growth
Your Answer Theory of economic growth
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question Co-operative organizations is
Correct Answer voluntary organization , managed by democratic principle , organization, which performs its business within the members
Your Answer voluntary organization , managed by democratic principle , non profit motive organization
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question Assumptions underlying the law of Supply are
Correct Answer The cost of production is unchanged , No change in technique of production , Government policies are unchanged
Your Answer The cost of production is unchanged , No change in technique of production , Government policies are unchanged
True/False
* Question Macro-economies is a policy oriented science.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question Expansion of supply is shown by the movement in the supply curve which is
Correct Answer upward
Your Answer upward
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question Liability of a sole trader is
Correct Answer unlimited
Your Answer unlimited
Select The Blank
* Question If the output rises in the greater proportion than that of the increase in factor inputs, it is referred to as ________.
Correct Answer increasing returns to scale.
Your Answer increasing returns to scale.
Select The Blank
* Question An upward sloping demand curve is called ________
Correct Answer exceptional demand curve
Your Answer exceptional demand curve
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question Every nation’s resources which are used to produce the quantities of goods and services that would be required to satisfy all its citizen’s wants are
Correct Answer insufficient
Your Answer insufficient
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question The act of making goods and services is called
Correct Answer production
Your Answer production
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question * Question related to the efficient production and allocation belong to the branch of economic theory called
Correct Answer Welfare Economics
Your Answer Welfare Economics
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question The act of using goods and services to satisfy wants is called
Correct Answer consumption
Your Answer consumption
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question Explicit costs are
Correct Answer Out of pocket costs , These are firms accounting expenses , Expenditure costs
Your Answer Out of pocket costs , These are firms accounting expenses , Expenditure costs
Select The Blank
* Question In the 3rd stage of operation of the law of variable proportions, the marginal product becomes ________.
Correct Answer negative
Your Answer negative
True/False
* Question The Keynesian theory emphasizes effective supply as a crucial factor in determining the level of income and employment.
Correct Answer False
Your Answer False
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question The things that are produced by factors of production are called
Correct Answer commodities
Your Answer commodities
Select The Blank
* Question By ' profits', the accountant means total revenue minus________.
Correct Answer Explicit costs
Your Answer Explicit costs
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question All the buyers and sellers operating under perfect competition have knowledge which is
Correct Answer perfect
Your Answer perfect
Match The Following
* Question Correct Answer Your Answer
Resource allocation decisions in free market economy Theory of price Theory of price
Economic problem Universal Universal
Managerial Economics Applied branch of knowledge Applied branch of knowledge
Inflation Reduction in purchasing power Theory of price
Waste of resources Involuntary unemployment Involuntary unemployment
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question 16. The phase of recovery denotes
Correct Answer More employment opportunities , Increase in profitability , Wage rate increase
Your Answer More employment opportunities , Increase in profitability , Wage rate increase
Select The Blank
* Question Supply is predominantly determined by ________.
Correct Answer stock
Your Answer demand
Select The Blank
* Question The form of organization which is best for self employment is ________.
Correct Answer Sole trader
Your Answer Sole trader
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question The suggestion of maximization of balanced growth rate as another alternative objective of a firm's profit is suggested by
Correct Answer Prof. Morris
Your Answer Baumol
True/False
* Question Under perfect competition,firms are free to enter and exit in the market.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question J.M. Keynes, on the basis of a fundamental psychological law of consumption, observed that as income increases, consumption also increases, but proportionately
Correct Answer less
Your Answer less
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question The Risk theory of profit was developed by
Correct Answer Hawley
Your Answer Hawley
True/False
* Question The congress government led by Narsimha Rao announced the New Industrial Policy in July 1991.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True
Select The Blank
* Question Perfectly elastic demand curve is ________
Correct Answer horizontal
Your Answer horizontal
True/False
* Question The distinction between fixed costs and variable costs is relevant in the short period only.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question The term externalities may also be referred as:
Correct Answer Spill-over effects , Neighborhood effects , Third party effects
Your Answer Spill-over effects , Neighborhood effects , Third party effects
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question Methods of forecasting demand for new products are
Correct Answer Product life cycle analysis , Test marketing , Evolutionary approach
Your Answer Evolutionary approach
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question Often monopolies purposely keep certain factors of production idle creating artificial scarcities of their products as a result the prices
Correct Answer rise
Your Answer rise
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question The methods of calculating depreciation is
Correct Answer Diminishing Balance Method , Annuity Method , Service Unit Method
Your Answer Diminishing Balance Method , Annuity Method , Service Unit Method
Match The Following
* Question Correct Answer Your Answer
Human wants unlimited unlimited
General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money J. M. Keynes J. M. Keynes
Managerial economics Decision making and forward planning Decision making and forward planning
Resources scarce scarce
Commodities goods and services goods and services
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* Question In the context of formulating an investment project, ________ feasibility means the availability of supervisors for implementing and running the project smoothly and professionally.
Correct Answer management
Your Answer management
True/False
* Question The sum of total fixed costs and total variable costs is the total cost.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question Features of Market are
Correct Answer Place where buyers and sellers meet each other , A building where a number of shops dealing in a particular commodity exist , A place where transaction of goods and services is undertaken
Your Answer Place where buyers and sellers meet each other , A building where a number of shops dealing in a particular commodity exist , A place where transaction of goods and services is undertaken
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question Managerial economics is also understood to refer to
Correct Answer applied economics
Your Answer applied economics
True/False
* Question Private profit motive is an essential feature of Capitalism.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True
True/False
* Question
In case of a proprietary firm the liability of the proprietor is limited.
Correct Answer
False
Your Answer
False
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Accounting profit includes :-
Correct Answer
Wages , Rent , Interest
Your Answer
Interest , Total revenue
True/False
* Question
In experimental price approach the firms takes some cognizance of the demand for the product and proceeds to fix a price by a trial and error method.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Defects of market system:-
Correct Answer
Inequalities of income and wealth , Emergence of monopolies , Failure to provide full employment
Your Answer
Emergence of monopolies , Failure to provide full employment , Prevailing of barter system
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
In case of perfectly elastic supply, the supply curve is :-
Correct Answer
Horizontal
Your Answer
Vertical
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
Every nation’s resources which are used to produce the quantities of goods and services that would be required to satisfy all its citizen’s wants are
Correct Answer
insufficient
Your Answer
insufficient
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
Managerial economics is also understood to refer to
Correct Answer
applied economics
Your Answer
applied economics
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
Economists have pointed out that the real world is full of :-
Correct Answer
Imperfect competition
Your Answer
Pure competition
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Characteristics of Pure Public goods are:-
Correct Answer
They are completely indivisible , Their marginal cost would be zero or close to zero , Their benefits cannot be priced
Your Answer
They are completely indivisible , Their benefits cannot be priced
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Main aims of the New Industrial Policy (1991) are :-
Correct Answer
To unshackle the Indian industrial economy from the cobwebs of unnecessary bureaucratic control , To introduce liberalization with a view to integrate the Indian economy with the world economy , To remove restrictions on direct foreign investment as also to free the domestic entrepreneur from the restriction of MRTP act
Your Answer
To unshackle the Indian industrial economy from the cobwebs of unnecessary bureaucratic control , To introduce liberalization with a view to integrate the Indian economy with the world economy , To remove restrictions on direct foreign investment as also to free the domestic entrepreneur from the restriction of MRTP act
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
Under perfect competition, generally demand and supply act and react upon each other and determine the price
Correct Answer
equilibrium
Your Answer
equilibrium
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Factors leading to differences in the economic & the traditional concepts of valuation are :-
Correct Answer
Inventory Valuation , Depreciation , Unaccounted value changes in the assets & liabilities
Your Answer
Inventory Valuation , Depreciation , Unaccounted value changes in the assets & liabilities
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* Question
Super-normal profit is also called ________.
Correct Answer
Excess profit
Your Answer
Excess profit
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Under cost plus pricing :-
Correct Answer
Actual costs, standard costs are included , Certain percentage of profit also included , The price is set to cover material, labour cost
Your Answer
The price is set to cover material, labour cost , Actual costs, standard costs are included
Match The Following
* Question
Correct Answer
Your Answer
Human wants
unlimited
unlimited
General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
J. M. Keynes
J. M. Keynes
Managerial economics
Decision making and forward planning
Decision making and forward planning
Resources
scarce
scarce
Commodities
goods and services
goods and services
True/False
* Question
Consumer’s protection involves protection to the consumers from unfair trade practices.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
Select The Blank
* Question
When Government repays old loans, the purchasing power at the disposal of the people ________.
Correct Answer
Increases
Your Answer
Becomes negative
True/False
* Question
The law of supply is not hypothetical.
Correct Answer
False
Your Answer
True
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
A firm gets an opportunity to produce multiple products because changes in business activity in a firms is :-
Correct Answer
Cyclical
Your Answer
Cyclical
True/False
* Question
When a change in income has no effect upon the quantity demanded of a product, the income elasticity of demand is zero.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
Managerial economics generally refers to the integration of economic theory with business
Correct Answer
Practice
Your Answer
Practice
Select The Blank
* Question
Propensity to consume is defined as the relationship between consumption and ________.
Correct Answer
Income
Your Answer
Income
True/False
* Question
Public enterprises have shown a very high rate of return of the capital invested.
Correct Answer
False
Your Answer
False
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* Question
________ effects are those externalities which flow from the production or use of the good to other parties or economic units.
Correct Answer
Third party
Your Answer
External
True/False
* Question
In the traditional concept of equilibrium, a firm attains the equilibrium when the firm’s Total Revenue (T.R.) =Total Cost (T.C.).
Correct Answer
False
Your Answer
True
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
The method of inventory valuation in which, the cost of production is calculated on the assumption that the material which was last to enter the inventory of the company was used first is :-
Correct Answer
LIFO
Your Answer
LIFO
True/False
* Question
Supply management is related to the volume of supply & its distribution system.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Demand is determined by :-
Correct Answer
Price of the product , Relative prices of other goods , Tastes and habits
Your Answer
Price of the product , Relative prices of other goods , Tastes and habits
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Different types of Elasticity of Demand are :-
Correct Answer
Cross elasticity of demand , Price elasticity of demand , Income elasticity of demand
Your Answer
Price elasticity of demand , Income elasticity of demand , Cross elasticity of demand
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
In case of a Joint-Stock Company, the liability of share holders is :-
Correct Answer
Limited
Your Answer
Limited
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
Expansion of supply is shown by the movement in the supply curve which is :-
Correct Answer
Upward
Your Answer
Upward
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
Saving is a :-
Correct Answer
Private virtue
Your Answer
Private virtue
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
According to the Government, the building up of inflationary pressure during the Nineties was attributed to :-
Correct Answer
Higher Fiscal deficit
Your Answer
Higher Fiscal deficit
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
A competitive industry has three basic characteristics :-
Correct Answer
Large Number of Firms , Homogeneous Product , Free entry and exit
Your Answer
Large Number of Firms , Homogeneous Product , Free entry and exit
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
The income which a businessman might expect from the second best alternative use of his resources is called as :-
Correct Answer
Opportunity cost
Your Answer
Opportunity cost
Select The Blank
* Question
Advertising forms an integral part of decision-making and________.
Correct Answer
Forward - planning
Your Answer
Forward - planning
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Exceptions to the Law of Demand are :-
Correct Answer
Griffin goods , Articles of snob appeal , Speculation
Your Answer
Griffin goods , Articles of snob appeal , Speculation
Select The Blank
* Question
True inflation starts only after reaching ________.
Correct Answer
Level of full employment
Your Answer
Level of full employment
Select The Blank
* Question
The financing of ________ goods is done through Public expenditure.
Correct Answer
Public
Your Answer
Public
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Assumptions of the Law of Demand are :-
Correct Answer
No change in consumer’s income , No change in consumer’s preferences , No change in fashion
Your Answer
No change in consumer’s income , No change in consumer’s preferences , No change in fashion
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Types of Share capital of Joint-Stock Company are :-
Correct Answer
Registered or authorized capital , Issued capital , Paid-up capital
Your Answer
Registered or authorized capital , Issued capital , Paid-up capital
True/False
* Question
The sum of total fixed costs and total variable costs is the total cost.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
True/False
* Question
During the period of depression, a large part of a country’s resources lie involuntarily idle.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
True/False
* Question
Under the New Industrial Policy, in order to invite foreign investment in high priority industries, it was decided to provide approval for direct foreign investment upto 51% equity in such industries.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
The concept of Perfect competition includes all the features of :-
Correct Answer
Pure competition
Your Answer
Pure competition
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
An entrepreneur may earn high profits just by luck, say because of outbreak of war. This is known as :-
Correct Answer
Chance Profits
Your Answer
Monopoly Profits
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
Managerial economics is also understood to refer to
Correct Answer
applied economics
Your Answer
applied economics
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Features of Dumping are :-
Correct Answer
It is possible in the case of monopoly market , Selling same good at higher price in home market and at lower price in international market , It is encouraged with a view to promote the exports
Your Answer
It is possible in the case of monopoly market , It is encouraged with a view to promote the exports
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
The type economic problem is
Correct Answer
universal
Your Answer
universal
True/False
* Question
In macro – economic analysis the behavior of economic agents such as firms, households and government is seen in total, disregarding details at particular level.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
True/False
* Question
Changes in the value of money because of inflation, make inventory valuation of finished products difficult.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
The method of inventory valuation in which, the cost of production is calculated on the assumption that the material which was last to enter the inventory of the company was used first is :-
Correct Answer
LIFO
Your Answer
LIFO
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
The act of making goods and services is called
Correct Answer
production
Your Answer
production
Select The Blank
* Question
The partnership between private sector & government is called ________.
Correct Answer
Joint sector enterprise
Your Answer
Joint sector enterprise
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
According to Keynes there are three motives for holding cash for liquidity preference :-
Correct Answer
The speculative motive , The transactions motive , The precautionary motive
Your Answer
The transactions motive , The precautionary motive , The speculative motive
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
If the substitutes are relatively costly then the demand for the commodity in * Question will be :-
Correct Answer
More
Your Answer
More
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
The Laws of Returns to scale are :-
Correct Answer
Law of Increasing Returns to Scale , Law of Constant Returns to Scale , Law of Decreasing Returns to scale
Your Answer
Law of Decreasing Returns to scale
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Increasing Returns explains :-
Correct Answer
Total product increases at an increasing rate , Marginal product increasing and it is maximum , Average product is increasing but it is below MP
Your Answer
Total product increases at an increasing rate , Marginal product increasing and it is maximum , Average product is increasing but it is below MP
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
An individual consumer or particular market for a given commodity are the subject matter of :-
Correct Answer
Micro Economics
Your Answer
Micro Economics
True/False
* Question
The prosperity phase is characterized by rise in the level of employment.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
Select The Blank
* Question
Baumol has suggested as an alternative objective for profit maximization, the maximization of ________.
Correct Answer
Sales
Your Answer
Sales
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
The profit which is surplus of revenue over and above all paid out cost is :-
Correct Answer
Accounting Profit
Your Answer
Gross Profit
Select The Blank
* Question
In perfect competition various factors of production are assumed to be ________.
Correct Answer
Perfectly mobile
Your Answer
Perfectly mobile
Select The Blank
* Question
Keynes, on the basis of a fundamental psychological law, observed that as income ________, consumption Increases.
Correct Answer
Increases
Your Answer
Increases
True/False
* Question
During the period of depression, a large part of a country’s resources lie involuntarily idle.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
True/False
* Question
Pure private goods are completely divisible and to them the principle of exclusion applies in full measure.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
False
Select The Blank
* Question
The taxation & public expenditure policies are called as ________ ..
Correct Answer
Budgetary Policy
Your Answer
Budgetary Policy
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
The disinvestments of industries is needed for :-
Correct Answer
Phased privatization , Reducing deficit , Capital support to plans
Your Answer
Phased privatization , Reducing deficit , Capital support to plans
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
The act of using goods and services to satisfy wants is called
Correct Answer
consumption
Your Answer
consumption
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
The things that are produced by factors of production are called
Correct Answer
commodities
Your Answer
commodities
Select The Blank
* Question
In the context of externalities, driving the smoke-emitting buses and trucks in the cities is an example of ________ cost.
Correct Answer
Social
Your Answer
Social
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
The concept of just distribution of national product is a
Correct Answer
normative
Your Answer
normative
True/False
* Question
The government also fixes minimum procurement prices for major crops on the recommendation of the Agricultural Prices Commission (APC).
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
According to Lionel Robbins definition of economics, "Economics is a science which :-
Correct Answer
Studies human behaviour , Relationship between ends and scares resources , Scarce means have alternate uses
Your Answer
Studies human behaviour , Relationship between ends and scares resources , Scarce means have alternate uses
Select The Blank
* Question
Under perfect competition, price is determined by the interaction of total demand and ________.
Correct Answer
Total supply
Your Answer
Total selling cost
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Features of monopolistic Competition are :-
Correct Answer
Fairly large number of firms , Product differentiation , Selling costs are existed
Your Answer
Fairly large number of firms , Product differentiation , Selling costs are existed
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Steps in cost benefit analysis are :-
Correct Answer
Identification of a project , Formulation of the project , Appraisal and selection of the project
Your Answer
Identification of a project , Formulation of the project , Appraisal and selection of the project
True/False
* Question
There is no separation of ownership and management in case of a Joint Stock Company.
Correct Answer
False
Your Answer
False
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
During a period of rising prices (inflation), the goods and services are :-
Correct Answer
Scarce
Your Answer
Scarce
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
The cost recorded in the books of accounts are considered as :-
Correct Answer
Explicit costs
Your Answer
Explicit costs
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
Variable cost are those costs which vary with the level of :-
Correct Answer
Output
Your Answer
Output
Select The Blank
* Question
Open market operations measures are ________.
Correct Answer
Quantitative credit control
Your Answer
Quantitative credit control
Select The Blank
* Question
Managerial ________ lies on the borderline of management and Economics.
Correct Answer
Economics
Your Answer
Economics
True/False
* Question
The demand for life saving drugs is elastic.
Correct Answer
False
Your Answer
False
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
Managerial economics generally refers to the integration of economic theory with business
Correct Answer
Practice
Your Answer
Practice
Match The Following
* Question
Correct Answer
Your Answer
Resource allocation decisions in free market economy
Theory of price
Theory of price
Economic problem
Universal
Universal
Managerial Economics
Applied branch of knowledge
Applied branch of knowledge
Inflation
Reduction in purchasing power
Reduction in purchasing power
Waste of resources
Involuntary unemployment
Involuntary unemployment
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
According J.B.Clark, profit is the reward paid for :-
Correct Answer
Dynamism
Your Answer
Risk bearing
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
The characteristics of a sole proprietorship firm is :-
Correct Answer
Unlimited Capital , Ownership by a single person , Easy to form
Your Answer
Ownership by a single person , Easy to form
Select The Blank
* Question
The rate of interest, according to Keynes depends upon two factors: the liquidity preference function and ________.
Correct Answer
The quantity of money.
Your Answer
The quantity of money.
Match The Following
* Question
Correct Answer
Your Answer
Human wants
unlimited
unlimited
General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
J. M. Keynes
J. M. Keynes
Managerial economics
Decision making and forward planning
Decision making and forward planning
Resources
scarce
scarce
Commodities
goods and services
goods and services
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
Every nation’s resources which are used to produce the quantities of goods and services that would be required to satisfy all its citizen’s wants are
Correct Answer
insufficient
Your Answer
insufficient
Select The Blank
* Question The sum of all individual demands constitutes________
Correct Answer market demand
Your Answer market demand
True/False
* Question Under perfect competition, price is determined by the interaction of total demand and total supply in the market.
Correct Answer False
Your Answer True
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question Price of a product under perfect competition is determined by the interaction of total supply and
Correct Answer total demand
Your Answer total demand
Select The Blank
* Question The cost which enter the accounts book of the firm are referred as ________.
Correct Answer Accounting cost
Your Answer Accounting cost
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question Keynes’s theory of employment explains
Correct Answer Effective demand , Aggregate supply , Aggregate demand
Your Answer Effective demand , Aggregate supply , Aggregate demand
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question The type economic problem is
Correct Answer universal
Your Answer universal
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question An individual consumer or particular market for a given commodity are the subject matter of
Correct Answer Micro Economics
Your Answer Micro Economics
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question Features of the firm are
Correct Answer It is a business unit organized under one ownership , It is a sole proprietorship , It is a partnership or joint stock company
Your Answer It is a business unit organized under one ownership , It is a sole proprietorship , It is a partnership or joint stock company
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question Whether the economy's capacity to produce goods and services is growing from year to year or remaining static is studied under the
Correct Answer Theory of economic growth
Your Answer Theory of economic growth
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question Co-operative organizations is
Correct Answer voluntary organization , managed by democratic principle , organization, which performs its business within the members
Your Answer voluntary organization , managed by democratic principle , non profit motive organization
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question Assumptions underlying the law of Supply are
Correct Answer The cost of production is unchanged , No change in technique of production , Government policies are unchanged
Your Answer The cost of production is unchanged , No change in technique of production , Government policies are unchanged
True/False
* Question Macro-economies is a policy oriented science.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question Expansion of supply is shown by the movement in the supply curve which is
Correct Answer upward
Your Answer upward
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question Liability of a sole trader is
Correct Answer unlimited
Your Answer unlimited
Select The Blank
* Question If the output rises in the greater proportion than that of the increase in factor inputs, it is referred to as ________.
Correct Answer increasing returns to scale.
Your Answer increasing returns to scale.
Select The Blank
* Question An upward sloping demand curve is called ________
Correct Answer exceptional demand curve
Your Answer exceptional demand curve
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question Every nation’s resources which are used to produce the quantities of goods and services that would be required to satisfy all its citizen’s wants are
Correct Answer insufficient
Your Answer insufficient
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question The act of making goods and services is called
Correct Answer production
Your Answer production
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question * Question related to the efficient production and allocation belong to the branch of economic theory called
Correct Answer Welfare Economics
Your Answer Welfare Economics
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question The act of using goods and services to satisfy wants is called
Correct Answer consumption
Your Answer consumption
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question Explicit costs are
Correct Answer Out of pocket costs , These are firms accounting expenses , Expenditure costs
Your Answer Out of pocket costs , These are firms accounting expenses , Expenditure costs
Select The Blank
* Question In the 3rd stage of operation of the law of variable proportions, the marginal product becomes ________.
Correct Answer negative
Your Answer negative
True/False
* Question The Keynesian theory emphasizes effective supply as a crucial factor in determining the level of income and employment.
Correct Answer False
Your Answer False
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question The things that are produced by factors of production are called
Correct Answer commodities
Your Answer commodities
Select The Blank
* Question By ' profits', the accountant means total revenue minus________.
Correct Answer Explicit costs
Your Answer Explicit costs
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question All the buyers and sellers operating under perfect competition have knowledge which is
Correct Answer perfect
Your Answer perfect
Match The Following
* Question Correct Answer Your Answer
Resource allocation decisions in free market economy Theory of price Theory of price
Economic problem Universal Universal
Managerial Economics Applied branch of knowledge Applied branch of knowledge
Inflation Reduction in purchasing power Theory of price
Waste of resources Involuntary unemployment Involuntary unemployment
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question 16. The phase of recovery denotes
Correct Answer More employment opportunities , Increase in profitability , Wage rate increase
Your Answer More employment opportunities , Increase in profitability , Wage rate increase
Select The Blank
* Question Supply is predominantly determined by ________.
Correct Answer stock
Your Answer demand
Select The Blank
* Question The form of organization which is best for self employment is ________.
Correct Answer Sole trader
Your Answer Sole trader
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question The suggestion of maximization of balanced growth rate as another alternative objective of a firm's profit is suggested by
Correct Answer Prof. Morris
Your Answer Baumol
True/False
* Question Under perfect competition,firms are free to enter and exit in the market.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question J.M. Keynes, on the basis of a fundamental psychological law of consumption, observed that as income increases, consumption also increases, but proportionately
Correct Answer less
Your Answer less
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question The Risk theory of profit was developed by
Correct Answer Hawley
Your Answer Hawley
True/False
* Question The congress government led by Narsimha Rao announced the New Industrial Policy in July 1991.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True
Select The Blank
* Question Perfectly elastic demand curve is ________
Correct Answer horizontal
Your Answer horizontal
True/False
* Question The distinction between fixed costs and variable costs is relevant in the short period only.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question The term externalities may also be referred as:
Correct Answer Spill-over effects , Neighborhood effects , Third party effects
Your Answer Spill-over effects , Neighborhood effects , Third party effects
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question Methods of forecasting demand for new products are
Correct Answer Product life cycle analysis , Test marketing , Evolutionary approach
Your Answer Evolutionary approach
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question Often monopolies purposely keep certain factors of production idle creating artificial scarcities of their products as a result the prices
Correct Answer rise
Your Answer rise
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question The methods of calculating depreciation is
Correct Answer Diminishing Balance Method , Annuity Method , Service Unit Method
Your Answer Diminishing Balance Method , Annuity Method , Service Unit Method
Match The Following
* Question Correct Answer Your Answer
Human wants unlimited unlimited
General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money J. M. Keynes J. M. Keynes
Managerial economics Decision making and forward planning Decision making and forward planning
Resources scarce scarce
Commodities goods and services goods and services
Select The Blank
* Question In the context of formulating an investment project, ________ feasibility means the availability of supervisors for implementing and running the project smoothly and professionally.
Correct Answer management
Your Answer management
True/False
* Question The sum of total fixed costs and total variable costs is the total cost.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question Features of Market are
Correct Answer Place where buyers and sellers meet each other , A building where a number of shops dealing in a particular commodity exist , A place where transaction of goods and services is undertaken
Your Answer Place where buyers and sellers meet each other , A building where a number of shops dealing in a particular commodity exist , A place where transaction of goods and services is undertaken
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question Managerial economics is also understood to refer to
Correct Answer applied economics
Your Answer applied economics
True/False
* Question Private profit motive is an essential feature of Capitalism.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True
Monday, February 4, 2008
Managerial Economics - 1
LIST OF ATTEMPTED * QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSTrue/False
* Question
In case of a proprietary firm the liability of the proprietor is limited.
Correct Answer
False
Your Answer
False
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Accounting profit includes :-
Correct Answer
Wages , Rent , Interest
Your Answer
Interest , Total revenue
True/False
* Question
In experimental price approach the firms takes some cognizance of the demand for the product and proceeds to fix a price by a trial and error method.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Defects of market system:-
Correct Answer
Inequalities of income and wealth , Emergence of monopolies , Failure to provide full employment
Your Answer
Emergence of monopolies , Failure to provide full employment , Prevailing of barter system
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
In case of perfectly elastic supply, the supply curve is :-
Correct Answer
Horizontal
Your Answer
Vertical
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
Every nation’s resources which are used to produce the quantities of goods and services that would be required to satisfy all its citizen’s wants are
Correct Answer
insufficient
Your Answer
insufficient
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
Managerial economics is also understood to refer to
Correct Answer
applied economics
Your Answer
applied economics
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
Economists have pointed out that the real world is full of :-
Correct Answer
Imperfect competition
Your Answer
Pure competition
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Characteristics of Pure Public goods are:-
Correct Answer
They are completely indivisible , Their marginal cost would be zero or close to zero , Their benefits cannot be priced
Your Answer
They are completely indivisible , Their benefits cannot be priced
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Main aims of the New Industrial Policy (1991) are :-
Correct Answer
To unshackle the Indian industrial economy from the cobwebs of unnecessary bureaucratic control , To introduce liberalization with a view to integrate the Indian economy with the world economy , To remove restrictions on direct foreign investment as also to free the domestic entrepreneur from the restriction of MRTP act
Your Answer
To unshackle the Indian industrial economy from the cobwebs of unnecessary bureaucratic control , To introduce liberalization with a view to integrate the Indian economy with the world economy , To remove restrictions on direct foreign investment as also to free the domestic entrepreneur from the restriction of MRTP act
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
Under perfect competition, generally demand and supply act and react upon each other and determine the price
Correct Answer
equilibrium
Your Answer
equilibrium
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Factors leading to differences in the economic & the traditional concepts of valuation are :-
Correct Answer
Inventory Valuation , Depreciation , Unaccounted value changes in the assets & liabilities
Your Answer
Inventory Valuation , Depreciation , Unaccounted value changes in the assets & liabilities
Select The Blank
* Question
Super-normal profit is also called ________.
Correct Answer
Excess profit
Your Answer
Excess profit
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Under cost plus pricing :-
Correct Answer
Actual costs, standard costs are included , Certain percentage of profit also included , The price is set to cover material, labour cost
Your Answer
The price is set to cover material, labour cost , Actual costs, standard costs are included
Match The Following
* Question
Correct Answer
Your Answer
Human wants
unlimited
unlimited
General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
J. M. Keynes
J. M. Keynes
Managerial economics
Decision making and forward planning
Decision making and forward planning
Resources
scarce
scarce
Commodities
goods and services
goods and services
True/False
* Question
Consumer’s protection involves protection to the consumers from unfair trade practices.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
Select The Blank
* Question
When Government repays old loans, the purchasing power at the disposal of the people ________.
Correct Answer
Increases
Your Answer
Becomes negative
True/False
* Question
The law of supply is not hypothetical.
Correct Answer
False
Your Answer
True
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
A firm gets an opportunity to produce multiple products because changes in business activity in a firms is :-
Correct Answer
Cyclical
Your Answer
Cyclical
True/False
* Question
When a change in income has no effect upon the quantity demanded of a product, the income elasticity of demand is zero.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
Managerial economics generally refers to the integration of economic theory with business
Correct Answer
Practice
Your Answer
Practice
Select The Blank
* Question
Propensity to consume is defined as the relationship between consumption and ________.
Correct Answer
Income
Your Answer
Income
True/False
* Question
Public enterprises have shown a very high rate of return of the capital invested.
Correct Answer
False
Your Answer
False
Select The Blank
* Question
________ effects are those externalities which flow from the production or use of the good to other parties or economic units.
Correct Answer
Third party
Your Answer
External
True/False
* Question
In the traditional concept of equilibrium, a firm attains the equilibrium when the firm’s Total Revenue (T.R.) =Total Cost (T.C.).
Correct Answer
False
Your Answer
True
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
The method of inventory valuation in which, the cost of production is calculated on the assumption that the material which was last to enter the inventory of the company was used first is :-
Correct Answer
LIFO
Your Answer
LIFO
True/False
* Question
Supply management is related to the volume of supply & its distribution system.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Demand is determined by :-
Correct Answer
Price of the product , Relative prices of other goods , Tastes and habits
Your Answer
Price of the product , Relative prices of other goods , Tastes and habits
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Different types of Elasticity of Demand are :-
Correct Answer
Cross elasticity of demand , Price elasticity of demand , Income elasticity of demand
Your Answer
Price elasticity of demand , Income elasticity of demand , Cross elasticity of demand
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
In case of a Joint-Stock Company, the liability of share holders is :-
Correct Answer
Limited
Your Answer
Limited
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
Expansion of supply is shown by the movement in the supply curve which is :-
Correct Answer
Upward
Your Answer
Upward
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
Saving is a :-
Correct Answer
Private virtue
Your Answer
Private virtue
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
According to the Government, the building up of inflationary pressure during the Nineties was attributed to :-
Correct Answer
Higher Fiscal deficit
Your Answer
Higher Fiscal deficit
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
A competitive industry has three basic characteristics :-
Correct Answer
Large Number of Firms , Homogeneous Product , Free entry and exit
Your Answer
Large Number of Firms , Homogeneous Product , Free entry and exit
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
The income which a businessman might expect from the second best alternative use of his resources is called as :-
Correct Answer
Opportunity cost
Your Answer
Opportunity cost
Select The Blank
* Question
Advertising forms an integral part of decision-making and________.
Correct Answer
Forward - planning
Your Answer
Forward - planning
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Exceptions to the Law of Demand are :-
Correct Answer
Griffin goods , Articles of snob appeal , Speculation
Your Answer
Griffin goods , Articles of snob appeal , Speculation
Select The Blank
* Question
True inflation starts only after reaching ________.
Correct Answer
Level of full employment
Your Answer
Level of full employment
Select The Blank
* Question
The financing of ________ goods is done through Public expenditure.
Correct Answer
Public
Your Answer
Public
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Assumptions of the Law of Demand are :-
Correct Answer
No change in consumer’s income , No change in consumer’s preferences , No change in fashion
Your Answer
No change in consumer’s income , No change in consumer’s preferences , No change in fashion
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Types of Share capital of Joint-Stock Company are :-
Correct Answer
Registered or authorized capital , Issued capital , Paid-up capital
Your Answer
Registered or authorized capital , Issued capital , Paid-up capital
True/False
* Question
The sum of total fixed costs and total variable costs is the total cost.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
True/False
* Question
During the period of depression, a large part of a country’s resources lie involuntarily idle.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
True/False
* Question
Under the New Industrial Policy, in order to invite foreign investment in high priority industries, it was decided to provide approval for direct foreign investment upto 51% equity in such industries.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Managerial Economics - 1
LIST OF ATTEMPTED * QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSMultiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
The concept of Perfect competition includes all the features of :-
Correct Answer
Pure competition
Your Answer
Pure competition
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
An entrepreneur may earn high profits just by luck, say because of outbreak of war. This is known as :-
Correct Answer
Chance Profits
Your Answer
Monopoly Profits
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
Managerial economics is also understood to refer to
Correct Answer
applied economics
Your Answer
applied economics
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Features of Dumping are :-
Correct Answer
It is possible in the case of monopoly market , Selling same good at higher price in home market and at lower price in international market , It is encouraged with a view to promote the exports
Your Answer
It is possible in the case of monopoly market , It is encouraged with a view to promote the exports
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
The type economic problem is
Correct Answer
universal
Your Answer
universal
True/False
* Question
In macro – economic analysis the behavior of economic agents such as firms, households and government is seen in total, disregarding details at particular level.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
True/False
* Question
Changes in the value of money because of inflation, make inventory valuation of finished products difficult.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
The method of inventory valuation in which, the cost of production is calculated on the assumption that the material which was last to enter the inventory of the company was used first is :-
Correct Answer
LIFO
Your Answer
LIFO
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
The act of making goods and services is called
Correct Answer
production
Your Answer
production
Select The Blank
* Question
The partnership between private sector & government is called ________.
Correct Answer
Joint sector enterprise
Your Answer
Joint sector enterprise
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
According to Keynes there are three motives for holding cash for liquidity preference :-
Correct Answer
The speculative motive , The transactions motive , The precautionary motive
Your Answer
The transactions motive , The precautionary motive , The speculative motive
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
If the substitutes are relatively costly then the demand for the commodity in * Question will be :-
Correct Answer
More
Your Answer
More
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
The Laws of Returns to scale are :-
Correct Answer
Law of Increasing Returns to Scale , Law of Constant Returns to Scale , Law of Decreasing Returns to scale
Your Answer
Law of Decreasing Returns to scale
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Increasing Returns explains :-
Correct Answer
Total product increases at an increasing rate , Marginal product increasing and it is maximum , Average product is increasing but it is below MP
Your Answer
Total product increases at an increasing rate , Marginal product increasing and it is maximum , Average product is increasing but it is below MP
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
An individual consumer or particular market for a given commodity are the subject matter of :-
Correct Answer
Micro Economics
Your Answer
Micro Economics
True/False
* Question
The prosperity phase is characterized by rise in the level of employment.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
Select The Blank
* Question
Baumol has suggested as an alternative objective for profit maximization, the maximization of ________.
Correct Answer
Sales
Your Answer
Sales
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
The profit which is surplus of revenue over and above all paid out cost is :-
Correct Answer
Accounting Profit
Your Answer
Gross Profit
Select The Blank
* Question
In perfect competition various factors of production are assumed to be ________.
Correct Answer
Perfectly mobile
Your Answer
Perfectly mobile
Select The Blank
* Question
Keynes, on the basis of a fundamental psychological law, observed that as income ________, consumption Increases.
Correct Answer
Increases
Your Answer
Increases
True/False
* Question
During the period of depression, a large part of a country’s resources lie involuntarily idle.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
True/False
* Question
Pure private goods are completely divisible and to them the principle of exclusion applies in full measure.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
False
Select The Blank
* Question
The taxation & public expenditure policies are called as ________ ..
Correct Answer
Budgetary Policy
Your Answer
Budgetary Policy
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
The disinvestments of industries is needed for :-
Correct Answer
Phased privatization , Reducing deficit , Capital support to plans
Your Answer
Phased privatization , Reducing deficit , Capital support to plans
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
The act of using goods and services to satisfy wants is called
Correct Answer
consumption
Your Answer
consumption
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
The things that are produced by factors of production are called
Correct Answer
commodities
Your Answer
commodities
Select The Blank
* Question
In the context of externalities, driving the smoke-emitting buses and trucks in the cities is an example of ________ cost.
Correct Answer
Social
Your Answer
Social
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
The concept of just distribution of national product is a
Correct Answer
normative
Your Answer
normative
True/False
* Question
The government also fixes minimum procurement prices for major crops on the recommendation of the Agricultural Prices Commission (APC).
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
According to Lionel Robbins definition of economics, "Economics is a science which :-
Correct Answer
Studies human behaviour , Relationship between ends and scares resources , Scarce means have alternate uses
Your Answer
Studies human behaviour , Relationship between ends and scares resources , Scarce means have alternate uses
Select The Blank
* Question
Under perfect competition, price is determined by the interaction of total demand and ________.
Correct Answer
Total supply
Your Answer
Total selling cost
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Features of monopolistic Competition are :-
Correct Answer
Fairly large number of firms , Product differentiation , Selling costs are existed
Your Answer
Fairly large number of firms , Product differentiation , Selling costs are existed
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
Steps in cost benefit analysis are :-
Correct Answer
Identification of a project , Formulation of the project , Appraisal and selection of the project
Your Answer
Identification of a project , Formulation of the project , Appraisal and selection of the project
True/False
* Question
There is no separation of ownership and management in case of a Joint Stock Company.
Correct Answer
False
Your Answer
False
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
During a period of rising prices (inflation), the goods and services are :-
Correct Answer
Scarce
Your Answer
Scarce
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
The cost recorded in the books of accounts are considered as :-
Correct Answer
Explicit costs
Your Answer
Explicit costs
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
Variable cost are those costs which vary with the level of :-
Correct Answer
Output
Your Answer
Output
Select The Blank
* Question
Open market operations measures are ________.
Correct Answer
Quantitative credit control
Your Answer
Quantitative credit control
Select The Blank
* Question
Managerial ________ lies on the borderline of management and Economics.
Correct Answer
Economics
Your Answer
Economics
True/False
* Question
The demand for life saving drugs is elastic.
Correct Answer
False
Your Answer
False
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
Managerial economics generally refers to the integration of economic theory with business
Correct Answer
Practice
Your Answer
Practice
Match The Following
* Question
Correct Answer
Your Answer
Resource allocation decisions in free market economy
Theory of price
Theory of price
Economic problem
Universal
Universal
Managerial Economics
Applied branch of knowledge
Applied branch of knowledge
Inflation
Reduction in purchasing power
Reduction in purchasing power
Waste of resources
Involuntary unemployment
Involuntary unemployment
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
According J.B.Clark, profit is the reward paid for :-
Correct Answer
Dynamism
Your Answer
Risk bearing
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
* Question
The characteristics of a sole proprietorship firm is :-
Correct Answer
Unlimited Capital , Ownership by a single person , Easy to form
Your Answer
Ownership by a single person , Easy to form
Select The Blank
* Question
The rate of interest, according to Keynes depends upon two factors: the liquidity preference function and ________.
Correct Answer
The quantity of money.
Your Answer
The quantity of money.
Match The Following
* Question
Correct Answer
Your Answer
Human wants
unlimited
unlimited
General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
J. M. Keynes
J. M. Keynes
Managerial economics
Decision making and forward planning
Decision making and forward planning
Resources
scarce
scarce
Commodities
goods and services
goods and services
Multiple Choice Single Answer
* Question
Every nation’s resources which are used to produce the quantities of goods and services that would be required to satisfy all its citizen’s wants are
Correct Answer
insufficient
Your Answer
insufficient
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