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MCQ 11 Mark
a)$MRS \times Y$1)TU-(P xx Q)
b)$e_p$2)$\frac{\Delta Y }{\Delta X }$
c)Consumer's surplus3)$\frac{ MU _{ A }}{ P _{ A }}=\frac{ MU _{ O }}{ P _{ O }}$
d)K4)$\frac{\Delta Q }{\Delta P } \times \frac{ P }{ Q }$
  • A
     4 3 2 1
  • B
    ) 2 1 4 3
  • C
     3 4 2 1
  • 3 1 4 2
Answer
Correct option: D.
3 1 4 2
3 1 4 2
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MCQ 21 Mark
a)Law of DMU1)Hicks and Allen
b)Consumer's surplus2)Cournot
c)Indifference curve3)Dupuit
d)Law of demand4)H.H.Gossen
  • A
    1 2 3 4
  • 3 4 2 1
  • C
    2 3 4 1
  • D
    4 3 2 1
Answer
Correct option: B.
3 4 2 1
 3 4 2 1
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MCQ 31 Mark
_________ is the basis of all the laws of consumption.
  • A
    Law of demand
  • B
    Law of consumerism
  • C
    Law of elasticity
  • Law of diminishing marginal utility
Answer
Correct option: D.
Law of diminishing marginal utility
Law of diminishing marginal utility
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MCQ 41 Mark
_________ law is helpful in attaining social justice.
  • A
    Law of demand
  • Law of diminishing marginal utility
  • C
    Law of Equi-marginal utility
  • D
    None of the above
Answer
Correct option: B.
Law of diminishing marginal utility
Law of diminishing marginal utility
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MCQ 51 Mark
Diamond – water paradox was given by
  • Adam Smith
  • B
    Marshall
  • C
    Robbins
  • D
    Samuelson
Answer
Correct option: A.
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
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MCQ 61 Mark
Choose the odd one out
  • A
    Percentage method
  • B
    Point method
  • C
    Total outlay method
  • Income elasticity method
Answer
Correct option: D.
Income elasticity method
Income elasticity method
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MCQ 71 Mark
Choose the odd one out
  • A
    F.W. Edge worth
  • Alfred Marshall
  • C
    Vilfredo Pareto
  • D
    J.R. Hicks and R.G.D. Allen
Answer
Correct option: B.
Alfred Marshall
Alfred Marshall
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MCQ 81 Mark
Choose the odd one out
  • A
    Giffen paradox
  • B
    Demonstration effect
  • C
    Speculative effect
  • Edge worth approach
Answer
Correct option: D.
Edge worth approach
Edge worth approach
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MCQ 91 Mark
Choose the incorrect statement
  • A
    The law of DMU is based on the characteristics of human wants.
  • B
    The law of consumer surplus is based on the law of DMU
  • C
    The indifference curve approach is based on the scale of preference.
  • None of the above
Answer
Correct option: D.
None of the above
None of the above.
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MCQ 101 Mark
Choose the incorrect statement
  • The exceptional demand curve slopes upwards,
  • B
    The good salt is price inelastic
  • C
    Elasticity is unity when total outlay is constant
  • D
    Demand is more elastic in the short run than is long run
Answer
Correct option: A.
The exceptional demand curve slopes upwards,
The exceptional demand curve slopes upwards
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Question 111 Mark
a) $e_p=\alpha$ Horizontal demand curve
b) $e_p=0$ Vertical demand curve
c) $e_p<1$ Rectangular hyperbola
d) $e_p>1$ Flatter demand curve
Answer
(c) $e_p$ < 1 (iii) Rectangular hyperbola
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Question 121 Mark
a) Perfectly elastic demand $e_p=\alpha$
b) Unitary elastic demand $e_p=0$
c) Inelastic demand $e_p<1$
d) Elastic demand $e_p>1$
Answer
(b) Unptary elastic demand (i) $e_p=0$.
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Question 131 Mark
a)Point elasticityUpper segment / Lower segment
b)The law of equimarginal utilityGossen's second law
c)Giffen paradoxRagi, Cholam
d)Veblen effectDiamond
Answer
(a) Point (i) Upper segment/Lower segment.
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MCQ 141 Mark
Choose the correct statement
  • A
    The law of diminishing marginal utility is called Gresham’s law.
  • B
    The law Equi marginal utility is called Marshall’s law.
  • The law of diminishing marginal utility is called Gossen’s first law of consumption.
  • D
    The law of demand is called Gossen’s second law of consumption.
Answer
Correct option: C.
The law of diminishing marginal utility is called Gossen’s first law of consumption.
The law of diminishing marginal utility is called Gossen’s first law of consumption.
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MCQ 151 Mark
Choose the correct statement
  • Consumption is the beginning of economic science
  • B
    Production is the beginning of economic science
  • C
    Distribution is the beginning of economic science
  • D
    Exchange is the beginning of economic science
Answer
Correct option: A.
Consumption is the beginning of economic science
Consumption is the beginning of economic science
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MCQ 161 Mark
Give the consumer’s surplus is 75 and the actual price 372, Find the potential price
  • 447
  • B
    50
  • C
    375
  • D
    474
Answer
Correct option: A.
447
447
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MCQ 171 Mark
_________ is the basis of all the laws of consumption.
  • A
     Law of demand
  • B
    Law of consumerism
  • C
     Law of elasticity
  • Law of diminishing marginal utility
Answer
Correct option: D.
Law of diminishing marginal utility
Law of diminishing marginal utility
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MCQ 181 Mark
What is the other name of the budget line?
  •  Price ratio line
  • B
    Quantity ratio line
  • C
    Equilibrium ratio line
  • D
     Compulsory ratio line
Answer
Correct option: A.
 Price ratio line
Price ratio line
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MCQ 191 Mark
The formula for point method
  • A
    Upper segment / Lower segment
  • B
    Middle segment / Upper segment
  • Lower segment / Upper segment
  • D
    Upper segment / Left segment
Answer
Correct option: C.
Lower segment / Upper segment
Lower segment / Upper segment
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MCQ 201 Mark
Principle of Economics” was defined by ………………….
  • Marshall
  • B
     Hicks
  • C
    Allen
  • D
    Keynes
Answer
Correct option: A.
Marshall
 Marshall
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MCQ 211 Mark
_________ is the major determinant of demand.
  • A
    Consumption
  • Price
  • C
    Supply
  • D
    All the above
Answer
Correct option: B.
Price
Price
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MCQ 221 Mark
Marshallian utility approach is …………………….. analysis.
  • A
    Subjective
  • B
    Psychological
  • C
    Ordinal
  • Cardinal
Answer
Correct option: D.
Cardinal
Cardinal
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MCQ 231 Mark
Income elasticity of demand is the degree of responsiveness of change in demand to
  • A
     Change is price
  • B
    Elasticity of demand
  • C
    Change in substitutes
  • Change in income
Answer
Correct option: D.
Change in income
Change in income
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MCQ 241 Mark
Consumer surplus is …………………….
  • Potential price – Actual price
  • B
    MV = TV – TV
  • C
     Demand = Supply
  • D
    None
Answer
Correct option: A.
Potential price – Actual price
 Potential price – Actual price
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MCQ 251 Mark
_________ law is helpful in attaining social justice.
  • A
    Law of Equi-marginal utility
  • B
     Law of demand
  • Law of diminishing marginal utility
  • D
    Law of marginal utility
Answer
Correct option: C.
Law of diminishing marginal utility
) Law of diminishing marginal utility
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MCQ 261 Mark
The utility cannot be measured, because the utility is ………………………. concept.
  • A
    Social
  • Subjectiv
  • C
    Political
  • D
    Scientific
Answer
Correct option: B.
Subjectiv
Subjective
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MCQ 271 Mark
Mathematically consumer’s surplus is
  • A
    $T U-T U_{n-1}$
  • B
    $TR -( P \times Q )$
  • $T U-(P \times Q)$
  • D
    $T C-(Q \times P)$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$T U-(P \times Q)$
$T U-(P \times Q)$
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MCQ 281 Mark
If the total utility is maximum then marginal utility is_________
  • Zero
  • B
    Negative
  • C
    Positive
  • D
     Maximum
Answer
Correct option: A.
Zero
Zero
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MCQ 291 Mark
_________ is the major determinant of demand.
  • A
    Consumption
  • Price
  • C
    Supply
  • D
    All the above
Answer
Correct option: B.
Price
Price
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MCQ 301 Mark
Assertion (A): When the price of inferior goods falls, the poor will buy less.
Reason (R): Poor consume less amount of inferior goods
  • A
    Both (A) and (R) are true
  • B
    Both (A) and (R) are false
  • (A) is true but (R) is false.
  • D
    (A) is false but (R) is true.
Answer
Correct option: C.
(A) is true but (R) is false.
(A) is true but (R) is false.
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MCQ 311 Mark
Assertion (A): Savings and demand are inversely related.
Reason (R): Increased savings leads to a decrease in consumption
  • Both (A) and (R) are true, (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  • B
    Both (A) and (R) are true, (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  • C
    (A) is true but, (R) is false.
  • D
    Both (A) and (R) are false.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Both (A) and (R) are true, (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Both (A) and (R) are true, (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
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