Online MCQ Assignment Answer
QN1: Which economist stated the positive impact of monopoly?
a. Marshall
b. Adam Smith
c. Joseph Schumpeter
d. Pigou
Answer:c. Joseph SchumpeterAnswer
QN2: “If the demand curve confronting an individual firm is perfectly elastic, then firm is”
a. Price taker
b. Adjust output
c. Adjust price
d. All of these
Answer:a. Price takerAnswer
QN3: A market in which only two firms exist is
a. Oligopoly
b. Duopoly
c. Duopsony
d. Oligopsony
Answer:b. DuopolyAnswer
QN4: Price elasticity of demand provides?
a. “A measure of the responsiveness of the quantity demanded to changes in the price of the product, holding constant.the values of all other variables in the demand function.”
b. A technical change in the goodwill of the firm
c. A technical change in the cost of product
d. Technical change in the value
Answer:a. “A measure of the responsiveness of the quantity demanded to changes in the price of the product, holding constant.the values of all other variables in the demand function.”Answer
QN5: Efficient allocation of resources is achieved to greatest extent under ?
a. Monopoly
b. Perfect competition
c. Oligopoly
d. Monopolistic competition
Answer:b. Perfect competitionAnswer
QN6: “For maximisation of profit in the short run, the condition is”
a. AR = AC
b. MR = MC
c. MR = AR
d. MC = AC
Answer:b. MR = MCAnswer
QN7: Demand is a function of ?
a. Price
b. Firm
c. Product
d. Cost
Answer:a. PriceAnswer
QN8: Selling costs have to be incurred in case of
a. Perfect competition
b. Monopolistic competition
c. Imperfect competition
d. None
Answer:b. Monopolistic competitionAnswer
QN9: Which type of competition leads to exploitation of consumer?
a. Oligopoly
b. Monopolistic competition
c. Monopoly
d. All of the above
Answer:d. All of the aboveAnswer
QN10: Imperfect competition was introduced by ___?
a. Marshall
b. Chamberlin
c. Keynes
d. None
Answer:b. Chamberlin-AnsAnswer
QN11: In the case of monopolistic competition
a. MR curve cannot be defined
b. AR curve cannot be defined
c. The short run supply curve cannot be defined
d. None of the above
Answer:c. The short run supply curve cannot be definedAnswer
QN12: Value maximization theory fails to address the problem of
a. self-serving management.
b. risk
c. uncertainty
d. sluggish growth.
Answer:a. self-serving management.Answer
QN13: Average revenue is calculated by
a. TRn – TRn-1
b. P x Q
c. TR / MR
d. TR/Q
Answer: d. TR/QAnswer
QN14: An indifference curve is always
a. A vertical straight line
b. Convex to the origin
c. Concave to the origin
d. A horizontal straight line
Answer:b. Convex to the originAnswer
QN15: The kinked demand curve explains?
a. Price rigidity
b. Price flexibility
c. Demand rigidity
d. Demand flexibility
Answer:a. Price rigidityAnswer
QN16: Which one is not normally possible in case of monopoly?
a. MC = MR
b. AC = AR
c. MR = AR
d. MR = PR
Answer:c. MR = ARAnswer
QN17: A firm’s marginal revenue?
a. is always negative
b. can be positive
c. is always positive
d. is positive at point at which the total revenue is maximum
Answer:d. is positive at point at which the total revenue is maximumAnswer
QN18: Cross elasticity of demand between two perfect substitutes will be
a. low
b. high
c. zero
d. infinity
Answer:d. infinityAnswer
QN19: Elasticity of demand measures the
a. Sensitivity of sales to changes in a particular causal factor
b. Sensitivity of production to changes in a particular cost
c. Value of price and cost
d. Volume of product
Answer:a. Sensitivity of sales to changes in a particular causal factorAnswer
QN20: “In the case of an inferior good, the income effect”
a. Partially offsets the substitution effect
b. Is equal to the substitution effect
c. Reinforces the substitution effect
d. More than offsets the substitution effect
Answer:a. Partially offsets the substitution effectAnswer
QN21: Factors responsible for creating conditions for emergence and growth of monopoly are
a. Control over strategic raw materials
b. Patents
c. Licensing
d. All of the above
Answer:d. All of the aboveAnswer
QN22: A situation where there is only one buyer is called
a. Monopoly
b. Oligopoly
c. Monopsony
d. Perfect competition
Answer:a. MonopolyAnswer
QN24: Demand curve is related to?
a. MU curve
b. Marginal revenue
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
Answer:a. MU curveAnswer
QN25: Shifts in demand curve include
a. Increase in Demand (Upward shift)
b. Extention in demand
c. Contraction in demand
d. None of the above
Answer:a. Increase in Demand (Upward shift)Answer
QN26: The equilibrium is unstable and indeterminate under
a. Edgeworth model
b. Cournot Model
c. Sweezy Model
d. Pareto Model
Answer:a. Edgeworth modelAnswer
QN27: The upper portion of the kinked demand curve is relatively
a. More inelastic
b. More elastic
c. Less elastic
d. Inelastic
Answer:b. More elasticAnswer
QN28: The term group equilibrium is related to
a. Monopolistic competition
b. Oligopoly
c. Duopoly
d. Perfect competition
Answer: a. Monopolistic competitionAnswer
QN29: In the calculation of elasticity, there is error in case of
a. Arc elasticity
b. Point elasticity
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. None
Answer: c. Both (a) and (b)Answer
QN30: How many sellers are present in duopoly?
a. One
b. two
c. Three
d. four
Answer:b. twoAnswer
QN31: Demand Analysis includes:
a. Demand Forecasting
b. Demand Differentials
c. Demand Determinations
d. All of the above
Answer:d. All of the aboveAnswer
QN32: “Under perfect competition, price of the product”
a. Can be controlled
b. Cannot be controlled
c. Can be controlled within certain limit
d. None of the above
Answer:b. Cannot be controlledAnswer
QN33: “In a monopoly market, an upward shift in the market demand results in a new equilibrium with”
a. A higher quantity and a lower price
b. A higher quantity and the same price
c. A higher quantity and higher price
d. All of the above
Answer:d. All of the aboveAnswer
QN34: Cartels is a form of
a. Collusive oligopoly
b. Monopoly
c. Non-Collusive oligopoly
d. None of these
Answer:b. MonopolyAnswer
QN35: Market with one buyer and one seller is called
a. Monopsony
b. Monopoly
c. Bilateral Monopoly
d. None of the above
Answer: c. Bilateral MonopolyAnswer
QN36: Given: Epx = Percentage change in Qy / Percentage change in Px. The above relationship is :
a. Arc Cross Price Elasticity
b. Cost Output
c. Cost Profit
d. Capital Budgeting
Answer:a. Arc Cross Price ElasticityAnswer
QN37: Study of collusive agreement is
a. Collusive oligopoly
b. Non-Collusive oligopoly
c. Monopoly
d. All of the above
Answer: a. Collusive oligopolyAnswer
QN38: Price effect in indifference curve analysis arises?
a. When the consumer becomes either better off or worse off because price change is not compensated by income change.
b. When the consumer is betler off due to a change in income and price
c. When income and price change
d. None of the above
Answer:a. When the consumer becomes either better off or worse off because price change is not compensated by income change.Answer
QN39: Which of the following is an important dynamic variable?
a. Superior’s style and behaviour
b. Organisational nature
c. The task structure
d. Cultural variables
Answer:c. The task structureAnswer
QN40: A situation in which the number of competing firms is relatively small is known as?
a. Incorrect
b. Perfect competition
c. Monopsony
d. Oligopoly
Answer: d. OligopolyAnswer
QN41: “At elasticity of one, marginal revenue is equal to”
one
zero
infinity
none
Answer: one
Answer
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