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Economics MCQs with Answers and Explanations | Microeconomics & Macroeconomics Objective Questions.
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A) Zero
B) Positive
C) Negative
D) None
✅ ANSWER: C
In case of inferior goods, the income elasticity is Negative. A negative income elasticity of demand is associated with inferior goods; an increase in income will lead to a fall in the demand and may lead to changes to more luxurious substitutes.
A) It is a Ministry
B) It is a Government Department
C) It is an Advisory Body
D) It is an Autonomous Corporation
✅ ANSWER: C
Planning Commission is an Advisory Body. The Planning Commission is a non-constitutional and non-statutory body and is responsible to formulate five years plan for social and economic development in India.
A) Vertical in long run
B) Flatter in long run
C) Same in long and short run
D) Horizontal in both short and long run
✅ ANSWER: B
Supply curve is Flatter in long run. All firms have identical cost conditions. Hence, in the case of a constant cost industry, the long-run supply curve LSC is a horizontal straight line (i.e., perfectly elastic) at the price OP, which is equal to the minimum average cost. This means that whatever the output supplied, the price would remain the same.
A) Number of firms
B) Differentiated product
C) Rate of profit
D) Free exit and entry
✅ ANSWER: B
The major difference between perfect competition and monopolistic competition is differentiated product. Product differentiation (or simply differentiation) is the process of distinguishing a product or service from others, to make it more attractive to a particular target market. This involves differentiating it from competitors’ products as well as a firm’s own products.
A) 1848
B) 1859
C) 1867
D) 1873
✅ ANSWER: C
The first of three volumes of Das Kapital was published on 14 September 1867, dedicated to Wilhelm Wolff and was the sole volume published in Marx’s lifetime.
A) Less than unity
B) Unity
C) Zero
D) Greater than Unity
✅ ANSWER: A
When as a result of decrease in price of good, the total expenditure made on it decreases we say that price elasticity of demand is less than unity.
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: B
In monopolistic competition, a firm is in long run equilibrium is in the declining segment of the LAC curve.
A) Falls when the LMC curve falls
B) Rises when the LMC curve rises
C) Goes through the lowest point of the LMC curve
D) Falls when LMCLAC
✅ ANSWER: D
A) Karl Marx
B) Adam Smith
C) David Ricardo
D) J.S.Mill
✅ ANSWER: C
“The real price of everything, what every thing really costs to the man who wants to require it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it. David Ricardo made this statement.
A) Minimum
B) Highest
C) Equal
D) Increasing
✅ ANSWER: C
A consumer is in equilibrium when marginal utilities are equal. A consumer is in equilibrium when he derives maximum satisfaction from the goods and is in no position to rearrange his purchases.