Business Economics

151. The product under monopolistic competition are

  1. differentiated with close substitute
  2. perfect substitute
  3. differentiated without close substitute
  4. homogeneous
Correct answer: (A)
differentiated with close substitute

152. Production may be defined as an act of:

  1. Creating utility
  2. Earning profit
  3. Destroying utility
  4. Providing services
Correct answer: (A)
Creating utility

153. When all the productive services are increased in a given proportion, the product is increased in the same proportion. This situation is called:

  1. Law of increasing
  2. Situation of constant returns
  3. Fixed cost
  4. Variable cost
Correct answer: (B)
Situation of constant returns

154. Which are not the features of oligopoly?

  1. Few sellers
  2. Advertising and sales promotion
  3. One firm
  4. Conflicting attitudes of firms
Correct answer: (C)
One firm

155. Whenever marginal cost is more than ______________ average total cost is falling:

  1. Average total revenue
  2. Average total cost
  3. Average profit
  4. All of these
Correct answer: (B)
Average total cost

156. ______________ is situation with increased investment and increased price

  1. Recession
  2. Progress
  3. Boom
  4. Recovery
Correct answer: (C)
Boom

157. The "law of variable proportion" is first explained by

  1. Edward west
  2. Marshall
  3. Veblen
  4. Keynes
Correct answer: (A)
Edward west

158. A graph indicating different combination of inputs with different level of output is called

  1. Iso-cost map
  2. BEP map
  3. Input-output map
  4. Iso-quant map
Correct answer: (D)
Iso-quant map

159. Which of the following is a short run law?

  1. Law of constant return to scale
  2. Law of increasing return to scale
  3. Law of diminishing return
  4. None of these
Correct answer: (C)
Law of diminishing return

160. Related to production function, MRTS stand for;

  1. Marginal revenue and total sales
  2. Minimum revenue from total sales
  3. Marginal rate of total supply
  4. Marginal rate of technical substitution
Correct answer: (D)
Marginal rate of technical substitution
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