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Economics Past Questions and Answers

Economics Questions

Question 806:
The revenue accruing to the seller of commodity X as a result of a fall in price will
  • A Increase `
  • B Fall
  • C First fall but will increase later
  • D Remain unchanged
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Question 807:
Which of the following is an important function of prices in a market economy?
  • A Ensuring that resources are used in the most efficient manner
  • B Ensuring an equitable distribution of goods and services
  • C Ensuring that all industries are perfectly competitive in the long run
  • D Equating level of purchases with level of needs
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Question 808:
One major difference between monopoly and perfect competition is that?
  • A The perfect competitor is a price taker while the monopolist determines his own output
  • B Homogeneity of purpose exists for the perfect competitor while non-homogeneity of purpose exist for the monopolist
  • C Sellers are located all over the world in the perfect competition but sellers are only in one country in the case of the monopolist
  • D There is free entry and exist in perfect competition but no free exist in monopoly
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Question 809:
A producer sustains a loss in the short run if
  • A Marfinal revenue is less than price
  • B Price is less than average cost
  • C Average variable cost is less than average cost
  • D Marginal cost is less than marginal revenue
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Question 810:
A monopolist will practice price discrimination in two markets if?
  • A The cost of separating the markets is large
  • B The markets have different elasticities of demand
  • C There is free flow of information in the two markets
  • D There is a patent of the commodity
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