Business Economics MCQs

Business Economics MCQs

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1: Economics is neutral between ends is said by

A.   Adam smith

B.   lionel robbins

C.   Alfred Marshall

D.   samuelson.

2: which branch of economics studies about unemployment, illiteracy, National income tax?

A.   Micro economics

B.   Wealth economics c

C.   Macro economics

D.   fiscal economics

3: when we go form particular to general, this method is called as

A.   Inductive method

B.   General method

C.   Deductive method

D.   Partial method

4: The subject of economics is

A.   A natural science

B.   A social science

C.   A political Science

D.   A physical Science.

5: Micro economics is also known as

A.   price theory

B.   process theory

C.   product theory

D.   projection theory.

6: The business economic theory is concerned with the management technique to achieve

A.   Maximization of total revenue from sales

B.   minimization of cost of production

C.   maximize profit from the business unit.

D.   all the above

7: Which is not included in the welfare goal to the society by the firm?

A.   building of roads

B.   charitable hospital

C.   living wages

D.   maintaining parks

8: which is not the assumption of production possibility curve?

A.   amount of resources are given

B.   prices of factors fluctuates

C.   resources are not specific

D.   Technology remains constant

9: A decision is not profitable if

A.   it increases revenue more than costs.

B.   it decreases some cost more than it increases others.

C.   it increases costs more than revenue

D.   it increases some revenues more than it decreases others.

10: Organizational efficiency does not include

A.   administrative efficiency

B.   entrepreneurial efficiency

C.   managerial efficiency

D.   technical efficiency

11: What type of relationship exists between the price and quantity demanded?

A.   indirect

B.   Inverse

C.   Positive

D.   Both a&b

12: -------------represents the tabular form of quantity demanded of a particular product during a given period of time

A.   Law of demand

B.   Demand Curve

C.   Demand schedule

D.   Cross demand

13: Extension and contraction of demand for a good occurs as a result of

A.   Change in the quality of good

B.   Change in the price of a good

C.   Availability of cheaper substitutes

D.   Increases in Income

14: An exceptional demand curve is one that moves

A.   upward to the right

B.   downward to the right

C.   horizontall

D.   upward to the left

15: In the case of a Giffen good, a fall in its price tends to

A.   Demand remain constant

B.   demand increases

C.   Reduce the demand

D.   Abnormal change in demand.

16: What would be the value of elasticity of demand, if the demand for the good is perfectly inelastic?

A.   0

B.   1

C.   infinity

D.   less than Zero

17: The demand for necessities is usually

A.   highly elastic

B.   highly inelastic

C.   unit elasticity

D.   relatively inelastic

18: The responsiveness of demand to the change in income is known as

A.   Price elasticity of demand

B.   cross elasticity of demand

C.   income elasticity of demand

D.   none of these

19: Which one of the following is not a method of measuring elasticity of demand?

A.   are method

B.   percentage method

C.   point method

D.   none of these

20: which of the following statements regarding cross elasticity holds good?

A.   it is always negativ

B.   it can be either positive or negative

C.   it is always positive

D.   it always lies between 0 and 1

21: Demand forecasting can be categorized on the basis of

A.   the level of forecasting

B.   time period

C.   nature of goods

D.   All the above

22: Which is not a statistical method in forecasting?

A.   Trend analysis

B.   consumer survey

C.   Regression method

D.   east square method

23: east square method

A.   Delphi techniques

B.   Multi collinearity

C.   Simultaneous equation method

D.   correlation.

24: A time series can be calculated through

A.   leading series

B.   coincident series

C.   logging series

D.   all the above

25: A simultaneous equation model may consists of all the following except

A.   Endogenous variables

B.   Undefined equation

C.   Exogenous variables

D.   Structural equations.

26: The law which studies the direct relationship between price and quantity supplied of a commodity is

A.   Law of demand

B.   Law of variable proportion

C.   Law of supply

D.   None of the above

27: .When price rises, quantity supplied

A.   expands

B.   falls

C.   increases

D.   unchanged.

28: In case of perfectly inelastic supply the supply curve will be

A.   rising

B.   vertical

C.   horizontal

D.   falling

29: When a percentage in price results in equal change in quantity supplied, it is called,

A.   elastic supply

B.   perfectly inelastic

C.   elasticity of supply

D.   unitary elastic supply.

30: when supply of a commodity decreases on a fall in its price, its is called

A.   Expansion of supply

B.   Increase in supply

C.   Contraction of supply

D.   Decrease in supply

31: which utility approach suggests that utility can be measured and quantified?

A.   ordinal

B.   Cardinal

C.   both a &b

D.   diminishing marginal utility

32: ---------------------- of a commodity is the additional utility derived by a consumer, by consuming one more unit of that commodity.

A.   Marginal utilit

B.   Total utilit

C.   Average utility

D.   maximum utility

33: ---------------------- of a commodity is the additional utility derived by a consumer, by consuming one more unit of that commodity.

A.   Marginal utilit

B.   Total utilit

C.   Average utility

D.   maximum utility

34: At what point does total utility starts diminishing?

A.   when marginal utility is positive

B.   when it remains constant

C.   when marginal utility is increasing

D.   when marginal utility is negative.

35: Consumer’s surplus is also known as

A.   indifference surplus

B.   elasticity of supply

C.   buyer’s surplus

D.   indifference surplus.

36: Which of the following is called Gossen’s first law?

A.   Law of substitution b

B.   Law of equal- marginal utility

C.   Law of diminishing marginal

D.   None of the above

37: Which utility measuring approach, is utility ranked in order of preference, but not measured?

A.   Cardinal

B.   Ordinal

C.   Both a & b

D.   Variable approach

38: Which shows various combinations of two products that give same amount of satisfaction?

A.   Iso-cost curve.

B.   Marginal utility curve.

C.   Iso-quant.

D.   Indifference curve.

39: Indifference curve slopes,

A.   Downward to the right

B.   upward to the right

C.   Downward to the left

D.   Upward to the left.

40: the process of capital formation includes,

A.   capital of savings.

B.   Mobilization of savings.

C.   Investment of savings.

D.   all of the above

A.   Marketing economies

B.   Financial economies.

C.   Labour economies

D.   All of the above.

42: Which of the following cost curve is U shaped?

A.   Average cost curve.

B.   Marginal cost curve.

C.   Average fixed cost curve

D.   Average variable cost curve

43: the point where TR curve cuts TC curve is called

A.   equilibrium point

B.   split off point

C.   point of inflexion

D.   Break even point.

44: the shape of TFC curve is

A.   Horizontal line

B.   Downward sloping.

C.   U shaped

D.   Upward sloping.

45: Indicate which of the following is a variable cost?

A.   Cost of raw materials

B.   Cost of machine.

C.   Interest on capital.

D.   rent payment for buildings

46: few sellers is the feature of

A.   monopoly

B.   oligopoly

C.   perfect competition

D.   monopolistic competition.

47: Market which have two firms are known as

A.   Oligopoly

B.   monopoly

C.   Duopoly

D.   perfect competition

48: which item is not included in public utilities?

A.   Water supply

B.   Accessories

C.   Gas supply

D.   Electricity

49: supply curve of a perfectly competitive firm is

A.   Vertical

B.   Upward sloping

C.   horizontal

D.   Downward sloping.A

50: In perfect competition a fiem increases profit when _____ exceeds ________

A.   TC, TR

B.   MC, MR

C.   AR, AC

D.   TR, TFC.