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Question 51. Quasi rent is a_________ phenomenon.
  1.    no time
  2.    medium term
  3.    long term
  4.    short term
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> short term
Answer: (d)Quasi-rent is a term in economics that describes certain types of returns to firms. It differs from pure economic rent in that it is a temporary phenomenon. It can arise from the barriers to entry that potential competitors face in the short run, such as the granting of patents or other legal protections for intellectual property by governments.
Question 52. Name the curve which shows the quantity of products a seller wishes to sell at a given price level.
  1.    None of these
  2.    Demand curve
  3.    Cost curve
  4.    Supply curve
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Supply curve
Answer: (d)
The supply curve shows the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity supplied, holding constant the values of all other variables that affect supply.
Each point on the curve shows the quantity that sellers would choose to sell at a specific price.
Question 53. Production refers to
  1.    use of a product
  2.    destruction of utility
  3.    creation of utilities
  4.    exchange value
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> creation of utilities
Answer: (c)Production refers to “the creation of utility having value-in-exchange.” The process of production may create six types of utilities: form utility, time utility, place utility, ownership utility, service utility and knowledge utility.
Question 54. Which is the most essential function of an entrepreneur ?
  1.    Risk bearing
  2.    Supervision
  3.    Management
  4.    Marketing
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Risk bearing
Answer: (a)
An entrepreneur performs a series of functions necessary right from the genesis of an idea up to the establishment and effective operation of an enterprise.
The functions of an entrepreneur as a risk bearer are specific in nature. The entrepreneur assumes all possible risks of business that emerges due to the possibility of changes in the tastes of consumers, modern techniques of production and new inventions.
Such risks are not insurable and incalculable. In simple terms, such risks are known as uncertainty concerning a loss.
Question 55. Under Perfect Competition
  1.    Average Revenue is more than the Marginal Revenue
  2.    Marginal Revenue is less than the Average Revenue
  3.    Average Revenue is less than the Marginal Revenue
  4.    Average Revenue is equal to the Marginal Revenue
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Average Revenue is equal to the Marginal Revenue
Answer: (d)
Perfect competition describes markets such that no participants are large enough to have the market power to set the price of a homogeneous product.
In the short run, perfectly competitive markets are not productively efficient as output will not occur where marginal cost is equal to average cost (MC=AC).
They are allocatively efficient, as output will always occur where marginal cost is equal to marginal revenue (MC=MR).
Question 56. Economies of Scale means reduction in
  1.    total cost of distribution
  2.    unit cost of production
  3.    unit cost of distribution
  4.    total cost of production
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> unit cost of production
Answer: (b)
In microeconomics, economies of scale are the cost advantages that an enterprise obtains due to expansion.
“Economies of scale” is a long-run concept and refers to reductions in unit cost as the size of a facility and the usage levels of other inputs increase.
Question 57. Elasticity of demand with respect to price is
  1.    Elasticity = $\text"% change in supply"/\text"% change in price"$
  2.    Elasticity = $\text"% change in demand"/\text"% change in price"$
  3.    Elasticity = $\text"% change in price"/\text"% change in demand"$
  4.    Elasticity = $\text"% change in demand"/\text"% change in supply"$
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Elasticity = $\text"% change in demand"/\text"% change in price"$
Answer: (b)
Price elasticity of demand (PED or Ed) is a measure used in economics to show the responsiveness, or elasticity, of the quantity, demanded of a good or service to a change in its price.
The formula for the coefficient of price elasticity of demand for a good is: $e_(R) = {{DQ}/Q}/{{dP}/P}$,
where $e_(R)$ = Elasticity of demand;
dQ/ Q= % change in demand and
dP/P= % change in price.
Question 58. As the number of investments made by a firm increases, its internal rate of return
  1.    increases because the level of savings will fall.
  2.    declines due to diminishing marginal productivity.
  3.    declines because the market rate of interest will fall, ceteris paribus.
  4.    increases to compensate the firm for the current consumption foregone.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> increases to compensate the firm for the current consumption foregone.
Answer: (d)
Internal rates of return are commonly used to evaluate the desirability of investments or projects. The higher a project's internal rate of return, the more desirable it is to undertake the project.
A firm (or individual), in theory, undertakes all projects or investments available with IRRs that exceed the cost of capital.
As the number of investments increases, its internal rate of return is greater than an established minimum acceptable rate of return or cost of capital.
Question 59. The term utility means
  1.    None of these
  2.    usefulness of a commodity
  3.    the satisfaction which a commodity yields
  4.    the service which a commodity is capable of rendering
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> the satisfaction which a commodity yields
Answer: (c)
In economics, ‘Utility,’ refers to the total satisfaction received from consuming a good or service.
It is usually applied by economists in such constructs as the indifference curve, which plots the combination of commodities that an individual or a society would accept to maintain a given level of satisfaction.
Question 60. “Economics is what it ought to be” - This statement refers to
  1.    Fiscal economics
  2.    Normative economics
  3.    Positive economics
  4.    Monetary economics
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Normative economics
Answer: (b)
Normative economics (as opposed to positive economics) is that part of economics that expresses value judgments (normative judgments) about economic fairness or what the economy ought to be like or what goals of public policy ought to be.
It is the study or presentation of “what ought to be” rather than what actually is. Normative economics deals heavily with value judgments and theoretical scenarios.
An example of a normative economic statement would be, “We should cut taxes in half to increase disposable income levels”. By contrast, a positive (or objective) economic observation would be, “Big tax cuts would help many people, but government budget constraints make that option infeasible.”

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