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NON-COMPETITIVE MARKETS MCQs

Total Questions : 25 | Page 2 of 3 pages
Question 11. When market power is obtained through barriers to entry created by the government or a regulatory body, the market power is called ___ market power.
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When market power is obtained through barriers to entry created by the government or a regulatory body, the market power is called legal market power.
Question 12. The demand curve for a perfectly competitive market is ______.
  1.    upward sloping
  2.    downward sloping
  3.    horizontal
  4.    vertical
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Answer: Option C. -> horizontal
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C
The demand curve for a perfectly competitive market is horizontal as the demand is perfectly elastic. This is because all firms can sell however much they want at the market price and at the market price only.
Question 13. A ___ is a structure in which only one seller provides a good or service that has no close substitutes.
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A monopoly is defined as a structure in which only one seller provides a good or service that has no close substitutes. This is different from perfect competition which we have seen earlier.
Question 14. Which of the following market structure arises when the products are differentiated as opposed to perfect substitutes?
  1.    Monopoly
  2.    Oligopoly
  3.    Perfect competition
  4.    Monopolistic competition
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Answer: Option D. -> Monopolistic competition
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D
When products are differentiated and not perfect substitutes of each other, it results in a market structure called as monopolistic competition.
Question 15. When market power is obtained through barriers to entry created by a firm itself, the market power is called ___ market power.
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When market power is obtained through barriers to entry created by the government or a regulatory body, the market power is called natural market power.
Question 16. Social surplus is maximized in case of _______.
  1.    Perfect competition
  2.    Oligopoly
  3.    Monopoly
  4.    Monopolistic competition
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Answer: Option A. -> Perfect competition
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A
Social surplus is maximized in case of perfect competition since resources allocation is controlled by the invisible hand of market demand are supply.
Question 17. Since monopolies are price makers, they can potentially generate unlimited profits.
  1.    True
  2.    False
  3.    Facebook
  4.    Indian Railways
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Answer: Option B. -> False
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B
Even though monopolies are price makers, the quantity they can sell at any price depends on the market demand. Hence, monopolies cannot generate unlimited profits by driving up the prices.
Question 18. Which of the following is the slope of the TR curve?
  1.    MR
  2.    AR
  3.    MC
  4.    Price
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Answer: Option A. -> MR
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A
The slope of the TR curve is MR or marginal revenue.
Question 19. The demand schedule for a firm is shown below
Price (Rs)Quantity71006200530044003500
What is the maximum revenue for the firm?
  1.    700
  2.    1200
  3.    1500
  4.    1600
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Answer: Option D. -> 1600
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D
Let us add the total revenue column using the relation TR=P×Q
Price(Rs)QuantityTR710070062001200530015004400160035001500
We can see that maximum revenue of the firm is Rs 1600.
Question 20. For a monopoly firm, which of the following is equal to market price?
  1.    MR
  2.    AR
  3.    TR
  4.    MC
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Answer: Option B. -> AR
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B
For a monopoly firm,
TR=P×QAR=TRQ=P×QQ=P

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