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Agriculture Economics

Q 1 :
What is the difference between stock and supply
  1. A.Stock is a flow concept whereas supply is no
  2. B.Supply is a flow concept and stock is not a flow.com
  3. C.Both supply and stock are flow concepts
  4. D.None of the above
Q 2 :
What is the shape of supply curve
  1. A.Convex to x axis or upward sloping
  2. B.Downward sloping
  3. C.Concave
  4. D.Can be any of the
Q 3 :
What is the relation between individual and market supply curve
  1. A.Market supply curve is the horizontal summation of individual supply curve
  2. B.Market demand curve is the vertical summation of individual supply curve
  3. C.Individual supply curve is the horizontal summation of market demand curve
  4. D.Individual supply curve is the vertical summation of market demand curve
Q 4 :
Contraction and extension of supply means
  1. A.Increase in supply due to increased price and decrease in supply due
    decreased price
  2. B.Decrease in supply due to increased price increase in supply due to decreased
    price
  3. C.Both a and b
  4. D.None of the above
Q 5 :
More supply at same price and same supply at lower price means
  1. A.Increased supply
  2. B.Decreased supply
  3. C.Constant supply
  4. D.None of the above
Q 6 :
Decrease in supply means
  1. A.Less supply at same price and same supply at higher price
  2. B.Higher supply at same price and same supply at decreased price
  3. C.Both a and b
  4. D.None of the above
Q 7 :
Elasticity of supply is given by
  1. A.% A quantity supplied / %A in demand
  2. B.% A quantity demanded / % A in supply
  3. C.% 4 in supply / % 4 in price
  4. D.None of the above
Q 8 :
Pick the incorrect one out in terms of (es= elasticity of supply)
A) Perfectly inelastic      - es = 0
B) Perfectly elastic         - es = 0
C) Inelastic                     - es <1
D) Elastic                        - es = 1
E) Unitary elastic            - es = 1
  1. A.Only A
  2. B.Only B
  3. C.Only C
  4. D.None of the above
Q 9 :
Market is in equilibrium when
 
  1. A.Quantity demanded = quantity supplied
  2. B.Quantity demanded > quantity supplied
  3. C.Quantity demanded < quantity supplied
  4. D.All of the above
Q 10 :
Which one of the following is not correctly matched
  1. A.Surplus when quantity supplied > quantity demanded
  2. B.Deficit when quantity supplied < quantity demanded
  3. C.Elastic supply curve has elasticity > 1
  4. D.None of the above
Q 11 :
Supply curve shift towards right side if
  1. A.Prices are expected to increase in future
  2. B.Prices are expected to decrease in future
  3. C.Prices of relative products decrease
  4. D.All of the above
Q 12 :
Reduction in input prices leads to
  1. A.Increase in supply
  2. B.Decrease in supply
  3. C.Constant supply
  4. D.Can be any of the above
Q 13 :
Shift in supply curve can also be written as
  1. A.Increase or decrease in supply
  2. B.Extension or contraction of supply
  3. C.Increase or decrease in supply due to factors other
  4. D.Both a and c
Q 14 :
Cardinal utility analysis was given by
  1. A.Alfred Marshall
  2. B.Adam Smith
  3. C.Lionel Robbins
  4. D.None of the above
Q 15 :
Cardinal utility analysis comprises of
  1. A.Law of diminishing marginal utility or law of life
  2. B.Law of equi marginal utility
  3. C.Indifference curve approach
  4. D.Both a and b
Q 16 :
Law of life states
  1. A.Marginal utility of a product decreases when the consumer has more and more of it
  2. B.Each successive unit of a commodity brings in lesser and lesser utility
  3. C.Both a and b
  4. D.None of the above
Q 17 :
Which among the following are the assumptions of law of life
  1. A.Cardinal measurability of utility meaning utility can be quantified an
    Introspective method
  2. B.Utilities are independent and marginal utility of money is constant
  3. C.Both a and b
  4. D.None of the above
Q 18 :
Total utility is
  1. A.Sum of marginal utilities
  2. B.Maximum when marginal utility is zero
  3. C.Summation of satisfaction gained from consuming various units
  4. D.All of the above
Q 19 :
Marginal utility and price is
  1. A.Directly related
  2. B.Inversely related
  3. C.Unrelated
  4. D.Both a and b
Q 20 :
Area under marginal utility curve represents
  1. A.Total utility
  2. B.Total disutility
  3. C.Average utility
  4. D.None of the above
Q 21 :
Condition for equilibrium under diminishing marginal utility
  1. A.Total utility maximum and marginal utility is zero
  2. B.Total utility zero and marginal utility maximum
  3. C.Both total and marginal utility is maximum
  4. D.Both total and marginal utility zero
Q 22 :
Law of equi marginal utility is also called as
  1. A.Principle of proportion and law of maximum satisfaction
  2. B.Law of opportunity cost and law of substitution and Gossen's second law
  3. C.Both a and b
  4. D.None of the above
Q 23 :
Which among the following is not correctly matched
A) Limited resource                         -law of equi marginal utility
B) Unlimited or given resource        -law of diminishing marginal utility
C) Utility                                          - measured in terms of degrees
D) Utility                                           -measured in terms of utils
  1. A.Both A and C
  2. B.Both B and D
  3. C.Only C
  4. D.Only D
Q 24 :
Equilibrium under many commodities and same price for law of equi marginal utility is given by
  1. A.Marginal utility of last unit consumed is nearly equal to first
  2. B.Marginal utility of last unit consumed is exactly equal to first
  3. C.Marginal utility of last unit consumed is greater than first
  4. D.None of the above
Q 25 :
Equilibrium under two or more than two commodities under law of substitution is given by
  1. A.MUx/Px= MUY/PY
  2. B.MUX/Py= MUY/Px
  3. C.MUX/Px= MUY.Py
  4. D.MUX.Px= MUY/Py
Q 26 :
Concept of consumer surplus was given by
  1. A.Alfred Marshall
  2. B.Adam Smith
  3. C.Samuelson
  4. D.Walker
Q 27 :
Consumer surplus is defined as
  1. A.Difference between price a consumer pays and th
  2. B.Difference between the actual price and what the
  3. C.Difference between the price a consumer is willing pays
  4. D.None of the above
Q 28 :
Consumer surplus is
  1. A.Inversely proportional to price
  2. B.Directly proportional to price
  3. C.Not related to price
  4. D.None of the above
Q 29 :
Consumer surplus can be stated as
  1. A.Marginal utility - market price (for a unit of commodity)
  2. B.Total utility - total amount spent
  3. C.Value in use - value in exchange
  4. D.All of the above
Q 30 :
J R Hicks and Allen gave
  1. A.Indifference curve technique
  2. B.Law of diminishing marginal utility
  3. C.Law of equi marginal utility
  4. D.All of the above
Q 31 :
Ordinal utility means
  1. A.Utility can be measured
  2. B.Utility cannot be measured
  3. C.Utilities can be ranked
  4. D.Both b and c
Q 32 :
Which of the following is the assumption of indifference curve approach
  1. A.Consistency - if in a condition A, person chooses X over Y, he will not choose y over X in other condition
  2. B.Transitivity - A is preferred to B and B is preferred to C then A is preferred to
  3. C.Non satiation - more of a good is always preferred to less
  4. D.All of the above
Q 33 :
Assumption of convexity in indifference curve means
  1. A.Consumer prefers to have exclusively one good rather than two
  2. B.Consumer prefers to have some amount of both goods rather than one goou only
  3. C.Consumer is never satisfied
  4. D.Consumer is always satisfied with whatever he has
Q 34 :
Indifference map is
  1. A.Family of indifference curve
  2. B.Another name of indifference curve
  3. C.Expression of scale of preferences
  4. D.Both a and c
Q 35 :
Indifference curve is
  1. A.Convex shaped
  2. B.Concave shape
  3. C.Straight line sloping downward
  4. D.Straight line sloping upwards
Q 36 :
Higher indifference curve means
  1. A.Higher satisfaction
  2. B.No satisfaction
  3. C.Same satisfaction
  4. D.Lower satisfaction
Q 37 :
Marginal rate of substitution between good X and Y is stated as
  1. A.Amount of good Y a person is ready to let go to gain one unit of good X
  2. B.Amount of good X a person is ready to let go to gain one unit of good Y
  3. C.Amount of good X demanded to let go of a unit of good Y
  4. D.None of the above
Q 38 :
Diminishing marginal rate of substitution between good X and Y means
  1. A.A person is ready to let go less and less of Y as he has more and more of good
  2. B.Decreasing value of slope of indifference curve
  3. C.Both a and b
  4. D.None of the above
Q 39 :
Slope of indifference curve is
  1. A.Marginal rate of substitution (MRS)
  2. B.Total utility (TU)
  3. C.Marginal rate of complementarity (MRC)
  4. D.Marginal rate of utility (MRU)
Q 40 :
A line that shows all possible combinations of two goods that can be bought with the given amount of income is called as
  1. A.Isocost line
  2. B.Iso revenue line
  3. C.Budget line
  4. D.None of the above
Q 41 :
Budget line is also called as
  1. A.Price line
  2. B.Outlay or expenditure line
  3. C.Budget constraint
  4. D.All of the above
Q 42 :
Indifference curves
  1. A.Never intersect
  2. B.Can intersect
  3. C.Touch either of the axis
  4. D.None of the above
Q 43 :
Equilibrium equation under indifference curve method is given by (for two goods X and Y, p = price)
  1. A.MRSxy = Px/Py
  2. B.AY/AX = Px/Py
  3. C.MRSxy = Py/Px
  4. D.Both a and b
Q 44 :
Conditions of equilibrium under indifference curve are
  1. A.First order condition - MRS = inverse price ratio
  2. B.Second order condition - MRS should be decreasing at the point of equilibrium
  3. C.Third order condition - Indifference curves intersect x axis at point of equilibrium
  4. D.Both a and b
Q 45 :
Which of the following is incorrect regarding Indifference curves
  1. A.Normal goods - convex
  2. B.Perfect substitutes - download sloping straight line
  3. C.Perfect complements - L shaped
  4. D.None of the above
Q 46 :
With nominal income fixed, what happens to real income when prices fall, it!
  1. A.Increases
  2. B.Decreases
  3. C.Remains constant
  4. D.Becomes zero
Q 47 :
Formula for real income is given by
  1. A.Nominal income/quantity demanded
  2. B.Nominal income/price index
  3. C.Nominal income x price index
  4. D.Price index/nominal income
Q 48 :
Change in quantity demanded due to change in price, with nominal income constant is called as
  1. A.Substitution effect
  2. B.Price effect
  3. C.Income effect
  4. D.None of the above
Q 49 :
Substitution effect is described as
  1. A.Change in quantity demanded due to change in own price
  2. B.Change in quantity demanded to change in relative price
  3. C.Change in quantity demanded due to change in income
  4. D.Both a and c
Q 50 :
Price effect is equal to
  1. A.Income effect - substitution effect
  2. B.Income effect + substitution effect
  3. C.Income effect / substitution effect
  4. D.Income effect x substitution

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