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Economics of Business and Finance | Set 1
1. Business economics is the application of ------- to business management
A. commerce
B. management
C. economics
D. finance
Correct : C. economics
2. Risks that cannot be insured is called -----
A. uncertainty
B. injury
C. capital
D. none of the above
Correct : A. uncertainty
3. Market in which securities are issued for the first time is ---------
A. secondary market
B. primary market
C. tertiary market
D. money market
Correct : A. secondary market
4. Market in which prices of shares are going up is called-------
A. bull market
B. bear market
C. stock market
D. capital market
Correct : A. bull market
5. Market in which prices of shares are going down is called-------
A. bull market
B. bear market
C. stock market
D. capital market
Correct : B. bear market
6. For substitutes, cross elasticity is --------
A. positive
B. negative
C. zero
D. infinity
Correct : A. positive
7. For complementary goods, cross elasticity is --------
A. positive
B. negative
C. zero
D. infinity
Correct : A. positive
8. Entry preventing price is called --------
A. limit price
B. full cost price
C. penetration price
D. psychological price
Correct : C. penetration price
9. Long run theory of production is known as ----
A. law of variable proportion
B. law of diminishing returns
C. law of returns to scale
D. none of the above
Correct : A. law of variable proportion
10. An example of cartel is-------
A. opec
B. oecd
C. saarc
D. eu
Correct : C. saarc
11. Other things remaining the same, the quantity of a product demanded increases with ------------ in price
A. increase
B. decrease
C. variation
D. none of the above
Correct : A. increase
12. For necessary goods, the income elasticity of demand
A. more than 1
B. less than 1
C. zero
D. none
Correct : A. more than 1
13. Relation between price of a commodity and demand for another commodity is measured by
A. price elasticity
B. income elasticity
C. cross elasticity
D. elasticity of substitution
Correct : C. cross elasticity
14. When Q = f (P), the elasticity coefficient is measured by
A. Δq/Δp / p/q
B. Δp/Δq * q/p
C. Δq/Δp * p/q
D. Δp/Δq / q/p
Correct : C. Δq/Δp * p/q
15. Income elasticity of demand for inferior goods is
A. negative
B. positive
C. zero
D. unity
Correct : A. negative
16. In the case of luxury goods, the income elasticity of demand will be
A. less than unity
B. unity
C. more than unity
D. all the above
Correct : A. less than unity
17. Income elasticity is positive, but less than unity in the case of
A. necessity
B. luxury
C. inferior
D. substitutes
Correct : C. inferior
18. The price is kept artificially low in
A. price skimmimg
B. limit pricing
C. full cost pricing
D. psychological pricing
Correct : C. full cost pricing
19. In drawing an individual demand curve for a commodity, all but which of the following are kept constant
A. individual’s money income
B. the prices of the related commodity
C. price of the commodity under consideration
D. tastes of the consumer
Correct : A. individual’s money income
20. A fall in the price of the commodity holding everything else constant results in
A. increase in demand
B. decrease in demand
C. increase in quantity demanded
D. decrease in quantity demanded
Correct : D. decrease in quantity demanded
21. When an individual’s income falls, when everything else remains the same, his demand for inferior goods
A. increases
B. decreases
C. remains unchanged
D. cannot say
Correct : A. increases
22. When the price of the substitute commodity of X falls, the demand for X
A. rises
B. falls
C. remains unchanged
D. all of the above is possible
Correct : A. rises
23. When both the price of a substitute and the price of complement of X rises, the demand for X
A. rises
B. falls
C. remains unchanged
D. all of the above is possible
Correct : B. falls
24. Most rare type of price discrimination is
A. first degree
B. second degree
C. third degree
D. fourth degree
Correct : D. fourth degree
25. The price which is initially low is called --------
A. limit price
B. full cost price
C. penetration price
D. psychological price
Correct : C. penetration price
26. A fall in the price of the commodity whose demand curve is a rectangular hyperbola causes total expenditure on the commodity
A. increases
B. decreases
C. remains unchanged
D. none of the above
Correct : D. none of the above
27. If the quantity demanded remains unchanged as the price of the commodity falls, the coefficient of price elasticity of demand is
A. greater than
B. one equal to one
C. smaller than one
D. zero
Correct : D. zero
28. An increase in the price of the commodity when demand is inelastic causes the total expenditure of consumers of the commodity to
A. increase
B. decrease
C. remains unchanged
D. any of the above
Correct : D. any of the above
29. A negative income elasticity of demand for a commodity indicates that as income falls, the amount of the commodity purchased
A. rises
B. falls
C. remains unchanged
D. none of the above
Correct : A. rises
30. Most common form of price discrimination is
A. first degree price discrimination
B. second degree price discrimination
C. third degree price discrimination
D. fourth degree price discrimination
Correct : A. first degree price discrimination
31. If the income elasticity of demand is greater than one, then the commodity is
A. necessity
B. luxury
C. inferior
D. non-related commodity
Correct : A. necessity
32. If the income elasticity of demand for a commodity is found to be 0.4, then the commodity concerned is
A. luxury
B. necessity
C. giffen’s goods
D. independent good
Correct : C. giffen’s goods
33. A fall in income of the consumer, other things being equal, causes
A. increase in demand
B. decrease in demand
C. increase in quantity demanded
D. decease in quantity demanded
Correct : D. decease in quantity demanded
34. Which of the following Elasticities measure movement along a curve, rather than a shift in the curve
A. price elasticity of demand
B. income elasticity of demand
C. cross elasticity of demand
D. none of the above
Correct : D. none of the above
35. Cross elasticity of demand in the case of substitutes
A. zero
B. negative
C. positive
D. infinity
Correct : C. positive
36. A movement down the given demand curve shows
A. increase in demand
B. decrease in demand
C. extension in demand
D. contraction in demand
Correct : D. contraction in demand
37. Which of the following results in an increase in an increase in demand
A. fall in prices of substitutes
B. increase in price of complementary goods
C. fall in consumer’s income
D. none of the above
Correct : B. increase in price of complementary goods
38. When total product is maximum, marginal product is
A. maximum
B. positive
C. zero
D. negative
Correct : C. zero
39. Who popularized the degrees of price discrimination
A. alfred marshall
B. pigou
C. keynes
D. jevons
Correct : B. pigou
40. As a result of a fall in the price total expenditure on the commodity decreases, the coefficient of elasticity will be
A. equal to one
B. greater than one
C. less than one
D. cannot sa
Correct : A. equal to one
41. If a small change in price leads to infinitely large change in quantity demanded, then the demand is
A. perfectly elastic
B. perfectly inelastic
C. elastic
D. inelastic
Correct : C. elastic
42. When demand curve is rectangular hyperbola, the value of price elasticity of demand will be
A. zero
B. one
C. greater than one
D. infinity
Correct : B. one
43. Consumers are denied of any consumer surplus in ------- degree of price discrimination
A. first
B. second
C. third
D. fourth degree price discrimination
Correct : A. first
44. On a linear demand curve, the coefficient of price elasticity is unity, then the value of MR will be
A. positive
B. zero
C. negative
D. one
Correct : B. zero
45. Business economics lie at the borderline between economics and ------
A. political science
B. commerce
C. management
D. statistics
Correct : A. political science
46. Planning for future is also called
A. logistic planning
B. capital planning
C. forward planning
D. none of the above
Correct : A. logistic planning
47. Economics is concerned with allocation of --------- resources
A. abundant
B. unlimited
C. scarce
D. redundant
Correct : C. scarce
48. The cost of next best alternative is called ---------
A. opportunity cost
B. marginal cost
C. total cost
D. sink cost
Correct : C. total cost
49. The most important objective of the producer is -----
A. maximum sales
B. maximum profit
C. maximum revenue
D. maximum cost
Correct : A. maximum sales
50. Who is the author Principles of Economics
A. adam smith
B. alfred marshall
C. j m keynes
D. friedman
Correct : A. adam smith
51. Production function shows -------- relation between input and output
A. technical
B. functional
C. all of the above
D. none of the above
Correct : B. functional
52. Value of money --------- when there is inflation
A. increase
B. stagnant
C. decrease
D. zero
Correct : A. increase
53. The operating period in which at least one factor of production is fixed is called
A. short run
B. long run
C. medium run
D. none of the above
Correct : A. short run
54. The operating period in which all factors of production are variable is called
A. short run
B. long run
C. medium run
D. none of the above
Correct : B. long run
55. Uninsured risk are called
A. uncertainty
B. choice
C. inter temporal choice
D. optimum risk
Correct : A. uncertainty
56. An example of negative externality is
A. output
B. sales
C. pollution
D. profit
Correct : C. pollution
57. Computation of present value is called
A. discounting
B. compounding
C. adding up
D. forecasting
Correct : C. adding up
58. Computation of future value of money is called
A. discounting
B. compounding
C. adding up
D. forecasting
Correct : D. forecasting
59. In financial sense, investment is
A. net addition to capital stock
B. savings
C. allocation of monetary resources on assets
D. increased output
Correct : A. net addition to capital stock
60. The assets known as gilt edged securities
A. debenture
B. government securities
C. bonds
D. gold
Correct : C. bonds
61. The privilege of issuing company to call back bonds is known as
A. call
B. hedging
C. speculation
D. arbitrage
Correct : A. call
62. ------ is also called after market
A. primary market
B. secondary market
C. tertiary market
D. money market
Correct : A. primary market
63. Which of the following is a non-negotiable instrument?
A. treasury bills
B. shares
C. debentures
D. bank deposit
Correct : D. bank deposit