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Economics Concepts and Theories

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Economics Concepts and Theories Questions

Multiple choice business economics and quantitative methods consumer's behaviour consumer equilibrium laws in economics utility and law of diminishing marginal utility

A production possibility frontier explains ________ of Economics.

  1. law of diminishing marginal returns

  2. law of variable proportions

  3. law of marginal utility

  4. water vs. diamond paradox

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Production possibility frontier explain the law of diminishing marginal returns as with the consumption of every additional unit of one good ,the consumer is willing to sacrifice much less and less ,in two-commodity case.That is why the production possibility curve is concave to the origin.

Multiple choice business economics and quantitative methods consumer's behaviour consumer equilibrium laws in economics utility and law of diminishing marginal utility

Which of the following is an exception to the law of diminishing marginal utility?

  1. Reading

  2. Miser

  3. Hobbies

  4. All of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Law of marginal does not hold true in case of readers, misers and hobbies as the consumption increases the marginal utility derived from the each successive units tends to rise. For example, if a person's hobby is to collect stamps, then the marginal utility derived by collecting one more unit of stamp will rise.

Multiple choice business economics and quantitative methods consumer's behaviour consumer equilibrium laws in economics utility and law of diminishing marginal utility

"Utility is a subjective concept therefore it could only be ranked" defines the position of  _______.

  1. cardinal utility theorists

  2. ordinal utility theorists

  3. behavioral theorists

  4. all id the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

According to the concept of ordinal utility approach, it is impossible to measure utility in absolute terms and thus it cannot be compared. The reason for it being that it is a psychological phenomena. However, according to the ordinal utility theorists, a consumer can rank various combinations of goods and services according to his preference. 

Multiple choice business economics and quantitative methods consumer's behaviour consumer equilibrium laws in economics utility and law of diminishing marginal utility

Name the economists who developed:
Marginal utility theory - __________, and
Indifference curve theory - _
_______.

  1. Marshall; Hicks

  2. Hicks; Marshall

  3. Marshall; Samuelson

  4. Robbins: Hicks

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
  • Alfred Marshall was a British economist who developed most of the modern economic theory including utility analysis.
  • John Hicks was a British economist who criticized the utility theory and developed a newer theory on consumer behaviour known as the indifference curve theory. 
Multiple choice business economics and quantitative methods consumer's behaviour consumer equilibrium laws in economics utility and law of diminishing marginal utility

An assumption of the constant marginal utility of money means the importance of money to the consumer is _________.

  1. rising

  2. falling

  3. unchanged

  4. none of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Constant marginal utility of money means that the utility per unit of money remains unchanged for the consumer. This implies that each additional unit of money provides the consumer with the same level of satisfaction. This leads to the use of money as the measuring rod in utility analysis. 

Multiple choice business economics and quantitative methods consumer's behaviour consumer equilibrium laws in economics utility and law of diminishing marginal utility

The law of equi-marginal utility was stated by _______.

  1. Adam Smith

  2. A. C. Pigou

  3. Alfred Marshall

  4. J. B. Say

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A consumer is in equilibrium position when marginal utility of money expenditure on each goods is the same. This situation holds the law of equi-marginal utility true. For example: if a consumer consumes oranges and apples, then the marginal utility derived from the last rupee spent on either apples or orange will be same.
This law of equi-marginal utility is stated by a British economist named Alfred Marshall.

Multiple choice business economics and quantitative methods consumer's behaviour consumer equilibrium laws in economics utility and law of diminishing marginal utility

Law of equilibrium marginal utility was propounded by _______.

  1. Marshall

  2. Gossen

  3. Lipsey

  4. Keynes

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Hermann Heinrich Gossen was a Prussian economist who propounded the law of equilibrium marginal utility.
The law of equilibrium marginal utility states that the consumer will distribute his money income between the goods in such a way that the utility derived from the last rupee spend on each good is equal. In other words, consumer is in equilibrium position when marginal utility of  money expenditure on each goods is the same.

Multiple choice economics how does production take place? entrepreneur land,labour, capital and entrepreneur production mechanism

Rent theory of profit is associated with the name of ________.

  1. Hawley

  2. Walker

  3. Schumpeter

  4. J.B. Clark

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The rent theory was developed by an American economist,Francis L Walker.
He states that profit is the rent of ability.
Entrepreneurs of superior ability earns profit just as superior land earns rent.

Multiple choice business economics and quantitative methods introduction to managerial economics theories of employment and income concept of international trade macro economic analysis

'Closed Economy' is that economy in which __________.

  1. Only export takes place

  2. Money supply is fully controlled

  3. Deficit financing takes place

  4. Neither export nor import takes place

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The closed economy is that economy in which neither imports nor exports take place in that particular country. As the name suggests the country provides the consumers with everything they need from within the country’s economy.

Multiple choice business economics and quantitative methods introduction to managerial economics theories of employment and income concept of international trade macro economic analysis

In a/an _________ economy goods are demanded by households, firms or producers and the government.

  1. closed

  2. open

  3. mixed

  4. capitalistic

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A closed economy is one that has no trading action with the external economy. The closed economy is independent, which means no import comes into the country and no exports depart the country. The reason for a closed economy is to provide household consumers with everything they need from within the country's limits.

A closed-household financial system is a society's economic system in which goods are not traded. As an alternative, those goods are shaped and extreme by the same households.

Thus, the correct option is A.

Multiple choice business economics and quantitative methods introduction to managerial economics theories of employment and income concept of international trade macro economic analysis

According to Keynesian model of income determination, an economy's total income in the short run depends on _____________________.

  1. aggregate demand

  2. aggregate supply

  3. demand

  4. all of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In the Keynesian model, aggregate demand is the primary driver of output and income in the short run because prices and wages are assumed to be sticky.

Multiple choice business economics and quantitative methods introduction to managerial economics theories of employment and income concept of international trade macro economic analysis

In the two-sector model, households provide factor services to the firms and receive income in the form of ____________.

  1. rent

  2. wages

  3. interest and profits

  4. all of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In a two sector economy, the household sector renders factor services and is in return rewarded with factor payments by the firms in the form of rent, wages, interest and profits.

Multiple choice business economics and quantitative methods introduction to managerial economics theories of employment and income concept of international trade macro economic analysis

In an open economy, ___________ plays an important role.

  1. government

  2. foreign trade

  3. firms

  4. households

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

A country that undertakes trade with other countries is termed as an open economy. The open economy is characterised with four sectors, namely, firms, households, government and the foreign sector.

Multiple choice business economics and quantitative methods introduction to managerial economics theories of employment and income concept of international trade macro economic analysis

________________________ is the total amount of goods and services demanded in the economy.

  1. Aggregate demand

  2. Demand

  3. Individual demand

  4. None of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Aggregate demand refers to the demand for the final output in the economy, which all the buyers in the economy desire to purchase, backed by sufficient purchasing power at the general price level and the employment level in the economy.