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Recession is generally associated with the phenomena of __________.

  1. falling prices

  2. falling sensex

  3. falling population

  4. falling public spending


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Recession is also known as business contraction cycle ,where a decrease in general price level in an economy is observed.

__________ are of regular nature and repeat themselves after a fixed interval of time.

  1. Periodic variations

  2. Oscillatory variations

  3. (a) or (b)

  4. Irregular variations


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Periodic variations occur after a fixed interval or period of time. They happen repeatedly. In economics, periodic variations can be found in production and consumption.

A business cycle contraction will tend to cause: ______.

  1. decrease in foreign capital

  2. increase in unemployment

  3. fall in inflation

  4. all the three


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
A business contraction cycle or recession cycle will cause:
1) Capital accumulated from foreign countries gets depleted
2) Unemployment level in an economy increase because wage level falls as the profit of the business decreases due to low investment..
3) Decrease in general price level is also observed  ,that is, fall in inflation.

When we say that the Demand for a commodity depends upon the money income of the Consumer, we are referring to -

  1. Income Effect

  2. Substitution Effect

  3. Demonstration Effect

  4. Utility Effect


Correct Option: A

TR minus total explicit cost is called:

  1. profit

  2. economic profit

  3. supernormal profit

  4. accounting profit


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Accounting profits refers to the profits which include implicit cost in them along with normal profits.It only excludes explicit cost from the overall revenue.