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If more and more capital and labour are employed on a piece of land after a certain point, the output increases by _________.

  1. more than proportionately

  2. proportionately

  3. less than proportionately

  4. constantly


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This happens due to negative marginal returns for eg , in case of excessive employment in a particular land. At this point withdrawal of workers will help to increase the total output.

_____is/are characteristic of land.

  1. Fixed supply

  2. Requires labours and capital to be useful

  3. Highly immobile

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Land is a free gift of nature to the human beings hence the supply of land is fixed,it requires labours and capital to be useful in order to make some production to the economy, it does not possess an mobilty,ie, it cannot be moved from one place to another.

The supply curve of land is __________.

  1. U shaped

  2. L shaped

  3. a straight line

  4. downward sloping


Correct Option: C

Which of these is not land in economics?

  1. Thermal power project at Singrauli

  2. Mango orchard of Malaybad in Uttar Pradesh

  3. Fish reserves of Arabian Sea

  4. Teak forest of Assam


Correct Option: A

Which of the following will have a flat supply curve?

  1. Labour

  2. Capital

  3. Land

  4. Raw material


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Land has a flat supply curve because the quantity supplied of the land is fixed as land is natural resource. Land has a perfectly inelastic supply, that is, the supply of the land remains fixed irrespective of the increase or decrease in the demand of the land.

Supply of land is ________.

  1. perfectly inelastic

  2. perfectly elastic

  3. highly elastic

  4. relatively elastic


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Supply of land is perfectly inelastic as change in demand of land does not lead to any change in supply of land as land is a free gift of nature and it's quantity is fixed.Supply curve of land is a straight vertical line .

The supply of land is _______.

  1. unlimited

  2. increased

  3. decreased

  4. limited


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The supply of land is fixed as land is a free gift of nature,it can neither be increased,decreased nor it is unlimited.

Land in economics, means __________.

  1. material and non-material goods on the surface of earth

  2. minerals under the surface of earth

  3. all natural resources available to man for producing wealth

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D

State the factor that is fixed in the short run.

  1. Land
  2. Raw material

  3. Electricity 

  4. Labour


Correct Option: A

India accounts for ________of world surface area.

  1. 4.2 per cent

  2. 2.4 per cent

  3. 5.4 per cent

  4. 3.2 per cent


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

India is the seventh largest country in the world on the basis of its land area. The share of India in percent terms is only 2.4 per cent of the total land surface of the world.