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Competitive behaviour means _________.

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  1. when an individual firm is unable to influence the price at which the product is sold in the market

  2. when firms compete with each other to achieve a greater share of the market

  3. both A and B

  4. none of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Competition or competitive behaviour means when firms compete with each other in a variety of ways to achieve a higher level of sales or a greater share of the market.

A perfectly competitive market has been defined as one where an individual
firm is unable to influence the price at which the product is sold in the
market.

An example of competitive behavior is ______.

economics theories of distribution liquidity preference and profit revenue and revenue curves simple monopoly and commodity market

  1. Samsung and Apple competing for higher market share 

  2. individual farmers

  3. Pepsi and Coca Cola competing for greater market share

  4. both A and C

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Example of competitive behaviour is when Coke and Pepsi or Samsung and Apple compete with each other in a variety of ways to achieve a higher level of sales or a greater share of the market. Conversely, we do not find individual farmers competing among themselves to sell a larger amount of crop. This is because both Coke and Pepsi or Samsung and Apple possess the power to influence the market price of soft drinks, while the individual farmer does not.

The author of the concept of quasi rent is ______________.

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  1. Ricardo

  2. J.M.Keynes

  3. Marshall

  4. Samuelson

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Correct Option: C

___________________ is income derived from machines and other appliances for production by man.

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  1. Quasi-rent

  2. Rent

  3. Capital

  4. Profit

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Correct Option: A

Rent is the price paid for the use of ________________.

economics theories of distribution liquidity preference and profit revenue and revenue curves simple monopoly and commodity market

  1. capital

  2. land

  3. labour

  4. organisation

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Correct Option: B

The one rupee note and coins are issued by _____________.

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  1. RBI (Central Bank)

  2. Commercial Bank

  3. Ministry of Finance

  4. Central Government

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Reserve bank of India has the sole right to issue currency notes of various denominations except one rupee notes under Section 22 of Reserve bank of India Act. The one rupee note and coins are issued by ministry of finance and it bears the signature of Finance Secretary.

Other name for legal reserve requirement is ________________.

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  1. Cash reserve ratio

  2. Statutory liquidity ratio

  3. Variable reserve ratio

  4. Bank rate

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The variable reserve ration is a new method of credit control used by central banks in recent times. The variable reserve ratio device springs from the fact that central bank, as a Bankers Bank, must hold a part of the cash reserves of commercial banks.

What is the value of money multiplier when initial deposits are $Rs. 500$ crores and LRR is $10%$?

economics theories of distribution functions of money value, nature and functions of money liquidity preference and profit

  1. $0.1$

  2. $0.2$

  3. $10$

  4. $20$

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

$MONEY\space MULTIPLIER = \dfrac{1}{LRR}$

$MONEY\space MULTIPLIER = \dfrac{1}{10} = 0.1$
                                                     

All of the following is function of money except __________.

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  1. to provide durability

  2. to be portable

  3. to be divisible

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A

Liquidity of asset is dependent on __________.

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  1. the term of amatively of the asset

  2. existence of organized secondary Markets

  3. both a & b

  4. none of the above

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Correct Option: C