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51
Economies of scale are of two kinds
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Economies of scale are of two kinds Internal and external. Internal economies of scale are firm-specific or caused internally while external economies of scale occur based on larger changes outside the firm. Both result in declining marginal costs of production, yet the net effect is the same.
52
Which statement is true
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
AFC + AVC = ATC is true.
53
Identify the economist who had little formal education and started working in the money market at an early age of fourteen.
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
David Ricardo the economist had little formal education and started working in the money market at an early age of fourteen. At the age of 14 he entered into business with his father, who had made a fortune on the London Stock Exchange.
54
In which form, the largest percentage of national income is earned?
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
In the form of Employee' wages, the largest percentage of national income is earned.
55
Law of return applies to firms working in
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Law of return applies to firms working in all kinds of market situations. A firm's production function could exhibit different types of returns to scale in different ranges of output.
56
Which is NOT a cause of shift in cost curves of a firm?
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Price of product is not a cause of shift in cost curves of a firm. Cost curves shift in response to changes in two factors: If a technological change results in the firm using more capital, the average fixed cost curve shifts upward and at low levels of output, the average total cost curve may shift upward. At large output levels, average total cost decreases.
57
Who first raised the fear of a world food shortage?
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
T.R.Malthus first raised the fear of a world food shortage. In 1798 Thomas Robert Malthus famously predicted that short-term gains in living standards would inevitably be undermined as human population growth outstripped food production, and thereby drive living standards back toward subsistence.
58
The minimum wage is an example of
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
The minimum wage is an example of Price floor. A price floor is the absolute minimum price at which a good or service (labor in this case) can be sold and it is usually set by the government. Price floors are set above the market equilibrium price of a good or service.
59
During short period, diminishing returns may follow because
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
During short period, diminishing returns may follow because quantity of any one factor is fixed.
60
MC is given by
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
MC is given by Slope of TC. Slope tells us how (total) costs change when we change output/quantity produced.