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The U shape of the average total cost curve reflects


A) ldmu
B) the law of variable proportions
C) consumer's surplus
D) reserve capacity

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Implicit cost of a factor of production is determined by its


A) sunk cost
B) variable cost
C) fixed cost
D) opportunity cost

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The cost that cannot be recovered once spent


A) accounting cost
B) fixed cost
C) implicit cost
D) sunk cost

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Under increasing returns to scale, which of the following is the nature of the long run average cost curve?


A) downward sloping
B) upward rising
C) parallel to output axis
D) identical to short run average cost curve

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Economic cost include both


A) explicit cost and implicit cost
B) fixed cost and variable cost
C) explicit cost and prime cost
D) money cost and sunk cost

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Envelope curve is


A) long run marginal cost curve
B) long run average cost curve
C) total cost curve
D) none of the above

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The saucer-type of modern Short run Average Variable Cost (SAVC) represents


A) excess capacity
B) managerial costs
C) load factors
D) reserve capacity

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The cost expressed not in terms of money but in terms of efforts of workers undergone for making the commodity


A) opportunity cost
B) real cost
C) sacrifice cost
D) implicit cost

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The shape of TVC and TC are


A) rectangular hyperbola
B) inverse 's' shape
C) horizontal straight line
D) l shaped

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In long run, which factor of production is fixed?


A) labour
B) capital
C) building
D) none of the above

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B

The Long run Average Cost curve (LAC) in modern cost theory is roughly


A) u shaped
B) saucer shaped
C) l shaped
D) rectangular hyperbola

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When individuals income falls (everything remain the same) his demand for a normal good


A) rises
B) falls
C) remains the same
D) negative

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B

If a firm's average cost is Rs.32 at 6 units of output and Rs.34 at 7 unit, which one among the following is the marginal cost of producing the 7th unit


A) 46
B) 2
C) 36
D) 42

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The U shape of MC curve reflects


A) economies of scale
B) law of increasing returns
C) reserve capacity
D) law of variable proportion

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MC at any level of output is given by


A) slope of tc curve
B) slope of tvc curve
C) slope of either tc or tvc
D) slope of tfc

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When AC minimum in short run


A) ac < mc
B) ac > mc
C) ac = mc
D) any of above is possible

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Which of the following has a U shape?


A) average fixed cost curve
B) total cost curve
C) average variable cost curve
D) total variable cost curve

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Cardinal utility analysis to consumer equilibrium was developed by


A) marshall
B) hicks and allen
C) geremy bentham
D) gossen

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A

The total fixed cost is a


A) horizontal straight line
B) vertical
C) hyperbola
D) u shaped

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Average Fixed Cost (AFC) curve will always be


A) rectangular hyperbola
B) u shaped
C) horizontal
D) downward sloping

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