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Who calls economics as science of wealth?

Adam Smith

And J.B. Say.


Who says: Economics is a science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means, which have alternate uses.”

Robbins


What is micro economics?

Study of individiual firm or individual in different decision making situations involving scarce resources.


What is Macro economics?

Macro means collectives, thus Study of groups of individiual firm or nations in different decision making situations involving scarce resources.


Who said: “Economics is the study of manking in the ordinary business of life, it examines that part of individual and social action which is most closely connected with the attainment and with the use of the material requisite and well being.”

Alfred Marshall


Who said : “the range of our inquiry becomes restricted to that part of social welfare that can be brought directly or indirectly into relation with the measuring rod of money.”

PIGOU


GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF POSITIVE SCIENCE?

Positive science is concerned with pure cause and effect relation – for example the law of gravitation.


Give an example of Normative Science?

It gives you the ideal, what should be done and why - example - morals, ethics, social sciences etc.


“Because every human being is a mortal, therefore Ram is also mortal.” – what kind of logic is it – inductive or deductive?

Inductive


“Because Ram died, Mohan died, Sudama died, therefore every human being is mortal” – what kind of logic is it – inductive or deductive?

Deductive


What are the four central economic problems?

What to produce How to produce For whom to produce What provisions are to be made for

economic growth


Who said: “Economics is neutral between ends.”

Robbins


Which of these is a micro problem?

A. Savings rate in India

B. Unemployment in India

C. M3

D. Pricing decision at Bikaji.

Answer: D


What is M3?

Broad Money


Give examples of some conspicuous goods?

Conspicuous goods are those, where consumers think that higher price means better goods.

Diamond Jewellery MBA programme.


Give examples of Giffin Goods?

The goods which are considered to be inferior to other goods.

Bajra, Jwar etc.


What is utility?

It is the want satisfying power of a commodity.


Which are the 2 approaches towards utility?

Cardinal and Ordinal.


Which approach towards utility says that utility can be measured?

Cardinal


Which Which approach towards utility says that utility cant be measured, but it can be shown as hierarchy or order?

ORDINAL


What are the assumptions of indifference curve analysis ?

1. Consumer is rational

2. Consumer is capable of ranking different commodities

3. If A is preferred to B, and B is preferred to C, A must be preferred to C.


Can indifference curve intersect each others?

Never


Can indifference curve take concave shape?

Never


Can indifference curve take convex shape?

Yes – always


Can a budget line cut many indifference curve?

Yes – infinite.


Name the two mundamental laws, that shape the utility theory?

1. Law of diminishing marginal utility

2. Law of equi marginal utility


Why is indifference curve approach better than utility theory?

It studies more than one commodity at a time

It does not require the assumption of constancy of money.

It doesn’t require the assumption that money can be measured.


What is the most important determinant of supply?

Price of the goods in the market (other determinants are technology, price

of related goods, prices of factors of production, govt. polity etc.).


Who says that production power of land is indestructible?

Ricardo


What is capital formation?

Sustained increase in stock of real capital in a country.


Is entrepreneur also a factor of production?

Yes, besides land, labour, capital.


What are the functions of an entrepreneur?

To take risk To innovate (do something new). Initiate (start a business or some

activity). Coordinate resources More benefits with less resources.


What is economic non-sense or economic absurdity?

Stage 1 and state 3 of law of variable prodportion are called economic non-sense as no producer will produce at that level. Every producer would like to be at stage 2. (the first state is law of increasing return, the third stage is law of decreasing returns).


If I employ labour, my production is as under:

Labour production 2 10 5 35 15 105 20 120 25 120 Where do you have stage 1,2,3. ?


Solution . . .

We have 1st stage till 5 units of labour, we have 2nd stage from 5 to 15 units of labour, we have 3rd stage from 15 to 25 units of labour. The 2nd stage is giving us maximum marginal and average production, so we shall stay in this stage.


What is the difference between law of returns (law of variable proportion) and returns to scale?

Law of returns is related to short term but returns to scale are related to long term.

Law of returns assume only one variable resource (labour). But Returns to scale assumes that all factors of production are variable. (because in long run every factor of production become variable).


Which are fixed costs?

Those costs which do not change with change in volume of production are called fixed costs

Examples: rent, salaries, etc.


What are variable costs?

Those costs which change with change in volume of production are called variable costs

Example: wages, power, carriage inward, etc.


Where will MC curve cut AVC and ATC?

At their bottom. (always). MC = marginal cost curve AVC = average variable cost curve ATC = average total cost curve.


What is long run?

The time in which a firm can change all its factors of production.


What is relation of long run cost curve to short run cost curve?

LAC (long run average curve) is combination of infinte SAC (short run average cost curves). LAC is combination of all the lower points of SACs. It is a lower umbrella of SACs.


Do we have similar products in perfect market?

Yes – homonogenous products.


If the marginal revenue is more than marginal cost, what should the firm do?

The firm should increase production and continue to increase production so long as MR = MC. (the point of equilibrium).


If the income of people increases, the demand curve should shift in which direction?

Upward or rightward.


What will happen at the point, where budget line touches highest indifference curve?

Consumer’s equilibrium


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