Multiple Choice Questions
MCQ.- Objectives
ECON365
Farm Management, Production & Resource
Economics.
1. an application of the accounting principles to the business of farming:
A. Farm planning B. Farm budgeting
C. Farm accounting D. Marketing
2. Beef' and 'hides' are examples of:
A.
C.
3. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
A. App rises continuously till APP and MPP is both equal.
B. MPP rises continuously - Till MPP is more than APP
C. TPP rises continuously - Till MPP is
D.
not equal to Zero
APP & MPP both fall but TPP rises.
When MPP is less than APP but more
than zero
4. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Negative marginal product = Stge
B. III of classical production function
Average product decreases but is
D. greater than marginal product = Stage
II of classical production function
5. A farmer having less than one hectare of irrigated the land, is known as:
A. Small farmers B. Marginal farmers
C. Big farmers D. None of the above
Independent enterprise B. Joint enterprise
Supplementary enterprise D. Competitive enterprise
A.
Elasticity of production = Stage III of
classical production function greater
than unity
C.
Negative elasticity of production =
Stage III of classical production
function
6. A farmer, which has land holding between 1 to 2 hectare known as:
7. A
8. A group of technical units are known as:
A. Farm firm B. Plant
C. Economic unit D. All above
9. A single convenient unit in production for which technical co-efficient are calculated is known as:
A. Units of accounting B. Technical units
C. Marginal units D. None of the above
10. A statement, which shows the financial condition and stability of the business at a particular point of time, is known as:
A. Net worth statement B. Business statement
C. Physical efficiency measures D. None of the above
11. The other name of overhed cost is:
A. Fixed cost B. Variable cost
C. Total cost D. Marginal cost
12. A.P.P. Will be equal to (Y = output, X = input):
A. X/Y B. X/Y x 100
C. Y/X D. None of above
13. Above 15% farmers had land holding in between:
A. 2-4 ha B. 0-1 ha
C.
1-2 ha
D.
None of the above
A. Marginal farmer B. Small farmer
C. Optimal farmer
D.
None of the above
farmer which has land holding between zero to one hectare is known as:
A. Small farmers
B.
Big farmer
C. Marginal farmer D. Argicultural labour
14. Absence integration between resources and activities in the process of production is called:
A. Linearity B. Non-linearity
C. Quasi-non-linearity D. Quasi-linearity
15 Iso-revenue line is a:
A. Straight line B. Curve line
C. Horizontal line D. Vertical Line
16. Average fixed cost is equal to:
A. Total fixed cost / 100 B. Total fixed cost/total variable cost
C. Total fixed cost/output D. Total fixed cost/Input
17. Average product is equal to marginal product when:
A.
C.
18. Basic fundamental law of agriculture is:
A. Law of diminishing return B. Law of equimarginal return
C. Law of substitution
D.
Law of demand and supply
19 Building machinery and implements are examples of:
A. Variable resources B. Fixed resources
C. Flow resources D. None of the above
20 Which one of the following principles is employed in production when resources are scarce?
A. Added cost is equal to added returns
B.
Equal-marginal principle
C. Competitive advantage
D.
None of these
21. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
A. Common cost = Cost associated with B. Average cost = A study of returns and
Average Product is maximum B. Average Product is minimum
Marginal Product is zero D. None of the above
22 Which one of the following is operational decision?
costs
Prime cost = Cost related to fixed
resources
A. Enterprise mix B. Selection of least cost
C. Level of resource use D. All above
23. Co-operative farming, Collective farming, Capitalistic farming, State farming and Peasant farming are:
A. Types of farming B. System of farming
C. Both these D. None of these
24. Which one of the following is not a system of farming?
A.
C.
25. Crop farming and milk production is an example of:
A. Competitive enterprise B. Complementary enterprise
C. Supplementary enterprise D. None of them
26. Dairy farming, poultry farming, crop farming and pig farming are:
A. Types of farming B. System of farming
C. Both (a) and (b) D. None of these
27. Decisions regarding irrigation, conservation and reclamation programmes are comes under:
A. Buying decisions
B.
Selling decisions
C. Marketing decisions
D.
Strategic decisions
28. Decisions regarding selection of enterprise are known as:
A. Marketing decisions B. Buying decisions
Peasant farming B. Co-operative farming
Co-operative collective farming Mixed farming D.
variable resource
Marginal cost = Additional cost to
C. produce an additional unit of
output
D.
C. Administrative decisions D. Operational decisions
29. Diversified farming is a kind of:
A. System of farming B. Type of farming
C. Both of the above D. None of the above
30. Which one of the following is not a physical factor affecting the type of farming?
A. Climate B. Topography
C. Soil D. Labour supply
31 Enterprise budgeting deals with input-output relationship of:
A.
C.
32. Expenditure on fertilizers is called:
A. Fixed cost B. Variable cost
C. Marginal cost D. Total cost
33. Which one of the following formulae gives the correct measure of 'Rate of Capital turnover'?
A. (Gross income/Total farm assets) x 100
B. (Net income / Total farm assets) x 100
(Farm business income / Total farm
C. assets) x 100
D. (Capital investment / Total farm assets) x 100
34. Fasts and findings of other science are coordinated for the solution of various problems of individual farmers with view to achieving certain desired goals, hence, farm management is:
A. Micro Approach Science
B.
Practical Science
C. Integrating Science
D.
Broader Field
35. Farm management as a resource allocation proportion is related to:
A set of different enterprises B. A single enterprises of the farm
Both of the above D. None of the above
A. Inter-farm management B. Intra-farm management
C. Both inter and intra farm management D. Inter-regional management
36. Farm management concern with obtaining the maximum yield per hectare and considers per unit cost therefore it is:
A. Practical Science B. Integrating Science
C. Profitability Oriented D. Broader Field
37 Farm management deals with:
A. Judicious decisions B. Use of scarce resources
C. Profit maximization and family satisfaction
D. All of these
38. Farm management is a practical science because of:
A.
C.
39. Farm management treats every farm unit unique in available resources, problems and
potentialities because it has:
A. Broader Field B. Micro Approach
C. Practical D. None of these
40. Farm planning involves:
A. Preparing farm budget in advance B. Selecting and adopting best package
of practices
Both of these D. None of these
41. Farming planning means:
A. Farm budgeting B. Cropping sequence
C. Types of enterprise D. None of these
42. Which one of the following economic principles helps a farmer to allocate his limited resources to two different enterprises?
C.
It is interested in profitability B.
It is integrating facts and findings of
other sciences
It deals with facts of other
physical sciences and testing the
applicability of those facts and
findings
D.
All of these
A. The law of variable proportions B. The law of comparative advantage
C. The law of equimarginal returns D. The principles of fixed and variable
costs
43. Which of the following statement is correct?
A. When average cost is decreasing, it is
more than marginal cost
B. When average cost is decreasing, it is less than marginal cost
C. When average cost is increasing, it is more than marginal cost
D. None of the above
44. Gross return plus charge in inventory minus total cost is equal to:
A. Farm income B. Family income
C. Tax D. None of the above
45. How much farmers have land holding more than 10 hectares?
A. 15% B. 9%
C. 15% D. 4%
46. How much percent of total cost of production goes to labour investment?
A. 25-30% B. 46-50%
C. 40-45% D. 15-20%
47. How the field of farm management is broader?
A. It tests the applicability of facts and
findings
B. It is interested in profitability
C. It gets information from more
than one discipline
D. None of the above
48. If more and more capital and labour are applied to a fixed piece of land, the system of cultivation
or farming is known as:
A. Intensive cultivation B. Extensive cultivation
C. Co-operative farming D. Large scale farming
49. If substitution ratio is equal to price ratio than cost will be:
50. If i
51 If the members have not any right on land and connot take decisions regarding farming but guided by a general body and profit is given according to the labour and capital invested by the member is known as:
A.
C.
52. If the small holders form a society for farming and get profit after deducting the expenses of his
price of land and farmer also have right on his land the system is known as:
A. Co-operative better farming B. Co-operative collective farming
C. Co-operative joint farming D. None of these
53. In a complete farm planning due consideration is given to:
A. Resource use and restrictive B. Relationship among different
enterprises
C. Goods managerial skill of the operator D. All of above
54. In a manufacturing industry generally applies law of:
A. Constant return B. Increasing return
C. Decreasing return
D.
All of the above
55. In capitalistic farming, the land is owned by:
A. Land lord B. Factory lord
Co-operative joint farming B. Co-operative collective farming
Co-operative better farming D. Co-operative tenant farming
A. Minimum B. Increasing
C.
subs
Maximum
titution ration is less than pr
D.
ce ratio than cost wi
Decreasing
ll be:
A. Increasing B. Maximum
C. Decreasing D. None of the above
C. Both (a) and (b) D. Government
56. In classical production function when average product is increasing:
A. Marginal product is less than average product
B. Marginal product is equal to average product
C. Marginal product is greater than average product
D. None of the above
57. In classical production function, rational zone is always:
A. First zone B. Second zone
C. Third zone D. None of the above
58. In mixed farming the contribution of livestock to gross farm income is:
A.
C.
59. In peasant farming the owner of the land is:
A. Land lord B. Co-operative society
C. Government D. Farmer
60. In the short run, Average Cost, Average Variable Cost and Marginal Cost Curves are 'U' shaped
due to the operation of:
B. Substitution between two factor
inputs
D. Time comparison principle
61. In which planning period profit rule says that gross return should cover variable cost:
A. Long run B. Short run
C.
Both (a) and (b)
D.
None of the above
62. In which planning period we can change the output by altering the size of form:
A. Long run B. Short run
At least 10% B. At least 30%
At least 40% D. More than 50%
A.
Low of equimarginal returns
C. Law of variable proportion
C. Both (a) and (b) D. None of the above
63. In which planning period we can change the output without altering the size of the plant:
A. Long run B. Short run
C. Accounting period D. Base year period
64. In which relationship increase or decrease in the production of one product affects the production of the other commodity inversely:
A. Joint product B. Supplementary
C. Complementary D. Competitive
65. Which of the following is not component of farm business?
A. Capital B. Environment
C. Land D. Management
66. Which of the following is not a type of farming on the basis of land use and cultural practices
classification?
A. Tenant farming B. Specialized farming
C. Diversified farming D. Mixed farming
67 Which of the following is not a farming system on the basis of ownership and management
classification?
A. Tenant farming B. Co-operative farming
C. Mixed farming D. State farming
68. Keeping few birds, some fruit trees and a small garden on farm are the:
A. Complementary enterprise B. Competitive enterprise
C. Supplementary enterprise
D.
None of these
69. Which of the following is not a component of farm business?
A. Land B. Capital
C. Labour and Management D. Water
70. Land holding of either 10 or more hectares have been classified as:
A. Semi-medium B. Medium
C.
Semi-large
D.
Large
71. Land reforms have been equated with total development:
A. Urban B. Agrarian
C. Industrial D. Education
72. Level of output of a particular commodity depends upon the quantities of inputs used for its production. This relationship is known as:
A. Production process B. Product mix
C. Production function D. Cost function
73. The return from best alternate use of that input forgone by putting it to the present use is known as:
A. Average cost B. Total cost
C. Marginal cost D. Opportunity cost
74. Which of the following is an economic factor, affects the type or system of farming?
A. Availability of capital B. Water
C. Land D. All of the above
75. Management decisions, which involve lasting effects, are known as:
A. Operational decisions B. Strategic decisions
C. Marketing problem decisions D. Administrative decisions
76. Marginal cost is equal to:
Change in total cost/change in
output
B. Change in total cost + 100
C. Average fixed cost D. None of the above
77. Morginal cost is equal to:
A. The average cost of the total output
produced
B. The difference between average cost
and the cost of the last unit produced
A.
C. The cost of the last but one unit produced
D. The extra cost of an additional unit produced
78. Marginal cost is the:
A. Change in cost due to one unit change
in input
B. Change in cost due to one unit
change in output
C. Change in variable cost due to one unit change in input
D. None of the above
79. Marginal farmers are those farmers having land holding:
A. Less than 5 acres B. Less than 2 acres
C. Less than 1 acre D. All of those
80. Marginal product is the:
A. Output per unit of input B. Total output divided by total input
C.
81. Maximum profit will be at the point where:
A. M.C. = M.R. B. M.C. is more than M.R.
C. M.C. is less than M.R. D. None of the above
82. Which are of the following is administrative decision?
A. Financing the farm business B. Accounting and book-keeping
C. Adjustments of government programmes and policies
D. All of these
83. Mines and Fishes are subject to the law of:
A. Diminishing return B. Increasing return
C. Constant return
D.
None of the above
84. Net capital ration is equal to:
A. Total assets/Total liabilities B. Total liabilities/Total assets
C. Total assets/Current liabilities D. None of the above
Change in output due to one unit
change in input
D.
Change in input due to one unit
change in output
85. When variable cost is zero, the total cost will be?
A. Equal to variable cost B. Equal to fixed cost
C. Equal to average variable cost D. None of the above
86. Opportunity cost is:
A. Cost of supplementary enterprise B. Cost of next best alternative
foregone
C. Cost of cultivation D. Cost of production
87. Optimizing the use of farm resources on an individual farm level. It is a:
A. Farm management B. Production economics
C. Agricultural marketing D. Macro economics
88. Per hectare calculated cost is known as:
A.
C.
89. Per Qunital calculated cost is known as:
A. Cost of cultivation B. Cost of production
C. Cost of farming D. None of the above
90. The relationship between cost function and production function is:
A. Positive B. Negative
Increase D. None of these
91. The resources, if their services are not used, these cannot be stocked are known as:
A. Stock resources B. Flow resources
C. Fixed resources D. All of the above
92. When total product is highest, marginal product will be?
C.
Cost of cultivation B. Cost of production
Cost of farming D. Total cost
A. Minimum B. Maximum
C.
Zero
D.
Increasing
93. When total cost is divided by total units of the production, we get?
A. Marginal cost B. Average cost
C. Fixed cost D. Variable cost
94. Selection and adoption of best packages of practices comes under:
A. Agricultural marketing B. Systems of farming
C. Types of farming D. Farm management
95. When marginal product is zero, the total product is?
A.
C.
96. Specialized farming and diversified farming are:
A. Types of farming B. Systems of farming
C. Both (a) and (b) D. None of these
97. When land is owned by government and workers work as employees getting their wages regularity, it is called?
A. Peasant farming B. Collective farming
Capitalistic farming D. State farming
98. When increase or decrease in the level of one product does not affect the production level of another product, this relationship is known as?
A. Competitive B. Complementary
C. Supplementary D. Joint product
C.
Maximum B. Minimum
Zero D. None of the above
99. Success of a farm plan depends to a great extent, on the accuracy of basic date regarding:
A. Estimates of production from crops B.
animals
Right production of crops and
livestock in relation to fodder and
feed requirement
C. Availability of capital for investment in a particular enterprise
D. All of these
100. When farmers pool their land, labour and capital and work jointly under the direction of an elected managing committee and divide the profit among themselves in probortion of land contributed and wages earned by each one of them it is called?
A. Co-operative farming B. Collective farming
C. Capitalist farming D. Peasant farming
101. The amount added to total cost for producing additional unit of output is known as:
A.
C.
102. The assets that are difficult to convert into cash to meet any current obligations are:
A. Working assets B. Current assets
C. Fixed assets D. None of the above
103. Total output is maximum t the point when:
A. Average product is maximum
B.
Average product is zero
C. Marginal product is zero
D.
Marginal product is maximum
104. Total cost is equal to:
B. Fixed cost + Variable cost/100
D. None of the above
105. The cost incurred by a firm in purchasing any factor of production is referred to as:
A. Explicit cost B. Implicit cost
Marginal cost B. Average cost
Total cost D. None of them
A. Fixed cost + Variable cost
C. Fixed cost - Variable cost
C. Variable cost D. None of these
106. The cost of various operations from land preparation to threshing of the crop is known as:
A. Cost of cultivation B. Cost of farming
C. Both (a) and (b) D. None of the above
107. The cost which are not paid to others, are called:
A. Explicit cost B. Implicit cost
C. Both (a) and (b) D. None of these
108. The cost which is varying with the output is called:
A. Average variable cost
B.
Average fixed cost
C. Variable cost
D.
Fixed cost
109. The decisions about land resources and farming operations, questions like what to produce, how to produce and how to equip the farm, are known as:
A.
C.
110. The formula for rate of capital turn over is:
A. Gross Income/Total Farm Assests x 100
B. Net Income / Total Farm Assests x 100
C. Total Farm Assets / Net Farm Income x 100
111. The function of successful farm manager is:
D. None of the above
B. Recognition and definition of a
problem
D. All of these
112. The total fixed cost curve:
A. Increase with the level of output B. Remains constant at all the output
C. Decreases as output increases D. Both (b) and (c)
113. The inflection point on total product curve corresponds to the:
Administration problem decisions
B.
Production and organization
problem decision
Buying decision D. Selling decision
A.
Formation of the goals
C. Decision making and taking action
A. Maximum of marginal product curve B. Maximum of average product curve
C. Maximum of total product curve D.
Minimum of marginal product
curve
114. The large number of combination of two inputs which have some cost is known as:
A. Iso product B. Iso cost
C. Iso revenue D. Indifference curve
115. The law of diminishing returns applies more generally to:
A. Cloth Industry B. Chemical Industry
C. Agricultural Industry D. Film Industry
116. The law, which is very useful in determining the best use of limited resources, is:
A. Law of opportunity cost B. Law of diminishing return
C. Law of substitution
117. The most liquid assets are:
A.
C.
118. The physical property of a business along with their values at a specific date is enlisted in:
A. Farm book-keeping B. Farm planning
C. Farm inventory D. Farm management
119. The principle of equi-marginal return states that the profits will be the greatest if unit resources
are used where:
Marginal returns are the highest B. Average returns are the highest
C. Total returns are the highest D. Net returns are the highest
120. The process of transformation of certain resources of inputs is known as:
A. Product B. Production function
C.
Production
D.
Consumption
A.
D. None of the above
Fixed assets B. Working assets
Currents assets D. Liabilities
121-------------- means a piece of land where crop and livestock enterprises are taken up under
common management and has specific boundaries.
a) Farm b) Field c) Estate d) Ranch
122. Farm Management is generally considered to be --------------- in its scope.
a) Macroeconomic b) Microeconomic c) Both d) None of these
123. is a type of farm that produces only enough food to feed the family.
a) Commercial farm b) Subsistence farm c) crop farm d) Dairy farm
124------------------------------- is an applied field of science, Wherein the principle of choice are
applied to use of capital,labour,land and management in farming industry.
a) Agricultural production economics b) Resource economics c) farm Management d)
Production economics.
125. What to Produce ? Is ----------------------- problem
a) Factor-factor b) Product – product c) Factor- Product d) None
126. How to produce ? Is ---------------- Problem
a) Factor-factor b) Product – product c) Factor- Product d) None
127. How much to produce ? Is ---------------- Problem
a) Factor-factor b) Product – product c) Factor- Product d) None
128. Factors of production are land,labour,capital and --------------
a) Management b) Rainfall c) skill d) All of these.
129. Each successive unit add more to the output than the previous unit,it found in law of -
-
a) Constant return b) Increasing return c) Decreasing return d) Return to scale
130. In law of increasing return resulting production curve is --------------- to origin.
a) Convex b) Concave c) Straight line d) Parallel
131. Each successive unit adds less to the output than the previous unit, it found in law of--
-
a) Constant return b) Increasing return c) Decreasing return d) Return to scale
132. The shape of production curve is ---------------- to origin.
a) Convex b) Concave c) Straight line d) Parallel
133. Linear production indicates -------------------
a) Constant return b) Increasing return c) Decreasing return d) Return to scale
134. In law of decreasing return resulting production curve is --------------- to origin.
a) Convex b) Concave c) Straight line d) Parallel
135------------------------ relationship deals with production efficiency of the resources.
a) Factor-factor b) Product – product c) Factor- Product d) None
136. In stage1 of production function elasticity of production (Ep) is ---------------
a) Less than one b) Greater than one c)Is equal to one d) Zero
137. At the end of stage1 of production function elasticity of production (Ep) is --------------
-
a) Less than one b) Greater than one c)Is equal to one d) Zero
138. In stage 2 of production function elasticity of production (Ep) is ---------------
a) Less than one b) Greater than one c)Is equal to one d) Zero
139. At the end of stage 2 of production function elasticity of production (Ep) is -------------
--
a) Less than one b) Greater than one c)Is equal to one d) Is equal to Zero
140. In which zone Marginal Physical Product is more than average physical product.
a) stage 1 b) stage 2 c) stage 3 d) None
141 is the document that is used to keep account different activities, events and materials
etc regarding the farm operation.
a) Farm record b) Farm budget c) Farm planning d) None
142 are statements of money paid out or received for goods and services used in farming
business.
a) Farm record b) Farm budget c) Farm planning d) Farm account
143.Which of the following falls under physical farm record.
a) Sales register b) Machinery use record c) Stationary register d)Auction Register
145. Which of the following falls under farm financial record.
a) Sales register b) Farm inventory c) Stationary register d)Auction Register
146.Which of the following falls under supplementary farm record.
a) Sales register b) Both c & d c) Stationary register d)Auction Register
147.Production is function of ---------------
a) Factor b) Price c) Good d) Profit
148.The slope of -------------------- denotes the rate of substitution between two resources.
a) Isoquant b) Isoclines c) Ridge line d) expansion path
149--------------------- is not insurable
a) Uncertainty b) Risk c) Price d)None
150---------------- involves mathematical programming maodel.
a) Farm budgeting b) partial budgeting c) Linear programming d)Enterprise budgeting