Engineering :: Business Management
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81. |
The price of diamonds is higher than the price of wheat because |
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Diamonds are much heavier than wheat |
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Diamonds are more useful than wheat |
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The total stock of diamonds is more useful than the total stock of wheat |
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Diamonds cannot be grown whereas wheat can be grown |
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Enough people have a higher subjective value of diamonds relative to wheat |
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Answer: Option E
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82. |
The economic function of middle-man is |
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To exploit the parties involved in the exchange |
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To ensure that parties to an exchange are made better off |
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To make trade among individuals so that the middle-man realizes a profit |
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Unjustified because the traders them selves could engage in trade and be better off if they did not pay the middle-men |
E. |
All of the above |
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Answer: Option E
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83. |
Floating of a currency leads to |
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Devaluation |
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Revaluation |
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Over-valuation |
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Either revaluation or devaluation |
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Either revaluation or over-valuation |
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Answer: Option D
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84. |
Which one is not an economic good |
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Poison |
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Water in desert |
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Sand in river bed |
D. |
Sand in desert |
E. |
Trees in forests |
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Answer: Option D
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85. |
The 'free' good is so called because |
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No charge is made to the consumer |
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It is supplied freely by a public authority |
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The supply is adequate to meet all needs without rationing |
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There is an unlimited supply |
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None body wants it. |
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Answer: Option E
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86. |
Which one of the following is a 'free good' in economics? |
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Tap water |
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Water in canal |
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Water in Atlantic ocean |
D. |
Distilled water |
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Soda-water |
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Answer: Option C
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87. |
The economy of Soviet Union is |
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Capitalist economy |
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Command economy |
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Cooperative economy |
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Market economy |
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Competitive economy |
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Answer: Option B
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88. |
Consumer goods' means |
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All commodities for which there is a high demand by all types of consumers |
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All goods other than free goods whose uses directly satisfies consumer wants |
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All goods other than free goods used by consumers in order to earn their living |
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All the factories and mines used by the community to satisfy their wants |
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All tangible goods produced for consumption in a free economic system |
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Answer: Option A
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89. |
If more is demanded at the same price or same quantity at a higher price, this fact of demand is known as |
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Extension of demand |
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Increase of demand |
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Contraction of demand |
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Decrease of demand |
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Fluctuation of demand |
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Answer: Option B
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90. |
The law of demand indicates the relationship between |
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The price of a commodity and the quantity demanded |
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The income of consumer and the quantity demanded |
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The relationship betweent he price of one commodity and the price of a substitute |
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The price of two commodities |
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All of the above |
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Answer: Option A
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