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Consider the following statements about indifference curves:

1. Indifference curves are convex to the origin.

2. Higher indifference curve represents higher level of satisfaction.

3. Two indifference curves cut each other.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A) 1 only B) 1 and 2
C) 2 and 3 D) 3 only
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1 and 2

Explanation:

The indifference curves cannot intersect each other.

Higher indifference curve represents a higher level of satisfaction because higher IC means a bundle consisting more of both the goods or same quantity of one good n more quantity of the other good .Hence statement 2 is correct and 3 is incorrect.

Indifference curves is convex to the point of origin because of diminishing Marginal Rate of Substitution.

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Which of the following equation is/are INCORRECT?

I. NI = NDP + Net Foreign Income
II. GNP = GDP + Net Foreign Income
III. NDP = GNP – Depreciation

A) Only (I) and (II) B) Only (III)
C) Only (II) and (III) D) Only (II)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Only (III)

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Which  of  the  following  statements  about Bitcoin is/are correct?

1.It is a decentralized virtual currency.

2.It    is    generated    through    complex computer software systems.

3.The  Reserve  Bank  of  India  recognized it as a legal tender in January 2016.

Select  the  correct  answer  using  the  code given below.

A) 1 only B) 1 and 2 only
C) 2 and 3 only D) 1, 2 and 3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1 and 2 only

Explanation:

Bitcoin is the world's first cryptocurrency,    a    form    of electronic   cash.It   is   the    first decentralized digital  currency:  the system   was   designed   to   work without   acentral   bankor   single administrator.Bitcoins    are    sent from  user  to  user  on  the peer-to-peer bitcoin network directly, without the need for intermediaries.  These  transactions are verified by network nodes through cryptography and recorded in a public distributed ledger called a block chain. Bitcoin was invented by an unknown person or group of people   using   the   name Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoins are not recognised  as  a  legal  tender  by Reserve Bank of India. 

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Match the characteristics with their market structure:

(a) Difficult entry (often due to economies of scale)
(b) Can sell as much as it can at market price

A) (a) Monopolistic Competition, (b) Pure Monopoly B) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Oligopoly
C) (a) Oligopoly, (b) Pure Competition D) (a) Pure Competition, (b) Oligopoly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) (a) Oligopoly, (b) Pure Competition

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Which one of the following with regard to the term ‘bank run’ is correct?

 

A) The net balance of money a bank has in its chest at the end of the day’s business B) The ratio of bank’s total deposits and total liabilities
C) A panic situation when the deposit holders start withdrawing cash from the banks D) The period in which a bank creates highest credit in the market
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A panic situation when the deposit holders start withdrawing cash from the banks

Explanation:

A bank run occurs when a large number of people withdraw their money from a bank, because they believe the bank may cease to function soon.

A banking panic or bank panic is a financial crisis that occurs when many banks suffer runs at the same time, as people suddenly try to convert their threatened deposits into cash or try to get out of their domestic banking system altogether.

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Which of the following will be the outcome if an economy is under the inflationary pressure?

1.Domestic currency heads for depreciation.

2.Exports become less competitive with imports getting costlier.

3.Cost of borrowing decreases.4.Bondholders get benefitted.

 

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

 

A) 1 and 2 B) 2 and 3
C) 1 and 3 only D) 1, 3 and 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1 and 3 only

Explanation:

Creditors and debtors:

During inflation creditors lose because they receive in effect less in goods and services than if they had received the repayments during a period of low prices. Debtors, on other hand, as a group gain during inflation, since they repay their debts in currency that has lost its value.The aggregate volume of internal trade tends to increase during inflation due to higher incomes, greater production and larger spending. But the export trade is likely to suffer on account of arise in the prices of domestic goods.

The same currency unit will now buy less goods and services.But the bondholders lose as they get a fixed interest the real value of which has already fallen.

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Match the characteristics with their market structure:

(a) MR = MP
(b) Elasticity of demand depends on pricing policies of rivals

 

A) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Monopolistic competition B) (a) Pure competition, (b) Oligopoly
C) (a) Pure competition, (b) Pure Monopoly D) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Oligopoly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) (a) Pure competition, (b) Oligopoly

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Match the characteristics with their market structure:

(a) Differentiated products, but close substitutes for consumers so their demand curves are elastic.
(b) Firm will tend to set output so that it earns maximum profits.

A) (a) Pure competition, (b) Pure Monopoly B) (a) Monopolistic competition, (b) Oligopoly
C) (a) Oligopoly, (b) Pure Monopoly D) (a) Monopolistic competition, (b) Pure Monopoly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) (a) Monopolistic competition, (b) Pure Monopoly

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