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7 workers work in a printing press. Each gets paid Rs 450 per day. The 8th worker demands Rs 500 per day. If this worker is hired then all other workers must be paid Rs 500. The marginal resource (labour) cost of the 8th worker is _______.

A) Rs 50 B) Rs 850
C) Rs 400 D) Rs 100
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rs 850

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The Certificate of Deposit (CD) is a negotiable money market instrument and issued in the form of?

A) Derivative Usance Promissory Note B) Usance Promissory Note
C) Demand Promissory Note D) Both a & b
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Usance Promissory Note

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The Certificate of Deposit (CD) is a negotiable money market instrument and issued in dematerialised form or as a Usance Promissory Note against funds deposited at a bank or other eligible financial institution for a specified time period. (Usance Promissory Note has to be paid after certain time period).

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Match the characteristics with their market structure:
(a) Firm has control over quantity of output but it must take into account reactions of competitors.
b) Firm will tend to set output so that it earns maximum profits.

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

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Deindustrialisation means

A) uprooting of people from agriculture and planting them in industries B) uprooting of people from agriculture and planting them in industries
C) a deliberate effort to compel the existing industries to shut down D) a deliberate effort to promote the new industries
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) uprooting of people from agriculture and planting them in industries

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The production possibilities curve illustrates the basic principle that

A) an economy's capacity to produce increases in proportion to its population size. B) the production of more of any one good will in time require smaller and smaller sacrifices of other goods.
C) an economy will automatically seek that level of output at which all of its resources are employed. D) if all the resources of an economy are in use, more of one good can be produced only if less of another good is produced.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) if all the resources of an economy are in use, more of one good can be produced only if less of another good is produced.

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The consumption and saving schedules reveal that the:

A) MPC and APC are equal at the point where the consumption schedule intersects the 45-degree line. B) MPC is equal to or greater than one at all income levels.
C) MPC is greater than zero, but less than one. D) APS is positive at all income levels.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) MPC is greater than zero, but less than one.

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Urbanization and unsustainable development in India raised several environmental concerns but NOT one among the following.

A) Deforestation B) Soil degradation
C) Depletion of natural resources D) Erratic monsoon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Erratic monsoon

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A manufacturer faces a -1.2 price elasticity of demand for its product. It is presently selling 7,500 units/day. If it wants to increase quantity sold by 9%, it must lower its price by

A) 7.5 percent B) 7.8 percent
C) 10.2 percent D) 10 percent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 7.5 percent

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