Top 50+ Solved Intermediate Micro Economics 1 MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Other things being equal a decrease in demand can be caused by
a. A fall in price of the commodity
b. A fall in income of the consumer
c. A rise in price of the substitute
d. None of these
Q. “Utility or satisfaction is a subjective concept; therefore it could only be ranked”. The statement supports
a. Cardinal utility theorist
b. Ordinal utility theorist
c. Behavioral theorist of the firm
d. None of the above
Q. The basic doctrine of consumers surplus is based on
a. Indifference curve analysis
b. Revealed preference theory
c. Law of substitution
d. Law of diminishing marginal utility
Q. Indifference curve is always
a. Concave to the origin
b. Convex to the
c. L shaped
d. A straight line
Q. Engel curve for giffen good is
a. Positively sloped
b. Negatively sloped
c. Horizontal straight line
d. Vertical straight line
Q. Price effect is
a. Income effect – substitution effect
b. Substitution effect – income effect
c. Income effect + substitution
d. Income effect + substitution effect-
Q. For a giffen good, when price falls
a. Demand increases at a faster rate
b. Demand decreases
c. Demand remains constant
d. Demand curve has a negative slope
Q. Income consumption curve of an inferior commodity is
a. Positively sloped
b. Backward bending
c. Downward slopping straight
d. Showing constant income effect
Q. In case of a convex indifference curve
a. MRS xy is constant
b. MRS xy is increasing
c. MRS xy is negligible
d. MRS xy is diminishing
Q. ‘Higher the indifference curve higher will be level of satisfaction’. The statement is
a. Always true
b. Always false
c. Sometimes true and sometimes
d. True only if price effect is positive
Q. Strong ordering means
a. Absence of indifference
b. Presence of indifference
c. No difference between different combinations
d. None of the above
Q. If negative income effect is greater than positive substitution effect : the product will be
a. A normal good
b. An inferior good
c. A giffen good
d. A complementary good
Q. The price elasticity of demand can range between
a. Negative one and one
b. zero and infinity
c. zero and one
d. negative infinity and infinity