Top 350+ Solved Micro Economics 1 MCQ Questions Answer

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Q. An Indifference Curve to the right of another represents combinations which are:

a. Indifferent

b. Preferable

c. Inferior

d. Superior

  • b. Preferable

Q. As moving from left to right through an indifference curve, the MRS of X for Y

a. Increases

b. Remains the same

c. Decreases

d. Both A and C

  • c. Decreases

Q. The slope of an indifference curve represents:

a. Price ratio of good X and Y

b. MRTS L,K

c. MRSx,y

d. MRS

  • c. MRSx,y

Q. In the case of perfect complementaries, the MRS between goods is:

a. Zero

b. Positive

c. Negative

d. None

  • a. Zero

Q. In a combination of X and Y, if price of Y alone changes, the X intercept will :

a. Rotate upwards

b. Rotate downwards

c. Not be changed

d. Parallel

  • c. Not be changed

Q. Commodities bought in larger quantities when income rises are called:

a. Normal goods

b. Inferior goods

c. Giffen goods

d. None

  • a. Normal goods

Q. The curve showing the quantity of a good that would be purchased at various income levels:

a. Income Consumption Curve

b. Price Consumption Curve

c. Engel Curve

d. Indifference Curve

  • c. Engel Curve

Q. Change in demand due to change in relative price alone is called:

a. Income effect

b. Substitution effect

c. Price effect

d. Ratchet effect

  • b. Substitution effect

Q. Substitution Effect is:

a. Always negative

b. Always positive

c. Seldom negative

d. Zero

  • a. Always negative

Q. If income effect works in the same direction to that of substitution effect, the good is a:

a. Normal good

b. Inferior good

c. Giffen good

d. Superior Good

  • a. Normal good

Q. If income effect works in the direction opposite to that of substitution effect, the good is not:

a. Giffen good

b. Inferior good

c. Normal good

d. Superior Good

  • c. Normal good

Q. Introspection is not the basis of :

a. Marshallian utility analysis

b. Indifference Curve Analysis

c. Revealed Preference Hypothesis

d. Demand Analysis

  • c. Revealed Preference Hypothesis

Q. The ordering of combinations on an indifference curve is:

a. Weak

b. Strong

c. Average

d. None

  • a. Weak

Q. Strong ordering is a distinguishing feature of the theory given by:

a. Marshall

b. Hicks

c. Samuelson

d. Adam Smith

  • c. Samuelson

Q. Father of Economics:

a. Marshall

b. David Ricardo

c. Adam Smith

d. J.M. Keynes

  • c. Adam Smith
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