December 2015 - Paper 3

11:  

For the following two statements of Assertion (A) and Reasoning (R), indicate the correct code:

Assertion (A): The quantity of a commodity demanded invariably changes inversely to changes in its price.

Reasoning (R) : The price effect is the net result of the positive substitution effect and negative income effect.

A.

(A) and (R) both are correct.

B.

(A) is correct but (R) is incorrect.

C.

(A) is incorrect but (R) is correct.

D.

(A) and (R) both are incorrect.

 
 

Option: C

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12:   Economic capacity of a plant represents its:
A.

maximu.m physical output level

B.

average output level over a period

C.

break-even output and sales level

D.

output level that equates the average and the marginal costs

 
 

Option: D

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13:  
Match the items of List - I with those of the List - II and indicate the correct code:
 
List - I                                                           List - II
 
(a) Excess capacity of the plant                (i) Cost reduction with output expansion
 
(b) Resorting to New Technology              (ii) Constant cost with output expansion
 
(e) Setting up of the Training Institutions   (iii) Internal economies
 
(d) Reserve capacity of the plant             (iv) External economies
A.

(i) (iii) (iv) (ii)

B.

(iii) (i) (iv) (ii)

C.

(ii) (iii) (i) (iv)

D.

(iv) (ii) (iii) (i)

 
 

Option: A

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14:   In case the elasticity of demand on an average revenue curve is equal to unity, the marginal
revenue will be :
A.

more than unity

B.

equal to unity

C.

equal to a fraction of unity

D.

equal to zero

 
 

Option: D

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15:  
Match the items of the List - I with those of the List - II and indicate the correct code :
 
List - I                                                                                              List - II
 
(a) Trade Channel Discount                                                (i) Oligopoly Pricing
 
(b) Loss Leadership                                                           (ii) Locational Price Differentials
 
(c) Pricing being non - responsive to changes in                   (iii) Differential Pricing
     the demand and the cost
 
(d) Basing Point Pricing                                                     (iv) Prod uct - Line Pricing
A.

(iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

B.

(iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

C.

(ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

D.

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

 
 

Option: B

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