Easy Indian Economics GK Questions and Answers

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Easy Indian Economics GK Questions and Answers
Q :  

When the labour supply curve bends backwards

(A) Income becomes an inferior good

(B) Work becomes an inferior commodity

(C) Leisure becomes an inferior commodity

(D) People become lazy at higher salary level


Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Write the correct statement.

(A) The value of a commodity depends on its price.

(B) The value of a good depends entirely on the substitute goods.

(C) A thing will have value (importance) only when someone wants to have it.

(D) A commodity will have value only if it is scarcer than the demand.


Correct Answer : D

Q :  

When do markets fail?

(A) when they equalize the surplus of all consumers and producers

(B) when they increase the surplus of all consumers and producers

(C) when they cannot maximize the surplus of all consumers and producers

(D) when they maximize the surplus of all consumers and producers


Correct Answer : C

Q :  

What are the examples of car and diesel?

(A) demand

(B) supply

(C) joint supply

(D) joint demand


Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Firms that make payments to outsiders for their goods and services are called :

(A) Actual cost

(B) Economic cost

(C) Explicit cost

(D) Implicit cost


Correct Answer : C

Q :  

What is not the condition of a fixed cost?

(A) Salaries of administrative staff

(B) Rent of factory building.

(C) Wealth tax

(D) Electric charge


Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Which of the following is an inverted 'U' shaped curve?

(A) average cost

(B) marginal cost

(C) total cost

(D) total cost


Correct Answer : A
Explanation :

MP curve is an inverted U-shaped curve.


Q :  

The demand for an inferior good falls when

(A) price increases

(B) income increases

(C) the price decreases

(D) the price decreases


Correct Answer : B
Explanation :

In economics, the demand for inferior goods decreases as income increases or the economy improves. When this happens, consumers will be more willing to spend on more costly substitutes.


Q :  

The demand for which of the following goods is elastic?

(A) electricity

(B) medicine

(C) rice

(D) match box


Correct Answer : A
Explanation :

Among the given options, only the demand for electricity is elastic, whereas the demand for medicine, rice and matchbox is inelastic.


Q :  

Who propounded the innovative theory of profits?

(A) J.A. schumpeter

(B) P.A. samuelson

(C) Alfred Marshall

(D) David Rickards


Correct Answer : A

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