A. average
B. expected
C. total
D. marginal
Economics Mcqs
Union might increase efficiency in the case Where they ?
A. Raise the wage for insiders above the competitive equilibrium
B. Lower the wage of local outsiders
C. Offset the market power of a large firm that is the dominant employer in a region
D. Threaten a strike but don’t actually follow through so there are not lost hours of work
Opportunity cost is……………..?
A. the cost incurred in the past before we make a decision about what to do in the future.
B. a cost that cannot be avoided. regardless of what is done in the future
C. that which we forgo, or give up, when we make a choice or a decision.
D. the additional benefit of buying an additional unit of a product
Unions tend to increase the disparity in pay between insiders and outsiders by ?
A. increasing the wage in the Unionized sector, Which may create a decrease in the supply of workers in the non-unionized sector
B. Increasing the demand for workers in the Unionized sector
C. decreasing the demand for workers in the Unionized sector
D. Increasing the wage in the Unionized sector which may create an increase in the supply of workers in the non-unionized sector
Periods of less than full employment corresponds to …………….. ?
A. points outside the production possibility curve
B. either points inside or outside the production possibility curve.
C. points on the production possibility curve
D. points inside the production possibility curve.
In a free market system, the amount of goods and services that any one household gets depends upon its ?
A. income
B. income and wealth
C. wealth
D. wage and interest income
Which one of the following is a normative statement ?
A. The richest 10 per cent of the population has had a bigger percentage increase in incomes over the past 10 years than the poorest 10 percent
B. Inflation is rising
C. The proportion of people’s income paid in taxes is higher under this government than under the previous one.
D. Inequality in the distribution of income is a more serious problem than unemployment
Trade-offs are required because wants are unlimited, and resources are ?
A. economical
B. unlimited
C. Efficient
D. Scarce
A rational person does not act unless ?
A. the action is ethical
B. The action produces marginal costs that exceed marginal benefits.
C. The action produces marginal benefits that exceed marginal costs.
D. The action makes money for the person.
Suppose you find Rs 20. If you choose to use the Rs 20 to go to a football match your opportunity cost of going to the game is ?
A. nothing because you found the money.
B. Rs20 (because you found the money Rs 20 to buy other things) plus the value of your time spent at the game.
C. Rs 20 (because you could have used the Rs 20 to buy other things) plus the value of your time spent at the game plus the cost of the dinner you purchased at the game.
D. Rs20 (because you could have used the Rs20 to buy other ghings)
E. None of these