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This set of Micro Economics analysis Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Micro Economics Analysis Set 4

Q1 | Monopsony refers to
  • single seller
  • a few sellers
  • single buyer
  • a few buyers
Q2 | Discriminating monopoly is possible if two markets have
  • differing elasticity of demand
  • differing average cost
  • same elasticity
  • different average cost
Q3 | Monopolist can fix
  • both price and output
  • neither price and output
  • either price and output
  • none of the above
Q4 | A discrimination monopolist charges in a market
  • lower prices if it has lower elasticity
  • higher prices if it has lower elasticity
  • lower prices if it has higher elasticity
  • cannot say
Q5 | A firm practicing price discrimination will be
  • changing qualities of the product
  • buying from the cheapest market
  • buying from firms
  • charging different prices in different markets
Q6 | The best level of output for the monopolist is
  • ac is minimum
  • tc=tr
  • tr and tc are parallel
  • tr is maximum
Q7 | If the monopolist faces identical demand for his commodity in thetwo separate markets, by practicing third degree price discrimination
  • will increase his tr and total profit
  • can increase his tr and profit
  • cannot increase his tr and profit
  • will charge different prices in different market
Q8 | Under pure monopoly, there will be
  • no distinction between firm and industry
  • one firm no industry
  • no firm one industry
  • very few firms
Q9 | Monopolist will not produce that portion of demand curve where theelasticity of demand
  • equal to unity
  • less than unity
  • greater than zero
  • none of the above
Q10 | Under monopoly, the equilibrium price is
  • equal to mc
  • less than mc
  • more than mc
  • equal to ac
Q11 | The cross elasticity of demand for the monopolist product is
  • very low
  • moderate
  • high
  • very high
Q12 | Which of the following is known as the perfect price discrimination
  • first degree price discrimination
  • second degree price discrimination
  • third degree price discrimination
  • nine of the above
Q13 | A monopolist usually earns
  • economic profit
  • only normal profit
  • losses
  • profit and losses, which are uncertain
Q14 | Price discrimination is possible
  • under any market form
  • only under monopoly
  • only under monopolistic competition
  • only in perfect competition
Q15 | Who introduced various types of price discrimination
  • alfred marshall
  • adam smith
  • a c pigou
  • j b say
Q16 | Oligopoly is a market situation characterized by
  • large number of buyers and sellers
  • a single seller
  • fairly large number of buyers and sellers
  • a few sellers
Q17 | ‘Indeterminateness of demand curve’ is a feature of
  • perfect competition
  • monopoly
  • monopolistic competition
  • oligopoly
Q18 | Selling cost is maximum in the case of
  • monopoly
  • oligopoly
  • perfect competition
  • monopolistic competition
Q19 | The concept of ‘Kinked demand curve’ is related to
  • monopoly
  • monopolistic competition
  • perfect competition
  • oligopoly
Q20 | The concept of ‘Kinked demand curve’ was developed by
  • alfred marshal
  • j r hicks
  • p m sweezy
  • a.k sen
Q21 | ‘Group behavior’ is a feature of
  • monopoly
  • oligopoly
  • perfect competition
  • monopolistic competition
Q22 | Advertising can become ‘a life and death matter’ in
  • perfect competition
  • monopoly
  • monopolistic competition
  • oligopoly
Q23 | Classical oligopoly models are related to
  • collusive oligopoly
  • non-collusive oligopoly
  • price leadership model
  • none of the above
Q24 | Price leadership can be in the form of
  • price leadership by a low cost firm
  • price leadership by a dominant firm
  • a barometric price leadership
  • all of the above
Q25 | ‘Cartels’ are example for
  • collusive oligopoly
  • non-collusive oligopoly
  • monopsony
  • none of the above