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This set of General Economics 1 Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on General Economics 1 Set 3

Q1 | Other things remaining the same, the quantity of a product demanded increases with ------------ in price.
  • Increase
  • Decrease
  • Variation
  • None of the above
Q2 | When total utility is maximum, marginal utility is:
  • Maximum
  • One
  • Zero
  • Infinite
Q3 | For complementary goods, the cross elasticity of demand:
  • Positive
  • Negative
  • Zero
  • None
Q4 | Relation between price of a commodity and demand for another commodity is measured by:
  • Price elasticity
  • Income elasticity
  • Cross elasticity
  • Elasticity of substitution
Q5 | When TU falls, MU is:
  • Rises
  • Zero
  • Positive
  • Negative
Q6 | Demand varies ------------- with price.
  • Directly
  • Positively
  • Inversely
  • None of the above
Q7 | When Q = f (P), the elasticity coefficient is measured by:
  • ∆Q/∆P / P/Q
  • ∆P/∆Q * Q/P
  • ∆Q/∆P * P/Q
  • ∆P/∆Q / Q/P
Q8 | Income elasticity of demand for inferior good is:
  • Negative
  • Positive
  • Zero
  • Unity
Q9 | In the case of luxury goods, the income elasticity of demand will be:
  • Less than unity
  • Unity
  • More than unity
  • All the above
Q10 | Income elasticity is positive, but less than unity in the case of:
  • Necessity
  • Luxury
  • Inferior
  • Substitutes
Q11 | In drawing an individual demand curve for a commodity, all but which of the following are kept constant:
  • Individual’s money income
  • The prices of the related commodity
  • Price of the commodity under consideration
  • Tastes of the consumer
Q12 | When an individual’s income rises, when everything else remains the same, his demand for normal goods:
  • Rises
  • Falls
  • Remains the same
  • Any of the above is possible
Q13 | When an individual’s income falls, when everything else remains the same, his demand for inferior goods:
  • Increases
  • Decreases
  • Remains unchanged
  • Cannot say
Q14 | When the price of the substitute commodity of X falls, the demand for X:
  • Rises
  • Falls
  • Remains unchanged
  • All of the above is possible
Q15 | If the quantity demanded remains unchanged as the price of the commodity falls, the coefficient of price elasticity of demand is:
  • Greater than
  • one Equal to one
  • Smaller than one
  • Zero
Q16 | If the income elasticity of demand is greater than one, then the commodity is:
  • Necessity
  • Luxury
  • Inferior
  • Non-related commodity
Q17 | If the amount of the commodity purchased remains unchanged when the price of another commodity changes, the cross elasticity of demand between them will be:
  • Positive
  • Negative
  • Zero
  • One
Q18 | Which of the following is an exception to the law of demand?
  • Giffen good
  • Normal good
  • Superior good
  • All of the above
Q19 | The law of diminishing marginal utility was popularized by:
  • Keynes
  • Marshall
  • Smith
  • Samuelson
Q20 | If the income elasticity of demand for a commodity is found to be 0.4, then the commodity concerned is:
  • Luxury
  • Necessity
  • Giffen’s goods
  • Independent good
Q21 | Cross elasticity of demand in the case of substitutes:
  • Zero
  • Negative
  • Positive
  • Infinity
Q22 | If a small change in price leads to infinitely large change in quantity demanded, then the demand is:
  • Perfectly elastic
  • Perfectly inelastic
  • Elastic
  • Inelastic
Q23 | Net addition to total utility when one more unit is consumed is:
  • AU
  • MU
  • MC
  • TU
Q24 | Most important determinant of demand is :
  • Income
  • Wealth
  • Price
  • Advertisement
Q25 | Which of the following is the reason for law of demand:
  • Price effect
  • Backlash effect
  • Income effect
  • Real balance effect