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WorksheetsMix Eco chapter 3
Total questions: 59
Worksheet time: 30mins
Marginal output becomes negative this means
Total product is increasing at diminishing rate
Total product is diminishing with each additional labour
Total product is diminishing due to reduction in labour
Total product is diminishing with constant quantity of labour
In the second stage When marginal product is falling, total product is
Increasing at increasing rate
Increasing at diminishing rate
Diminishing
Either b or c
Average output is falling this means
Marginal product is below average product
Total product is below average product
Marginal product is above average product
None
When TP is highest AP is _______ and MP is ______
Falling ; rising
Falling ; zero
zero ; zero
Rising ; zero
When MP is falling AP is
less than MP
more than MP
Equal to MP
either rising or falling
When TP is rising AP is
Rising
Falling
Either a or b
Negative
When TP is rising MP is
Rising
Falling
Either a or b
Negative
When TP is falling AP is
Rising
Falling
Either a or b
Negative
When TP is falling MP is
Rising
Falling
Either a or b
Negative
When MP is at its Highest point
AP = MP
AP > MP
AP < MP
Either a or b or c
When APis at its Highest point
AP = MP
AP > MP
AP < MP
Either a or b or c
Supply of total land available on earth ______ when price of land pieces changes
changes
Does not change
either a or b
None
Land is geographically
mobile
Immobile
Either a or b
None
Labour is geographically
mobile
Immobile
Either a or b
None
Marginal output eventually declines, this means
MP continuously falls
MP continuously rises
MP first rises but eventually it will start falling
MP first falls but eventually it will rise
As per the law of variable proportion marginal product
keeps falling
keeps rising
Eventually declines
Eventually rises
Total product will be highest where __________ is zero
Average product
Marginal product
Both a & b
None
When factor proportion change the applicable law is
Law of returns to scale
Law of variable proportion
None
When scale changes the applicable law is
Law of returns to scale
Law of variable proportion
None
Rahul has employed 3 machines and 12 labourers, but to have additional production he added 2 more machines and 8 more workers, this is case of
Change in scale
Change in factor proportion
None
Rahul has employed 3 machines and 12 labourers, but to have additional production he added 8 more workers, this is case of
Change in scale
Change in factor proportion
None
As we move form 2 labourers to 3 labourers, average product is
Increasing
Decreasing
constant
None
Where AP = MP, average product is
Increasing
Decreasing
constant
None
As per ICAI where where MP is highest _______ is observed
Point of inflexion
End of first stage
both a & b
None
As per ICAI where where AP is highest and AP = MP _______ is observed
Point of inflexion
End of first stage
both a & b
None
Which of the following doesn’t happen at the end of second stage
MP is zero
AP is falling
TP is at its highest
AP is zero
Law of increasing returns are found in ___________ whereas increasing returns to scale are found in ________
Short run ; long run
Long run ; short run
Short run ; short run
Long run ; long run
in the first stage of law of variable proportion the quantity of fixed factor is _______ whereas the same fixed factor is _________ in the second and third stage
abundant ; falling short
Falling short ; abundant
Abundant ; abundant
Falling short ; falling short
law of increasing returns is experienced in the ______ due to ________
short run ; division of labour
long run ; division of labour
short run ; economies of scale
long run ; economies of scale
law of diminishing returns is observed in the ______ due to ________
short run ; under utilization of fixed factor
long run ; over utilization of fixed factor
short run ; over utilization of fixed factor
long run ; under utilization of fixed factor
Marginal output becomes negative this means
Total product is increasing at diminishing rate
Total product is diminishing with each additional labour
Total product is diminishing due to reduction in labour
Total product is diminishing with constant quantity of labour
In the short run we use fixed factors and variable factor in
Per decided ratio
Fixed ratio
Variable ratio
None
Initially marginal product is above average product but as more and more labour is added there will be a point where marginal product will _______ average product and then marginal product will be below average product.
override
Intersect
Equal
Both b & c
The fall in ______ product precedes fall in _______
Average product ; marginal product
Total product ; average product
Marginal product ; average product
none
Which of the following statement is true
Marginal product is falling when it intersects average product
Average product is falling when it intersects marginal product
Total product is falling when marginal product intersects average product
None of above
find ‘x’ and ‘y’
150 & 200
100 & 150
200 & 150
250 & 150
From this table we can conclude that marginal product of 2nd labour is
Above total product
Above average product
Equals average product
None
From this table we can conclude that the firm is experiencing
Law of Increasing returns
Law of diminishing returns
Law of negative returns
None
Find ‘x’ and ‘y’
360 & 60
330 & 30
350 & 50
None
as the firm add 6th labour, the firm will be experiencing
law of increasing returns
Law of negative returns
Law of diminishing returns
None
as the firm add 6th labour, the marginal product is
Increasing
Decreasing
Negative
None
Find ‘x’ and ‘y’
315 ; 45
325 ; 35
315 ; (-) 45
None do above
As we add 9th labour, the firm will be experiencing
Law of increasing returns
Law of diminishing returns
Law of negative returns
None do above
as we add 9th labour, TP is ______, AP is ________ and MP is ______
Falling ; falling ; negative
Negative ; falling ; negative
Falling ; negative ; negative
None do above
A firm has installed capacity to produce 200 units with 6 workers. The firm has employed 7th worker when it is able to achieve production of 220 units, 8th worker further increased output to 230 units but 9the labour caused production to remain unchanged and 10th labour caused production to fall to 225 units. Marginal output of ______ is negative
7th worker
8th worker
9th worker
10th worker
A firm has installed capacity to produce 200 units with 6 workers. The firm has employed 7th worker when it is able to achieve production of 220 units, 8th worker further increased output to 230 units but 9th labour caused production to remain unchanged and 10th labour caused production to fall to 225 units. Average product of 10th worker will be
Positive and rising
positive and falling
Negative
None of above
the capacity of plant and machinery is 300 units per month which need 10 workers. the firm is currently considering 2 production plans (i) produce 175 units per month (ii) produce 250 units per month. Plan 1 needs 7 workers whereas plan 2 needs 8 workers. In the first plan the utilisation of fixed factor is
Relatively lesser
Relatively higher
Equal to the second plan
None
the capacity of plant and machinery is 300 units per month which needs 10 workers. The firm is currently considering 2 production plans (i) produce 175 units per month (ii) produce 250 units per month. Plan 1 needs 7 workers whereas plan 2 needs 8 workers. In the first plan the division and specialisation of labour is
Relatively lesser
Relatively higher
Equal to the second plan
None
the capacity of plant and machinery is 300 units per month, but that needs 10 workers, the firm is currently considering 2 production plans (i) produce 175 units per month (ii) produce 250 units per month. Plan 1 needs 7 workers whereas plan 2 needs 8 workers. In the first plan the efficiency of variable factor and fixed factor is
Relatively lesser
Relatively higher
Equal to the second plan
None
Initially when the fixed factor is under-utilised additional quantity of labour will add to the efficiency of __________ due to __________
Labour ; division and specialisation of labour
Fixed factor ; better utilisation of fixed factor
Both a & b
None
When marginal product of fixed factor is below average product then
Marginal is falling
Marginal is negative
Marginal is positive
Marginal is constant
There is a stage where marginal product is falling but it still above average. During this phase average product is
Falling
Rising
Equal to the marginal
None
Average output of 5th unit is 200, marginal output of 6th unit is 250, this manes average output of 6th unit is
Rising
Falling
Stable
None
In the long run a firm when installs better and improved version of machinery, uses bigger space, buys larger quantity of raw material at discounted price, achieves managerial specialisation, then
Rise in output is more than proportionate rise in inputs
Rise in output is Less than proportionate rise in inputs
Rise in output equal to the rise in inputs
None of above
In the long run a firm when installs better and improved version of machinery, uses bigger space, buys larger quantity of raw material at discounted price, achieves managerial specialisation, then the firm is able to
Experience increasing returns
Experience decreasing returns
Experience constant returns
None of above
In the long run a firm when installs better and improved version of machinery, uses bigger space, buys larger quantity of raw material at discounted price, achieves managerial specialisation, then the firm is able to achieve increasing returns which are generally termed as
Scale advantage
Economies of scale
Economies of labour
None of above
In the long run when a firm has already expanded its business and has achieved all possible economies of large scale production then further rise in scale of size of the business would give
Increasing returns
Constant returns
Decreasing returns
None of above
Tushar has capacity to produce 200 units per day, He is using semi automatic machine. He has a plan to buy an automatic machine which can produce 1,000 units per day. This change will enable Tushar to
Reduce its average cost per unit of output
explore bigger markets with better quality of output
Division and specialisation of managers
All of above
Tushar has capacity to produce 200 units per day, he is using semi automatic machine. He has a plan to buy an automatic machine which can produce 1,000 units per day. This change in plant size is usually referred as
Short run change
Long run change
Medium run change
All of above
