Economics

Introduction to Microeconomics

Question:

If the economy operates inside PPC, it shows full utilisation of resources.

Answer:

False: If economy operates inside PPC, it shows underutilsation of resources.

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Introduction to Microeconomics

Q 1.

What is meant by economy?

Q 2.

Name any three variables of macroeconomics.

Q 3.

Give two examples of growth of resources.

Q 4.

A country's resources are fully and p efficiently employed. The problem of scarcity exists. What advice would be given to raise the efficiency level of the human resource to fight scarcity?

Q 5.

A doctor has a private clinic in New Delhi and his annual earnings are Rs 10 lakh. If he works in a government hospital in New Delhi, his annual earning will be Rs 8 lakh. What is the opportunity cost of having a clinic in New Delhi?

Q 6.

Massive unemployment will shift PPC to the left. Defend or refute.

Q 7.

What is economics?

Q 8.

Explain the meaning of opportunity cost with the help of production possibility schedule.[CBSE, All India 2013]

Q 9.

Give two examples of underutilisation of resources.

Q 10.

"An economy always produces on but not inside PPC. Defend or refute.

Q 11.

How does Maruti Udyog Ltd. fix the prices of its cars, is it studied in macroeconomics?

Q 12.

What is meant by economising of resources? [CBSE 2003]

Q 13.

Which type of science is economics?

Q 14.

Giving reason comment on the shape of Production Possibilities Curve based on the following schedule.
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Q 15.

Giving reason comment on the shape of Production Possibilities curve based on the following schedule.
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Q 16.

State the central problems of an economy. [CBSE Sample Paper 2014]

Q 17.

State any three assumptions on which a production possibilities curve is based. [CBSE 2013 Q]

Q 18.

India is a labour abundance and capital scarce economy. Which technique of production should be used to produce the commodity?

Q 19.

Scarcity of resources is a universal phenomenon and is not confined to poor and backward countries only. Comment.

Q 20.

Give reasons for the following statements:

  1. Every economy has to make the decision relating to what to produce.
  2. Problem of choice arises because available resources have alternative uses.

Q 21.

A job guarantee scheme will lead to a rightward shift of PPF.

Q 22.

Production in an economy is below to its potentiality due to unemployment. Government starts employment generation schemes. Explain its effects by using production possibility curve.
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Q 23.

Discuss the subject matter of economics.

Q 24.

State two features of resources that give rise to an economic problem.

Q 25.

Why PPC is concave to the point of origin? [CBSE 2011, AI 2007]

Q 26.

A Production Possibility Frontier' (PPF) is always represented as a upward sloping curve.

Q 27.

If the economy operates inside PPC, it shows full utilisation of resources.

Q 28.

PPC is concave shaped as production of one good can be increased only by reducing quantity of another good.

Q 29.

In an underdeveloped economy why there is the need of efficient utilization of resources?

Q 30.

As water resources are limited in our country, how can we economise the water resources so that it could not cause a future problem for us? Give any two suggestions.

Q 31.

The government has started promoting foreign capital. What is its economic value in the context of Production Possibilities Frontier?

Q 32.

With the same amount of resources a farmer can feed the following combination of goats and horses:
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Taking into consideration the options available with him, find out the opportunity cost of the farmer of feeding one horse.

Q 33.

Giving reason comment on the shape of Production Possibilities curve based on the following schedule.
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Q 34.

Discuss the central problems of an economy.

Q 35.

Whether the cotton textile industry is an example of micro or macroeconomics?

Q 36.

"Scarcity and choice go all together". Defend or refute.

Q 37.

Only Scarce Goods' attract price."Comment.

Q 38.

Why is it that on one hand coal is found in plenty, yet it is scarce while on the other, a rotten vegetable is rare but not scarce?

Q 39.

Name the economic value achievable when attempts are made to increase resources in the country.

Q 40.

What is likely to be the impact of Make in India' appeal to the foreign investors by the Prime Minister of India, on the production possibilities frontiers of India? Explain.

Q 41.

What is the basic reason for economic problem in all economies?

Q 42.

Define Production Possibility Curve and state its properties.[CBSE, All India 2013 C]

Q 43.

Give reasons for the following statements:

  1. A Production Possibility Frontier is always a downward sloping concave curve.
  2. An efficient economy would always produce a combination of goods
    that lies on the given Production Possibility Frontier.
  3. Growth of an economy is represented in the form of a rightward shift of a Production Possibility Frontier.

Q 44.

Because of destruction caused by war, a country's PPF will shift to the left.

Q 45.

If a PPF shifts to the right, the new PPF will be parallel to the original.

Q 46.

Economy can never operate outside PPC with the given resources and technology.

Q 47.

Unemployment is reduced due to the measures taken by the government. State its economic value in the context of production possibilities frontier.

Q 48.

What will likely be the impact of large scale outflow of foreign capital on Production Possibility Curve of the economy and why? 
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Q 49.

What is a production possibility frontier?

Q 50.

Why does an economic problem arise? [CBSE 2007]
Or
What gives rise to an economic problem? [CBSE, Sample Paper 2008] Or
Why does the problem of choice arise? [CBSE 2004]