What is economics?
Economics is about studying economic problems arising due to limited means (having alternative uses) in relation to unlimited wants.
The government has started promoting foreign capital. What is its economic value in the context of Production Possibilities Frontier?
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?
Give one/two examples of microeconomics study.[CBSE 2004C, 09, 09C, 11C;AI 2004, 05, 07, 11]
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Name any three variables of micro-economics.
Why does an economic problem arise? [CBSE 2007]
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What gives rise to an economic problem? [CBSE, Sample Paper 2008] Or
Why does the problem of choice arise? [CBSE 2004]
Define Marginal Opportunity Cost. Explain the concept with a hypothetical numerical example.[CBSE Sample Paper 2016]
India is a labour abundance and capital scarce economy. Which technique of production should be used to produce the commodity?
Giving reason comment on the shape of Production Possibilities curve based on the following schedule.
Giving reason comment on the shape of Production Possibilities Curve based on the following schedule.
A teacher is getting Rs 6,000 per month as salary. If he leaves the job and starts tuition work, he is expected to earn Rs 5,000 per month. What would be his opportunity cost?
Name the economic value achievable when attempts are made to increase resources in the country.
In the context of an economy when we talk about scarcity', we refer to short supply of land.
A Production Possibility Frontier' (PPF) is always represented as a upward sloping curve.
A farmer is getting more profit by producing opium rather than that of wheat. In situation of famine which crop should be produced?
State any two central problems under ‘problem of allocation of resources’.[CBSE Sample Paper 2016]
Although water is useful, yet it is cheap. On the contrary, diamond is not much of use, still it is very expensive. Give an economic reason for this paradox.
With the same amount of resources a farmer can feed the following combination of goats and horses:
Taking into consideration the options available with him, find out the opportunity cost of the farmer of feeding one horse.
Define Opportunity Cost. [CBSE 2007]
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Give the meaning of Opportunity Cost'. [CBSE 2008, 09]
Define microeconomics.[CBSE 2007C; AI 2005, 2012]
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Give the meaning of microeconomics.[CBSE 2009]
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.
The problems of scarcity of resources and their alternate uses arise everywhere but particularly in backward countries. For their solution non-economic considerations can be stressed. How?
State any three assumptions on which a production possibilities curve is based. [CBSE 2013 Q]
How does Maruti Udyog Ltd. fix the prices of its cars, is it studied in macroeconomics?
Unemployment is reduced due to the measures taken by the government. State its economic value in the context of production possibilities frontier.