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Questions Related to government budget and economy

Position of the price line would ________ with a change in the money income of the consumer.

  1. not change

  2. change

  3. depend on other factors

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Position of the price line would change with change in money income of the consumer, because money income determines the budget/purchasing power of the consumer.

Given the income of the consumer, the slope of the price line is determined by the __________.

  1. Price of $X$

  2. Price of $Y$

  3. Ratio of prices of $X$ and $Y$

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The slope of price line is determined by the ratio of prices of both the commodities 'X' and 'Y'. It is the locus of all the bundles of 'X and Y' that can be bought with the given income of the consumer.

The total effect of a price change of a commodity is _______________.

  1. substitution effect plus price effect

  2. substitution effect plus income effect

  3. substitution effect plus demonstration effect

  4. substitution effect minus income effect


Correct Option: B

Consumer's equilibrium condition can be written as ___________.

  1. $\dfrac{MU _x}{P _x} = \dfrac{MU _y}{P _y}$

  2. $\dfrac{MU _x}{P _x} > \dfrac{MU _y}{P _y}$

  3. $\dfrac{MU _x}{P _x} < \dfrac{MU _y}{P _y}$

  4. $\dfrac{P _x}{MU _x} = \dfrac{P _y}{MU _y}$


Correct Option: A

Slope of budget line is _______.

  1. MRS

  2. $\dfrac{MU _x}{MU _y}$

  3. $\dfrac{P _x}{P _y}$

  4. $\dfrac{P _y}{P _x}$


Correct Option: C

Budget line is also called _________.

  1. consumption possibility line

  2. production possibility line

  3. distribution possibility line

  4. saving possibility line


Correct Option: A

Convex indifference curve is explained by _________.

  1. diminishing MRS

  2. increasing MRS

  3. constant MRS

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: A

Consumer's equilibrium occurs when __________.

  1. $MRS > \dfrac{P _x}{P _y}$

  2. $MRS = \dfrac{P _x}{P _y}$

  3. $MRS < \dfrac{P _x}{P _y}$

  4. $MRS = \dfrac{P _y}{P _x}$


Correct Option: B

Constraints on which budget line is made are __________.

  1. given income and prices

  2. given prices and tastes

  3. given income and tastes

  4. given prices and government policy


Correct Option: A

For consumers' equilibrium to be stable, the requirement is __________.

  1. constant MRS

  2. increasing MRS

  3. diminishing MRS

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: C