Distinguish between a centrally planned economy and a market economy.
S.No. | Points of Difference | Centrally Planned Economy | Market Economy |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ownership of factors of production. | Factors of production are publicly owned; i.e., public ownership. | Factors of production are privately owned. |
2 | Production Motive | The motive of production is social welfare. Factors of production are publicly owned; i.e., public ownership. | The main motive is profit making. |
3 | Governing Factor | The production is governed by a planning mechanism; i.e. according to the government plans. | The production is governed by price mechanism; i.e., by demand and supply. |
4 | Income Distribution | The degree of inequality of income is low. | There exists unequal distribution of income. |
5 | Government’s Role | The main role is played by the government – from production to distribution. | The main role is played by private players. They decide what to produce, while the role of a government is limited to maintaining law and order in the nation. |
Distinguish between microeconomics and macroeconomics.
What do you mean by the production possibilities of an economy?
What is a production possibility frontier?
Discuss the central problems of an economy.
Discuss the subject matter of economics.
What do you understand by normative economic analysis?
What do you understand by positive economic analysis?
Explain the concept of a production function
What would be the shape of the demand curve so that the total revenue curve is?
(a) A positively sloped straight line passing through the origin?
(b) A horizontal line?
Explain market equilibrium.
What are the characteristics of a perfectly competitive market?
What do you mean by the budget set of a consumer?
What is the total product of input?
From the schedule provided below calculate the total revenue, demand curve and the price elasticity of demand:
Quantity |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
Marginal Revenue |
10 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
When do we say that there is an excess demand for a commodity in the market?
How are the total revenue of a firm, market price, and the quantity sold by the firm related to each other?
What is budget line?
A firm earns a revenue of Rs 50 when the market price of a good is Rs 10. The market price increases to Rs 15 and the firm now earns a revenue of Rs 150. What is the price elasticity of the firm’s supply curve?
At what level of price do the firms in a perfectly competitive market supply when free entry and exit is allowed in the market? How is the equilibrium quantity determined in such a market?
Suppose a consumer’s preferences are monotonic. What can you say about her preference ranking over the bundles (10, 10), (10, 9) and (9, 9)?
The following table shows the total cost schedule of a competitive firm. It is given that the price of the good is Rs 10. Calculate the profit at each output level. Find the profit maximising level of output.
Output | TC (Rs.) |
---|---|
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
5 15 22 27 31 38 49 63 81 101 123 |
When does a production function satisfy constant returns to scale?
Explain the concepts of the short run and the long run.
What is the ‘price line’?
A consumer wants to consume two goods. The prices of the two goods are Rs 4
and Rs 5 respectively. The consumer’s income is Rs 20.
(i) Write down the equation of the budget line.
(ii) How much of good 1 can the consumer consume if she spends her entire
income on that good?
(iii) How much of good 2 can she consume if she spends her entire income on
that good?
(iv) What is the slope of the budget line?
Questions 5, 6 and 7 are related to question 4.
What is meant by prices being rigid? How can oligopoly behavior lead to such an outcome?
Explain through a diagram the effect of a rightward shift of both the demand and supply curves on equilibrium price and quantity.