Class 12 Micro Economics - Chapter The Theory of the Firm under Perfect Competition NCERT Solutions | A firm earns a revenue of Rs 50 when the

The market price of a good changes from Rs 5 to Rs 20. As a result, the quantity supplied by a firm increases by 15 units. The price elasticity of the firm’s supply curve is 0.5. Find the initial and final output levels of the firm.

What is the supply curve of a firm in the long run?

How does the imposition of a unit tax affect the supply curve of a firm?

What is the relation between market price and average revenue of a price-taking firm?

What is the relation between market price and marginal revenue of a price-taking firm?

How does an increase in the number of firms in a market affect the market supply curve?

How does an increase in the price of an input affect the supply curve of a firm?

Compute the total revenue, marginal revenue and average revenue schedules in the following table. Market price of each unit of the good is Rs 10.

Will a profit-maximising firm in a competitive market ever produce a positive level of output in the range where the marginal cost is falling? Give an explanation.

Will a profit-maximising firm in a competitive market produce a positive level of output in the short run if the market price is less than the minimum of AVC? Give an explanation.

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.

Discuss the central problems of an economy.

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:

When do we say that there is an excess demand for a commodity in the market?

What do you mean by the production possibilities of an economy?

What is budget line?

Suppose the demand and supply curves of salt are given by:

(a) Find the equilibrium price and quantity.

(b) Now, suppose that the price of an input that used to produce salt has increased so, that the new supply curve is qs = 400 + 3p

How does the equilibrium price and quantity change? Does the change conform to your expectation?

(a) Suppose the government has imposed at ax of Rs 3 per unit of sale on salt. How does it affect the equilibrium rice quantity? 

Explain the concept of a production function

How are equilibrium price and quantity affected when income of the consumers

a) Increase

b) Decrease

What do you mean by the budget set of a consumer?

When do we say that there is an excess supply for a commodity in the market?

Suppose your friend is indifferent to the bundles (5, 6) and (6, 6). Are the preferences of your friend monotonic?

Discuss the central problems of an economy.

What do the short-run marginal cost, average variable cost and short-run average cost curves look like? 

When does a production function satisfy constant returns to scale?

If the price of a substitute Y of good X increases, what impact does it have on the equilibrium price and quantity of good X?