Practice Test


Q1) In a _______ competition market, goods are sold at a uniform price. Show Answer


Q2) Laissez-faire policy is adopted by the government under ______. Show Answer


Q3) The remuneration of factors of production is decided by its ________ productivity. Show Answer


Q4) In a perfect competitive market, the seller (industry/firm) is a price-________. Show Answer


Q5) In a monopoly form of market, the firm has a_______ degree of control over price of its product. Show Answer


Q6) In a monopoly competitive market, the policy of product ________ is adopted. Show Answer


Q7) The price at equated demand and supply is called as ______ price. Show Answer


Q8) In practice, there is _______ competition in the market. Show Answer


Q9) Price _______ appears in a monopoly market. Show Answer


Q10) A monopolist firm/seller can get_______ profits. Show Answer


Q11) In Economics, the market _________necessarily confined to a specific place Show Answer


Q12) Under _____, there is no difference between the firm and the industry. Show Answer


Q13) The forces of demand and supply are brought into equilibrium by _________. Show Answer


Q14) The marginal productivity theory assumes that labourers are ________. Show Answer


Q15) The demand curve faced by a perfect competitive firm is _______. Show Answer


Q16) The demand curve faced by a monopolist firm is ________. Show Answer


Q17) There is free entry and exit allowed in a _______ market structure. Show Answer


Q18) _________ monopolies are the monopolies granted by the law. Show Answer


Q19) Perfect competition is a ________ concept than pure competition. Show Answer


Q20) In poor countries, the marginal propensity to consume is ________. Show Answer


Q21) ________ is the characteristics of perfect competition. Show Answer


Q22) Firms under perfect competition is a price _______. Show Answer


Q23) There exist _______ price in a perfectly competitive market. Show Answer


Q24) Firm under perfect competition earn ______ profit in the long run. Show Answer


Q25) Existence of single seller and absence of close substitute are the characteristics of __________. Show Answer


Q26) _______ is the motive of a monopolist. Show Answer


Q27) The firm under monopoly is a price ________. Show Answer


Q28) Barrier to entry and exist is the characteristics of _________. Show Answer


Q29) The concept of monopolistic competition is introduced by _________. Show Answer


Q30) Product ________ is the blending of monopoly and competition. Show Answer


Q31) _______ cost is the unique feature of monopolistic competition. Show Answer


Q32) _______ is a cluster of firms producing closely related but differentiated products. Show Answer


Q33) In a market period, the _______ of a commodity remain constant. Show Answer


Q34) In a perfect market, industry is price _________. Show Answer


Q35) _______ appears in a monopoly market. Show Answer


Q36) Homogenous product is the characteristic of _________. Show Answer


Q37) Monopolistic can get _______ profits. Show Answer


Q38) Under perfect competition, the product sold is __________. Show Answer


Q39) _______ competition is a myth. Show Answer


Q40) There is a single seller under __________. Show Answer


Q41) Pure monopoly is _________ monopoly. Show Answer


Q42) Under monopoly there is only one ________. Show Answer


Q43) Under perfect competition, there is ________ knowledge on the part of buyers and sellers of a commodity. Show Answer


Q44) Limited monopoly is more _______. Show Answer


Q45) There is lack of _________ in monopoly. Show Answer


Q46) _______ commodities prevail under perfect competition. Show Answer


Q47) Monopolist mean a _________. Show Answer


Q48) The nature of the market of barter system is _______. Show Answer


Q49) Perfect competition and imperfect competition are the forms of __________. Show Answer


Q50) _______ prevails when the demand for the output of each producer is perfectly elastic. Show Answer


Q51) Every firm has only one goal maximisation of _______. Show Answer


Q52) The monopolist faces industry demand curve and demand curve for his product slopes ________. Show Answer


Q53) There is a group of monopolist in every line of production competing each other, it is called as ________ competition. Show Answer


Q54) There are many entry barriers under _______ market. Show Answer


Q55) _______ is an ideal form of market structure. Show Answer


Q56) Money spent for advertisement is ________. Show Answer


Q57) Legal monopoly exist due to _______. Show Answer


Q58) Railways is an example of _________ monopoly. Show Answer


Q59) A monopolist is a price maker. Show Answer


Q60) Under perfect competition, there are many sellers and many buyers. Show Answer


Q61) Selling costs are unique features of monopolistic market. Show Answer


Q62) The monopolist has no control over the price of his commodity in the market. Show Answer


Q63) Price discrimination is impossible in the perfect competition. Show Answer


Q64) Perfect competition is an ideal but not an actual market structure in real life. Show Answer


Q65) Monopolistic competition is a blending of monopoly and perfect competition. Show Answer


Q66) Equilibrium price is determined at intersection point of demand curve and supply curve. Show Answer


Q67) In a monopoly situation, a seller is a firm and an industry both. Show Answer


Q68) Pure competition is same as perfect competition. Show Answer


Q69) When marginal product is Zero then total product is maximum. Show Answer


Q70) The concepts of imperfect competition are introduced by Mrs. Joan Robinson. Show Answer


Q71) The supply force has a greater impact on price in the very short period. Show Answer


Q72) When supply increases and demand decreases, the equilibrium price falls to a great extent. Show Answer


Q73) Monopoly products have close substitutes. Show Answer


Q74) In economics, market means a place where buyers and sellers meet. Show Answer


Q75) There is no transport cost in perfectly competitive market. Show Answer


Q76) There is no selling cost in the perfect competition. Show Answer


Q77) A single seller is the only feature of monopoly. Show Answer


Q78) A monopolist can earn abnormal profit. Show Answer


Q79) In economic sense, market includes following activities - (a) The place where goods are sold and purchased. (b) An arrangement through which buyers and sellers come in close contact with each other directly or indirectly. (c) A shop where goods are sold. (d) All of the above Show Answer


Q80) Classification of markets on the basis of place - (a) Local market, National market, International market. (b) Very short period market, Local market, National market. (c) Short period market, National market, International market. (d) Local market, National market, Short period market. Show Answer


Q81) Homogeneous product is a feature of this market - (a) Monopoly (b) Monopolistic competition (c) Perfect competition (d) Oligopoly Show Answer


Q82) Under Perfect competition, sellers are - (a) Price makers (b) Price takers (c) Price discriminators (d) None of these Show Answer


Q83) Features of Perfect Competition are - (a) Large number of buyers (b) Large number of sellers (c) Different prices (d) Perfect mobility Show Answer


Q84) Features of Monopoly are - (a) Single seller (b) No close substitutes (c) Control over supply (d) Price taker Show Answer


Q85) Features of Monopolistic Competition are - (a) Homogeneous product (b) Selling Cost (c) Downward sloping demand curve (d) Few buyers Show Answer


Q86) Legal monopoly is recognized by - (a) Legal provision (b) Trade Mark (c) License (d) Copyright Show Answer


Q87) Examples of discriminating monopoly are - (a) Doctors (b) Lawyers (c) Consultants (d) All of the above Show Answer


Q88) Types of imperfect market are - (a) Monopoly (b) Oligopoly (c) Monopolistic Competition (d) Perfect Competition Show Answer


Q89) Classification of markets on the basis of time.
i. Very short period market, Long period market, Very long period market
ii. Very short period market, Local market. National market
iii. Short period market, National market, International market
iv. Short period market, Long period market, Very long period market Show Answer


Q90) The monopoly that emerges on account of provisions like patents, trademark, copyrights.
i. Legal monopoly
ii. Natural monopoly
iii. Simple monopoly
iv. Discriminating monopoly Show Answer


Q91) This is not a type of monopoly.
i. Voluntary monopoly
ii. Private monopoly
iii. Involuntary monopoly
iv. Public monopoly Show Answer


Q92) Mobile service providers in India are an example of this type of market.
i. Oligopoly
ii. Perfect competition
iii. Monopoly
iv. Monopolistic competition Show Answer


Q93) These are the features of oligopoly.
i. Few firms or sellers
ii. Advertising
iii. Entry barriers
iv. Lack of uniformity in size Show Answer


Q94) These are the features of monopolistic competition.
i. Free entry and exit
ii. Close substitutes
iii. No selling cost
iv. Fairly large number of buyers Show Answer


Q95) Assertion (A): Perfect competition is an imaginary concept of market.
Reasoning (R): There are large number of buyers and sellers in perfect competition. Show Answer


Q96) Assertion (A): In perfect competition, price is determined by the forces of demand & supply.
Reasoning (R): The number of buyers and sellers is so large that one person cannot influence prices. Show Answer


Q97) Assertion (A): Monopoly is a market in which there is only one seller who controls the entire supply.
Reasoning (R): The product sold by the monopolist has just one more substitute. Show Answer


Q98) Assertion (A): Price discrimination is an important feature of monopolistic competition.
Reasoning (R): Monopolist can charge different prices from different consumers for the same product. Show Answer


Q99) Assertion (A): Advertising is a powerful instrument in the hands of oligopolist.
Reasoning (R): With an attractive & aggressive advertising campaign, the oligopolist can capture a large part of the market. Show Answer


Q100) Assertion (A): In monopolistic competition also, the seller behaves like a monopoly.
Reasoning (R): There are fairly large number of sellers in monopolistic competition but not as large as perfect competition. Show Answer


Q101) Assertion (A): Product differentiation is the main feature of monopolistic competition.
Reasoning (R): There is no close substitute to the product in monopolistic competition. Show Answer


Q102) Assertion (A): Under monopolistic competition, Chamberlin introduced the concept of ‘industry’.
Reasoning (R): Industry means the number of firms producing identical products. Show Answer


Q103) The ___________ period market is for a few days or weeks in which the supply of the commodity cannot be increased. Show Answer


Q104) According to Mrs. Joan Robinson, “Perfect competition” prevails when the demand for the output for each producer is ____________. Show Answer


Q105) Under perfect competition, price is uniform because we assume that _________ cost does not exist. Show Answer


Q106) ___________ compared the process of price determination in perfect competition to cutting of cloth with a pair of scissors. Show Answer


Q107) The term monopoly is derived from the __________ word ‘Mono’ which means single and ‘poly’ which means sellers. Show Answer


Q108) The cross elasticity of demand for the product of a monopolist is either ___________. Show Answer


Q109) The term oligopoly is derived from the ___________ word ‘Oligo’ which means few and 'poly' which means sellers. Show Answer


Q110) This is not a feature of oligopoly. Show Answer


Q111) __________ coined the concept of monopolistic competition in his book ‘Theory of Monopolistic Competition’ published in 1933. Show Answer


Q112) The cross elasticity of demand for the product in monopolistic competition is _____________. Show Answer