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Q2:

2026: 13 May Shift 1

Production & Costs

Medium

Select the correct statements in the context of relation between AP and MP.

(A) As long as the value of MP remains higher than the value of the AP, the AP continues to rise.

(B) When AP falls, MP has to be less than AP.

(C) At the first unit of variable input ,AP and MP are same

(D) MP curve cuts AP curve from above at its minimum.

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Option 2
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Explanation for 2026: 13 May Shift 1 ECO question 2

Q3:

2026: 13 May Shift 1

Production & Costs

Easy

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) Average product of labour(I) TVC/q
(B) Marginal product of labour(II) TPL/L
(C) Average variable cost(AVC)(III) Δ TPL/ΔL
(D) Average Fixed Cost(AFC)(IV) TFC/q

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Option 4
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Explanation for 2026: 13 May Shift 1 ECO question 3

Q4:

2026: 12 May Shift 1

Production & Costs

Easy

Marginal Product of labour is inverse'U'-shaped because of :

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Option 4
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Q5:

2026: 12 May Shift 1

Production & Costs

Medium

Choose the correct statement with respect to long run production function-

(A) There is no fixed factor of production.

(B) All inputs can be varied.

(C) Average and Marginal cost curves are U shaped.

(D) Decreasing Returns to Scale is not applicable.

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Option 2
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Explanation for 2026: 12 May Shift 1 ECO question 5

Q6:

2026: 12 May Shift 1

Production & Costs

Easy

Output increases with which of the following reasons?

(A) Increase in capital.

(B) Increase in labour.

(C) Increase in cost of inputs.

(D) Increase in level of technology.

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Option 4
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Explanation for 2026: 12 May Shift 1 ECO question 6

Q7:

2026: 11 May Shift 2

Production & Costs

Medium

With the change in one variable input, keeping the factors constant, if the Marginal Physical Product is positive, the Total Physical Product will be----------

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Option 3
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Explanation for 2026: 11 May Shift 2 ECO question 7

Q8:

2026: 11 May Shift 2

Production & Costs

Easy

In the short run, Average Variable Cost curve is a U-shaped cost curve because of----------------.

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Option 2
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Explanation for 2026: 11 May Shift 2 ECO question 8

Q9:

2026: 11 May Shift 2

Production & Costs

Easy

Let the production function of a firm be

Q=5L1/2K1/2Q = 5L^{1/2}K^{1/2}

Find out the maximum possible output that the firm can produce with 400 units of L and 400 units of K.

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Option 1
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Explanation for 2026: 11 May Shift 2 ECO question 9

Q10:

2026: 11 May Shift 1

Production & Costs

Easy

The given the Cobb-Douglas production function

Q=L2/3K1/3Q = L^{2/3}K^{1/3}, which of the following is correct about this production function?

A. The firm produces Q amount of output using L and K inputs only.

B. The given production function exhibits decreasing returns to scale.

C. The given production function exhibits constant returns to scale.

D. The given production function exhibits increasing returns to scale.

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Q11:

2026: 11 May Shift 1

Production & Costs

Easy

Which of the following cost curve represents the rate of change in the total cost of production in the production function?

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Q12:

2026: 11 May Shift 1

Production & Costs

Easy

What happens to the total cost (TC) of production if the quantity of output in the production is reduced to 0 (zero)?

Where, TC=Total cost, FC=Fixed Cost, VC=Variable Cost.

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Q13:

2025: 3 June Shift 2

Production & Costs

Medium

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) Total revenue(I) Minimum of LRAC curve.
(B) Supply(II) A firm earns only normal profit.
(C) Shut down point(III) Market price multiplied by the firm's output.
(D) Break-even point(IV) Quantity sold at a given price.

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Q14:

2025: 3 June Shift 2

Production & Costs

Medium

Choose the correct statements considering the relationship between marginal product and average product.

(A) Average product and marginal product curve are 'U'shaped.

(B) Average product and marginal product curve are inverse 'U'shaped.

(C) When the average product increases, the marginal product is greater than the average product.

(D) When the average product decreases, the marginal product is less than the average product.

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Q15:

2025: 3 June Shift 2

Production & Costs

Medium

In the short run, the shape of the average fixed cost curve for a typical firm is?

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Q16:

2025: 3 June Shift 2

Production & Costs

Medium

If all the resources are used in the production of cloth, the curve which gives the maximum amount of cloth produced in the economy for any given amount of machine is called?

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Q17:

2025: 3 June Shift 2

Production & Costs

Easy

The relationship between an increase in variable input and output when all other inputs are held constant is referred to as.

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Q18:

2025: 3 June Shift 2

Production & Costs

Medium

When a firm increases its output and the average cost rises, this phase in the production process is shown as?

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Q19:

2025: 3 June Shift 2

Production & Costs

Easy

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) Payments by a firm for inputs.(I) Cost of production
(B) Output sold by a firm in the market.(II) Revenue
(C) Inputs are transformed into output.(III) Production
(D) Objective of a firm to maximize.(IV) Profit

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Q20:

2025: 3 June Shift 2

Production & Costs

Medium

When the additional unit of input is 'crowded' in the production, the output is proportionally less and............

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Q21:

2025: 3 June Shift 2

Production & Costs

Easy

The cost of a firm has increased from Rs. 6767 to Rs. 8080 when the units of cotton production rose from 88 to 99. Calculate the marginal cost of a firm?

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Q22:

2025: 3 June Shift 1

Production & Costs

Medium

Which one of the following leads to the law of variable proportions?

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Q23:

2025: 3 June Shift 1

Production & Costs

Medium

Identify the correct statements from the following:

(A) As long as MP>AP, the average Product (AP) can rise even when the Marginal Product (MP) is falling.

(B) The law of variable proportions operates only if the factor ratio happens to change.

(C) Total Product (TP) must increase no matter if there are increasing or decreasing returns to a factor.

(D) Marginal Product (MP) = Average Product (AP), when AP is maximum.

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Q24:

2025: 3 June Shift 1

Production & Costs

Medium

Chronologically, arrange the following statements in the context of shape of AP curve.

(A) MP starts falling, the AP continues to rise as long as MP remains higher than AP.

(B) At the first level of output, the MP and the AP are the same.

(C) MP fall sufficiently, its value becomes less than the AP and the AP also falls.

(D) MP rises, AP being the average of marginal products, also rises, but rises less than MP.

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Q25:

2025: 3 June Shift 1

Production & Costs

Medium

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) Total Cost(I) Change in total cost when an additional unit of output is produced.
(B) Marginal Cost(II) Vertical summation of Average Fixed Cost (AFC) and Average Variable Cost (AVC) curves.
(C) Fixed Cost(III) Explicit Costs + Implicit Costs.
(D) Short period Average Cost (AC) Curve(IV) Does not change with increase or decrease in output.

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Q26:

2025: 3 June Shift 1

Production & Costs

Medium

Match List-I with List-II

List-IList-II
(A) The minimum level of profit that is needed to keep a firm in the existing business.(I) Super-normal profit
(B) Profit that a firm earns over and above the normal profit.(II) Loss
(C) AR < AC(III) Break even point
(D) The point of minimum average cost at which the supply curve cuts the AC curve.(IV) Normal Profit

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Q27:

2025: 3 June Shift 1

Production & Costs

Easy

Extension of supply occurs due to change in _________

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Q28:

2025: 3 June Shift 1

Production & Costs

Easy

The problem of 'what to produce' relates to?

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Q29:

2025: 2 June Shift 1

Production & Costs

Medium

When some resources are shifted from Use 1 to Use 2 (given technology), the Marginal Rate of Transformation will

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Q30:

2025: 2 June Shift 1

Production & Costs

Easy

What does break even point indicate?

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