Tuesday, 15 September 2015

7 Question Challenge - 2 - 2015-16


1.    The opportunity cost of a good is
A)    The time lost in finding it
B)    The quantity of other goods sacrificed to get another unit of that good
C)    The expenditure on the good
D)    The loss of interest in using savings

2.    If new firms enter a market, but demand stays the same, it can be      
       predicted  that:
A)   Consumer surplus will fall
B)   Prices are likely to fall
C)   There will be reduced economic welfare
D)   Prices are likely to rise

3.    Time series data show information
A)   About the same point in time over different places
B)   About different points in time over the same variable
C)   About different variables over different places
D)    About different points in time over different places

4.    When a market is in equilibrium
A)   Quantity demanded equals quantity supplied
B)   Excess demand and excess supply are zero
C)   The market is cleared by the equilibrium price
D)   All of the above

5.   If a price increase of good A increases the quantity demanded of good B,
      then good B is a
A)   Substitute good
B)   Complementary good
C)   Bargain
D)   Inferior good

6.   Name the economist pictured below:
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7. Can you identify this Nobel Prize winning economist?
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Email your answers with your name and roll number to profKMody@gmail.com by 23 September 2015



















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