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Business Economics Final
Business Economics Final
Business Economics Final
DATE : 28-August-2016
Instruction to candidates
1. This question paper has THREE (3) Section
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SECTION A
2. Economy where major resources are under the control of individuals is the
characteristic of ……….
a. Free Economy
b. Controlled Economy
c. Mixed Economy
d. Command Economy
5. ‘Profit is the dynamic income and no profit results in static world’. Who said
so?
a. F.H. Knight
b. E Chamberlain
c. Joan Robinson
d. J. B Clark
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7. Demand function is said to be nonlinear if its slope all along the demand curve
is….
a. Constant
b. Variable
c. Zero
d. None of above
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13. Total cost of production in developed country basically:
a. Lower
b. Higher
c. Equal with developed economies
d. Difficult to calculate
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19. Higher the output, higher will be the:
a. Revenue
b. Cost
c. Profit
d. Export
20. The cost which is perfectly inelastic with the level of output is:
a. Explicit cost
b. Implicit cost
c. Fixed cost
d. Opportunity cost
23. The period of the business cycle in which real GDP is increasing is called the:
a. expansion
b. peak
c. recession
d. trough
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25. The opportunity cost of holding money is the:
a. Inflation rate minus the nominal interest rate.
b. Nominal interest rate.
c. Real interest rate.
d. unemployment rate
28. The gap between GNP and GDP is significant for the country with:
a. Small foreign investment
b. No foreign investment
c. Huge foreign investment
d. None of these
30. If demand for Nepali rupee decreases, the international value of the
rupee………… and Nepali export………….
a. Increases; decreases
b. Decreases; decreases
c. Decreases; increases
d. Increases; increases
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SECTION B
Short Answers Questions
Answer any five (5) questions out of seven (7) questions (5*6=30)
1. How the knowledge of managerial economics is useful for the betterment of a firm in the
world?
2. State the basic difference between accounting profit and economics profit. Which profit
is more useful for making effective managerial decisions?
4. Suppose the total cost function of the firm is TC = 120 + 50Q – 10Q2 + Q3. Find out:
a) TVC, AVC and MC functions.
b) The level of output at which AVC and MC are minimum.
5. Define inflation. Does the strength of the dollar in the foreign markets affect the
inflation rate? Explain.
SECTION C
Long Answer Questions
Attempt any two (2) questions but question no 3 is compulsory (2*20=40)
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2. Explain the difference between Perfect competition and Monopoly market. How price
and output determined under perfect competition market? Explain.
(a) Identify three factors that VW says are responsible for the reduction in expected profits.
(b) (I) Explain the difference between a fixed cost and a variable cost.
(ii) Consider which cost category is suitable for the wages paid by VW to its employees.
(c) VW stated that they wished to ‘compete more on price’. Is that a suitable response to the
Factors identified in (a)?
(d) Discuss whether it is reasonable to conclude that costs are too high in VW’s German
factories on the basis of the comparison given with Argentina and the Czech Republic.
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