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1. The document appears to be an exam for an economics course, listing 5 questions about key economic concepts and theories. 2. It includes questions about production possibility frontiers, price elasticity of demand, cost-output relationships for firms, different market structures, and macroeconomic issues like monetary policy, inflation, and exchange rates. 3. The exam provides data and asks candidates to complete calculations and explain economic principles in detail.

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810002

1. The document appears to be an exam for an economics course, listing 5 questions about key economic concepts and theories. 2. It includes questions about production possibility frontiers, price elasticity of demand, cost-output relationships for firms, different market structures, and macroeconomic issues like monetary policy, inflation, and exchange rates. 3. The exam provides data and asks candidates to complete calculations and explain economic principles in detail.

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Seat No.

: _____

Enrolment No.______

GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY


MBA. Sem-I Remedial Examination April 2010

Subject code: 810002 Subject ame: Economics for Managers


Date: 05 / 04 / 2010 Total Marks: 70 Time:12.00 noon 02.30 pm

Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions. 2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary. 3. Figures to the right indicate full marks. Q.1 (a) The study of economics has many facets and the field is unified by several central ideas 07
regarding decision making of peoples, their interaction and the working of economy as a whole- Explain. (b) Write a detail note on production possibilities frontier. 07

Q.2 (a) The price elasticity of demand determines whether the demand curve is steep or flat - 07
How? You also need to explain all five cases of price elasticity.

(b) Sharad Motors needs an economist, who is conversant with the cost output relationship. 07
In order to test knowledge, the company has designed a small test based on certain costoutput data from its own record. The same are given below.
Q 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 TC 250 Arc MC 10 21 220 510 6 10 6 590 9 TFC TVC AFC AVC ATC

Where Q= output, TC= Total Cost, Arc MC= arc marginal cost, TFC= Total Fixed cost, TVC= Total variable cost, AFC= Average fixed cost, AVC= Average variable cost and ATC= Average total cost The company requires the candidates to complete the above table. Suppose you are a candidate for the post, using your economics knowledge, complete the table.

OR (b) How a firm operating in competitive market can maximize its profit in short run? 07
Explain.

Q.3 (a) What is monopoly? Which are the reasons for arising of monopoly situation? 07 Draw diagrams depicting the long run equilibrium position of monopolistically (b) 07
competitive firm and perfectly competitive firm. How they are different from each other?

OR Q.3 (a) What is prisoners dilemma and what does it have to do with oligopoly? 07 (b) Why is a monopolists marginal revenue less than the price of good? Can marginal 07 revenue ever be negative? Explain. Q.4 (a) Describe the three problems that make the consumer price index an imperfect measure 07
of cost of living. 1

(b) In monopolistic competitive market, how might advertising reduce economic well 07
being? How might advertising increase economic well- being? OR Show a consumers budget constraints and indifference curve for wine and cheese. 07 Q.4 (a) Show the optimum consumption choice. (b) Why do economists use real GDP rather than nominal GDP to gauge economic well- 07 being?

Q.5 (a) Use the theory of liquidity preference to explain how a decrease in the money supply 07
affects the aggregate demand curve. (b) Why dont banks hold 100 percent reserves? How is the amount of reserves banks hold 07 related to the amount of money the banking system creates?

OR Q.5 (a) If a Japanese car costs 500000 Yen, a similar American car costs $10000, and 1$ can 07 buy 100 Yen, what are the nominal and real exchange rates? (b) Draw the long run trade off between inflation and unemployment. Explain how the 07 short run and long run trade offs are related.
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