In the long run marginal cost curve shape is ..........

How government intervention through price control policy will have an impact on the market? (A) The government imposed lower limit on the price that may be charged (B) For certain goods and services, a fall in price below a particular level is not desirable (C) Thereby leading to an excess supply in the market (D) Government needs to buy the surplus at the predetermined price Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The allocation of scarce resources and the distribution of the final goods and services are the _____ of any economy. 1. States problems 2. Consumption problems 3. Central problems 4. Production problems

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | |---|---| | (A) Increase in price of goods X | (I) Increase in demand for normal goods. | | (B) Increase in income of consumers | (II) Demand is price inelastic | | (C) Good X is a necessary good | (III) Unit elasticity of demand. | | (D) Demand curve of Good X is a rectangular hyperbola | (IV) Contraction in demand for good X | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Choose the correct statements in respect of returns to scale. (A) Decreasing returns to scale occur when a proportional increase in all inputs is less than output. (B) Constant returns to scale occur when a proportional increase in all inputs is the same as output. (C) In the long run, factors of production are increased by the same proportion, or factors are scaled up. (D) Increasing returns to scale occur when a proportional increase in all inputs is less than output. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

In the course of production, exchange and consumption of goods and services, every society has to face a scarcity of resources; and it is the scarcity of resources that gives rise to the problem of .............