Find out the maximum possible output for | Class 12 Micro Economics Chapter Production and Costs, Production and Costs NCERT Solutions

The market price of a good changes from Rs 5 to Rs 20. As a result, the quantity supplied by a firm increases by 15 units. The price elasticity of the firm’s supply curve is 0.5. Find the initial and final output levels of the firm.

A firm earns a revenue of Rs 50 when the market price of a good is Rs 10. The market price increases to Rs 15 and the firm now earns a revenue of Rs 150. What is the price elasticity of the firm’s supply curve?

How does the imposition of a unit tax affect the supply curve of a firm?

What is the supply curve of a firm in the long run?

Distinguish between a centrally planned economy and a market economy.

A consumer wants to consume two goods. The prices of the two goods are Rs 4
and Rs 5 respectively. The consumer’s income is Rs 20.
(i) Write down the equation of the budget line.
(ii) How much of good 1 can the consumer consume if she spends her entire
income on that good?
(iii) How much of good 2 can she consume if she spends her entire income on
that good?
(iv) What is the slope of the budget line?
Questions 5, 6 and 7 are related to question 4.

How will a change in the price of coffee affect the equilibrium price of tea? Explain the effect on equilibrium quantity also through a diagram. 

Suppose your friend is indifferent to the bundles (5, 6) and (6, 6). Are the preferences of your friend monotonic?

What is the total product of input?

Consider the demand curve D (p) = 10 – 3p. What is the elasticity at price 53?

Explain the concepts of the short run and the long run. 

What is meant by prices being rigid? How can oligopoly behavior lead to such an outcome? 

What is the reason for the long run equilibrium of a firm in monopolistic competition to be associated with zero profit?

The following table gives the marginal product schedule of labour. It is also given that the total product of labour is zero at zero level of employment. Calculate the total and average product schedules of labour.

Suppose there was a 4 % decrease in the price of a good, and as a result, the expenditure on the good increased by 2 %. What can you say about the elasticity of demand?

At which point does the SMC curve intersect the SAC curve? Give a reason in support of your answer. 

What do you mean by the budget set of a consumer?

In what respect do the supply and demand curves in the labor market differ from those in the goods market?

What is the supply curve of a firm in the long run?

Why is the total revenue curve of a price-taking firm an upward-sloping straight line? Why does the curve pass through the origin?