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PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS - I

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Course Code: BECC-131

Assignment Code: Asst /TMA /2023-24

Total Marks: 100

Assignment One

Answer the following Descriptive Category questions in about 500 words each.

Each questioncarries 20 marks 2 × 20 = 40

1. (a) The behaviour of the firm which seems to be efficient in the short-run may found to be

inefficient in the long-run. Do you agree? Explain using appropriate diagram. 10

(b) Discuss the reasons behind a typical U-shaped long-run average cost curve (LAC) that a firm

may face over its range of output in the long run. 10

2. (a) Explain the concept of an Expansion path? Explain why an expansion path in case of a linear

homogeneous production function is a straight line? Discuss. 10

(b) Illustrate isoquants having positively sloped segments. In the same diagram construct ridge

lines and explain the concept of Economic Region of Production. 10

Assignment Two

Answer the following Middle Category questions in about 250 words each.

Each question carries 10 marks. 3 × 10 = 30

3. (a) Discuss the concept of Utility. How is the cardinal utility approach different from the ordinal

utility approach? 5

(b) On what grounds is the law of diminishing marginal utility being criticized by the modern

economists? 5

4. (a) Illustrate the impact of a price support measure imposed by the government on the market of a

commodity under the following conditions:

(i) When the price floor is fixed at a price lower than the equilibrium price.

(ii) When the price floor is fixed at a price equal to the equilibrium price. 5

(b)What will be the consequences of setting up a price floor above the equilibrium price? 5

5.(a) For equilibrium, a producer may attempt maximization of output subject to a given cost or

alternatively, he may seek to minimize cost subject to a given level of output. Do you agree? Discuss. 10

Assignment Three

Answer the following Short Category questions in about 100 words each. Each question carries 6 marks. 5 × 6 = 30

6. Why does the marginal rate of technical substitution (MRTS) decline as we move rightward and

downward along a convex-shaped isoquant?

7. The concept of consumer’s surplus is derived from the law of diminishing marginal utility. Discuss.

8. What is meant by Arbitrage?

9. Draw an income consumption curve in case the good marked on the horizontal axis is a necessity

good while that marked on the vertical axis is a superior good.

10. Who does bear the tax burden when the demand is perfectly elastic and supply is of normal shape?

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