UG/CBCS/[Link]./Hons./1st Sem.
/Commerce/COMGE1/2021
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL
[Link]. Honours 1st Semester Examination, 2021
GE1-COMMERCE
MICROECONOMICS
Time Allotted: 2 Hours Full Marks: 60
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
GROUP-A
Answer any two questions from the following 12×2 = 24
1. Explain consumer’s equilibrium with the help of Indifference Curve and Budget 12
Line.
2. Explain with diagram how the optimum input combination to produce a given 12
level of production is determined.
3. (a) When is price discrimination possible and profitable? 6+6
(b) Illustrate with diagram the long run industry supply curve in perfect competition.
4. (a) Discuss how long-run equilibrium is achieved by a firm under monopolistic 6+6
competition.
(b) Distinguish between Collusive and Non-Collusive Oligopoly.
GROUP-B
5. Answer any four questions: 6×4 = 24
(a) Derive demand curve through Revealed Preference Theory. 6
(b) What is Expansion Path? How can the equation for this path be derived? 2+4
(c) Why is supply curve not an operational concept in case of a monopoly firm? 6
Explain with diagrams.
(d) Show the relationship between AR, MR and elasticity of demand with a linear 6
demand curve.
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(e) Explain why two Indifference Curves cannot intersect each other. 6
(f) Briefly discuss the Cournot Model of Oligopoly. 6
GROUP-C
6. Answer any four questions: 3×4 = 12
(a) Distinguish between MRS and MRTS. 3
(b) If MR = 2 and ed = 2, then find out the value of AR. 3
(c) How are the demands of complementary and substitute goods affected following 3
a change in the price of a related good?
(d) What do you mean by increasing returns to scale? 3
(e) What are the assumptions of a perfectly competitive market? 3
(f) Briefly discuss the Technological Economics of large scale production. 3
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